Betaab

''Betaab'' () is a 1983 Indian romance film written by Javed Akhtar, directed by Rahul Rawail and produced by Bikram Singh Dehal. The plot of the film was loosely based on William Shakespeare’s '' The Taming Of The Shrew''. The film stars Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh in their debut roles along with Shammi Kapoor. The music was composed by Rahul Dev Burman.
The opening of Betaab started in 1981 with the presence of Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu, Raj Kapoor, and Dharmendra. Before the release of ''Betaab'', Sunny Deol also had a small role in the 1982 film '' Main Intaquam Loonga'', in which his father Dharmendra was the hero of the film. Betaab was a commercial success and went on to be one of the biggest hits of the year, emerging as the 2nd highest grossing Indian film of 1983. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Samrat'' in 1987 with Ramesh Babu and in Kannada as ''Karthik'' in 2011 with Karthik Shetty.

Plot

This film is a love story of two youngsters who fall in love despite the status gaps between their families. Sunny, is a young, poor and happy guy who lives with his mother Sumitra in his home-made town farm. Formerly, his father Avenash had been a big businessman, but he went bankrupt. For this reason, he killed himself. Avenash was close friends with Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji who is one of the richest and most powerful men in the city. When Sardar reveals that Avenash has gone bankrupt, he turns his back to him. Sardar has one daughter called Roma. She is spoiled, snobbish and accustomed to having all the people who surround her beneath her. She was Sunny's childhood friend.

Now, Sardar purchases a new horse farm out of the city in the town, which is nearby Sunny's farm. When Sunny accompanies his mother to the train station, he encounters Roma after not seeing her for years. Sunny instantly recognizes her, but Roma doesn't. Consequently, they coincidentally meet each other various times on the farm. They quarrel continually, but soon she realises that he is her childhood friend and they reconstruct their childhood love.

Cast

* Shammi Kapoor as Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji, Roma's father
* Sunny Deol as Sunny Kapoor
* Amrita Singh as Roma Singh Girji
* Nirupa Roy as Sumitra Devi, Sunny's mother
* Rajeev Anand as Yashwant, proposed fiance for Roma
* Prem Chopra as Balwant, Yashwant's father
* Annu Kapoor as Chela Ram, servant
* Rehana
* Birbal as Gangaram
* Sonu Nigam as the young Sunny
* Buzo as Dog

Music

The movie has five popular songs of its lyricist by Anand Bakshi and sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Shabbir Kumar, composed by R. D. Burman:

Awards

; 31st Filmfare Awards:

Nominated

* Best Film – Vijeta Films
* Best Director – Rahul Rawail
* Best Actor – Sunny Deol
* Best Music Director – R. D. Burman
* Best Lyricist – Anand Bakshi for "Jab Hum Jawaan Honge"
* Best Male Playback Singer – Shabbir Kumar for "Jab Hum Jawaan Honge"
* Best Male Playback Singer – Shabbir Kumar for "Parbaton Se Aaj"
* Best Story – Javed Akhtar

References

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Betaab (1983 Film)
1983 films
1980s Hindi-language films
1980s Indian films
Indian romantic musical films
Films scored by R. D. Burman
Films directed by Rahul Rawail
Hindi films remade in other languages
Urdu films remade in other languages
1980s Urdu-language films
Vijayta Films films
1980s romantic musical films
Films about dogs
Films about pets
Urdu-language Indian films
1983 musical films