''Kaala Sona'' () is a 1975
Hindi-language
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curry Western
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film produced by Harish Shah and Vinod Shah and directed by
Ravikant Nagaich
Ravikant Nagaich (5 July 1931 – 6 January 1991) was an Indian film personality born at Atrauli, Aligarh- Uttar Pradesh, India. He started his filming career as a cinematographer in Telugu films, N.T. Rama Rao's '' Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanam'' ...
. The film stars
Feroz Khan,
Parveen Babi
Parveen Sultana Wali Mohammad Khanji Babi (; 4 April 195420 January 2005) was an Indian actress and model, who worked in Hindi films. One of the highest-paid actresses of the 1970s and the 1980s, she appeared in over 70 films and was the first ...
,
Prem Chopra
Prem Chopra (born 23 September 1935) is an Indian actor in Hindi films. He has acted in 380 films over a span of over 60 years.
Life and education
Chopra, the third of six children of Ranveerlal and Rooprani Chopra, a Punjabi Hindu family, was ...
,
Farida Jalal
Farida Jalal (born Farida Sami; 18 May 1950) is an Indian actress who primarily worked in Hindi films. In a film career spanning almost fifty years, Jalal appeared in over 200 films. Best known for her character-driven roles in independent cin ...
,
Danny Denzongpa
Danny Denzongpa (born Tshering Phintso Denzongpa; 25 February 1948) is an Indian actor, playback singer, film director, and liquor baron. His film career was primarily in Hindi, but also occasionally in Bengali, Nepali, and Tamil films. In a ...
,
Helen,
Durga Khote
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,
Keshto Mukherjee
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, and
Bhagwan
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.
The film's music is by
R. D. Burman and the lyrics are by
Majrooh Sultanpuri
Asrar ul Hassan Khan (1 October 1919 − 24 May 2000), better known as Majrooh Sultanpuri, was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist in the Hindi language film industry. He wrote lyrics for numerous Hindi film soundtracks.
He was one of the dom ...
.
Plot
Rakesh's life was turned upside down when his father was murdered. His only consolation was that the
assailant was also killed. Years later, Rakesh finds out that his father's killer is still alive, and the police have closed the murder file. He decides to avenge his father's death, travels to a far-off village, and befriends a young man named Shera. He finds out through Durga, whom he falls in love with, that his father's killer is Sardar Poppy Singh, who runs a vast underground business empire of growing and selling
cocaine
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. Then Shera and Durga get the shocks of their lives when they find out that Rakesh has joined forces with Poppy, and has even killed a police officer to prove his loyalty.
Cast
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Feroz Khan as Rakesh
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Parveen Babi
Parveen Sultana Wali Mohammad Khanji Babi (; 4 April 195420 January 2005) was an Indian actress and model, who worked in Hindi films. One of the highest-paid actresses of the 1970s and the 1980s, she appeared in over 70 films and was the first ...
as Durga
*
Danny Denzongpa
Danny Denzongpa (born Tshering Phintso Denzongpa; 25 February 1948) is an Indian actor, playback singer, film director, and liquor baron. His film career was primarily in Hindi, but also occasionally in Bengali, Nepali, and Tamil films. In a ...
as Shera
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Farida Jalal
Farida Jalal (born Farida Sami; 18 May 1950) is an Indian actress who primarily worked in Hindi films. In a film career spanning almost fifty years, Jalal appeared in over 200 films. Best known for her character-driven roles in independent cin ...
as Bela
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Helen as Chameli
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Prem Chopra
Prem Chopra (born 23 September 1935) is an Indian actor in Hindi films. He has acted in 380 films over a span of over 60 years.
Life and education
Chopra, the third of six children of Ranveerlal and Rooprani Chopra, a Punjabi Hindu family, was ...
as Poppy Singh
*
Narendra Nath
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Early life and background
His full name is Narendra Nath Malhotra. He was the first cousin to actor Prithviraj Kapoor. Prithviraj's mother was the elder sister of Narendra's father. Two of ...
- Hukam Singh
*
Bipin Gupta
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as Ranjeet Singh
*
Durga Khote
Durga Khote (née Vita Lad; 14 January 1905 − 22 September 1991) was an Indian actress, beginning as one of the foremost leading ladies of her time. She remained active in Hindi and Marathi cinema, as well as theatre, for over 50 years, starr ...
as Mrs. Ranjeet Singh
*
Keshto Mukherjee
Keshto Mukherjee (7 August 1925 – 3 March 1982) was an Indian actor and comedian. He was born in Kolkata, Bengal Presidency, British India. He specialised in comic drunkard roles in Hindi films. Though he was famous for his drunkard typecast ...
as Drunkard
*
Master Bhagwan
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as Bartender
*
Seema Kapoor
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Early li ...
as Suzy
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Agha
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Raju Shrestha
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Raju has acted in films like Gulzar's ' ...
as Chandan
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K. N. Singh as Police Commissioner
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P. Jairaj as Rakesh's Father
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Satyendra Kapoor
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as Police Officer
*Krishnakant as Ram Das
*
Imtiaz Khan
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Career
He started his acting career as a child actor in the film Nazneen (fi ...
as Bahadur Singh
The film contains the hit song, sung by
Danny Denzongpa
Danny Denzongpa (born Tshering Phintso Denzongpa; 25 February 1948) is an Indian actor, playback singer, film director, and liquor baron. His film career was primarily in Hindi, but also occasionally in Bengali, Nepali, and Tamil films. In a ...
himself with
Asha Bhosle
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. The lyrics are "Sun Sun Kasam Se".
Soundtrack
The music was written by
R. D. Burman and the lyrics by
Majrooh Sultanpuri
Asrar ul Hassan Khan (1 October 1919 − 24 May 2000), better known as Majrooh Sultanpuri, was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist in the Hindi language film industry. He wrote lyrics for numerous Hindi film soundtracks.
He was one of the dom ...
. In a background music of whistling,
R. D. Burman used his own tune of "Chala Jaata Hoon" from the 1972 film ''
Mere Jeevan Saathi'', which was also directed by
Ravikant Nagaich
Ravikant Nagaich (5 July 1931 – 6 January 1991) was an Indian film personality born at Atrauli, Aligarh- Uttar Pradesh, India. He started his filming career as a cinematographer in Telugu films, N.T. Rama Rao's '' Sri Seetha Rama Kalyanam'' ...
. "Sun Sun Kasam Se" was a popular number and was the 2nd Hindi film song sung by
Danny Denzongpa
Danny Denzongpa (born Tshering Phintso Denzongpa; 25 February 1948) is an Indian actor, playback singer, film director, and liquor baron. His film career was primarily in Hindi, but also occasionally in Bengali, Nepali, and Tamil films. In a ...
after the song "Mere Paas Aao" in the film
Yeh Gulistan Hamara
''Ye Gulistan Hamara'' () is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Atmaram. The film stars Dev Anand, Sharmila Tagore, Pran, Sujit Kumar, Johnny Walker in pivotal roles, with music by S. D. Burman. Dialogue and screenplay are by ...
from the year 1972.
References
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1975 films
Films scored by R. D. Burman
Indian Western (genre) films
1970s Hindi-language films
1970s Indian films
1975 Western (genre) films
Films directed by Ravikant Nagaich
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