''Manzil'' () is a 1979 Indian

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-language

romantic drama film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

directed by Basu Chatterjee. The film is a remake of the 1965 Bengali film '' Akash Kusum''. ''Manzil'' stars

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and

Moushumi Chatterjee Moushumi Chatterjee is an Indian actress known for her work in Hindi and Bengali cinema. She was one of the highest-paid actresses in Hindi films during the 1970s. She joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2019; she was previously a member of ...

in pivotal roles. Filming was intermittent between 1972 and 1979, when it was finally released. The film won critical acclaim for its story, while Bachchan was praised for his performance, although, the film did only average business at the box office. The song ''Rimjhim Gire Saawan'' was a chartbuster, and the picturization of

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's version of the song that was shot in real rain in

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made it a perennial favorite. The movie was reported to be the only Hindi movie to have galvanometer in its core plot.

Plot

Ajay Chandra, a young man (Amitabh Bachchan), has big dreams. He falls for Aruna Khosla, a rich girl (Moushumi Chaterjee). She also reciprocates his feelings. He pretends to be rich not to disappoint her and takes help from his friend Prakash Mariwalla who was a Chartered Accountant, for suit, car and flat, claiming all as his own. He wants to start a galvanometer business by buying old ones and refurbishing them to workable ones with the help of Anokhelal. Unfortunately, the big cats try to buy him out, but Ajay doesn't budge. So, they buy Anokhelal by bribing him with money for his daughters wedding. This leads to a big failure for Ajay, whose mother Mrs. Chandra (Lalita Pawar) has to give the insurance money to her son to bail him out. But since Anokhelal is not working for him, Ajay is not able to supply the products, and his client approaches his lawyer, who happens to be Aruna's father, Mr. Khosla, who wants to teach Ajay a lesson for gaslighting his daughter and thus takes the case on quickly. Ajay confesses to Aruna, but is kicked out their house by her father. In the meantime Mrs. Chandra encourages her son to repair the galvanometers himself and when he falls short of money, sells her gold jewellery. Vijay puts in a lot of effort to learn how to fix the Galvanometer. His friend C.A Prakash Mariwalla also helps him with ten thousand rupees in disguise of an order. In court, Ajay's defending lawyer (Sreeram Lagoo) proves that Ajay was actually a victim of a plot by bigger businessmen who wanted to profit by making Ajay a scapegoat. And then the prosecutor (Mr. Khosla) withdraws the case as the galvanometers are now repaired and the client no longer wants to pursue the case.

Cast

as Ajay Chandra *

as Aruna Khosla * Rakesh Pandey as Prakash Mariwala * Satyen Kappu as Advocate Khosla * Urmila Bhatt as Mrs. Khosla *

Lalita Pawar Lalita Pawar (née Amba Laxmanrao Shagun; 18 April 1916 – 24 February 1998) was a prolific Indian actress, who later became famous as a character actress, appearing in over 700 films in Bollywood, Hindi, Marathi cinema, Marathi and Gujarati c ...

as Mrs. Chandra * Shreeram Lagoo as Mr. Kapoor * A. K. Hangal as Anokhelal * C. S. Dubey as Tolaram Chhaganmal

Soundtrack

The Music of the movie was given by R. D. Burman and the lyrics are written by the legendary lyricist Yogesh.

References

External links

* 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films 1979 films Hindi remakes of Bengali films Indian romantic drama films Films directed by Basu Chatterjee Films scored by R. D. Burman 1979 romantic drama films {{1970s-Hindi-film-stub