''Salaakhen'' is a 1975 Hindi movie produced by Parvesh Mehra and directed by A. Salaam. It stars

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, A. K. Hangal, Mehmood,

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and

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. The music was composed by Ravindra Jain. The rights to this film are owned by

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's Red Chillies Entertainment.

Plot

Raju (

) and Guddi (

) are childhood friends and neighbors, who are virtually inseparable. Raju's father is arrested after a dramatic police chase for breaking, entering and theft, resulting in their separation. Guddi grows up to be a professional stage singer and dancer, while Raju grows up to be a card-sharp and a thief. Years later, both Raju (now called Chander) and Guddi (now called Seema) meet and fall in love with each other, unaware that they were childhood friends. While Seema is on her way to her birthplace for religious reasons, Chander too is headed that way, to get himself arrested so that he can be jailed for a motive, that gets him a hefty sum of money from a gangster.

Cast

- Raju/Chander *

- Guddi/Seema * Goga Kapoor - Casino Owner * Sajjan - Ram Lal, Seema's father * Mehmood - Abdul Rehman *

- Master *

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- Farida *

- Gautam *

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- Haridas, Rich Man *

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- Prince *

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- Shopkeeper *

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- Advani * Sudhir - Inspector Ahmed *

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- Truck Driver *

- Gautam *Brahm Bhardwaj - Insurance Company Manager *

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- Qaidi No. 840 *V. Gopal - Qaidi No. 420 *Master Ratan - Young Raju *Uma Dutt - Police Inspector *Birbal - David * Tarun Ghosh - Police Inspector * P.Jairaj - Jailor

Crew

*''Director'' - A. Salaam *''Producer'' - Parvesh C. Mehra *''Music Director'' - Ravindra Jain *''Lyricist'' -

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, Ravindra Jain *''Playback Singers'' -

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, Hemlata,

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Music

*Song "Seema Seema Seema" was listed at #29 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1976

External links

* 1975 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films Films scored by Ravindra Jain {{1970s-Hindi-film-stub