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5 Rifles is a 1974 Hindi
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 produced and directed by I. S. Johar
I. S. Johar
Inderjeet s Johar , better known as I. S. Johar, was an Indian actor, writer, producer and director.-Early life:...

. The film stars Rakesh Khanna, Shahi Kapoor, and I. S. Johar. The film's music is by Kalyanji Anandji
Kalyanji Anandji
Kalyanji Anandji is a name used by Indian composer duo known for its work on Hindi film soundtracks, particularly action potboilers in the 1970s. The name comes from first names of the two Gujarati brothers that formed the duo, Kalyanji Virji Shah and Anandji Virji Shah...

. One particular Qawaali of note in this film is the track Jhoom barabar Jhoom Sharabi sung by the notable qawaal of his times, Janab Aziz Nazan. One more song 'Jab se Sarkar ne Nashabandi Tod Di' sung by Kishore Kumar  is also a hit semi-qawwali.

Cast

  • Rakesh Khanna (a Rajesh Khanna
    Rajesh Khanna
    Rajesh Khanna is an Indian actor of from Hindi films, and has been Hindi film producer and an Indian politician....

     look-alike) as Rajesh Khanna
  • Shahi Kapoor (a Shashi Kapoor
    Shashi Kapoor
    Shashi Kapoor , born Balbir-Raj Prithviraj Kapoor on 18 March 1938 in Calcutta , is an award-winning Indian film actor and film producer. He has also been film director and assistant director in Hindi Films. He is a member of the Kapoor family, a film dynasty in India's Bollywood cinema...

     look-alike) as Dacoit Raka
  • Ambika Johar as Rajkumari/Khatari
  • I.S. Johar as Harfan Mama
  • Kamal Kapoor as Police Commissioner
  • Veena
    Veena
    Veena may refer to one of several Indian plucked instruments:With frets*Rudra veena, plucked string instrument used in Hindustani music*Saraswati veena, plucked string instrument used in Carnatic musicFretless...

     as Maharani
  • Murad
    Murad (actor)
    Murad was an Indian character actor who appeared more than 100 Bollywood films from the early 1940s through to the end of the 1980s playing character roles ranging from a father, uncle, police officer, courtroom judge or an emperor. His son Raza Murad is also an actor in the Bollywood industry who...

     as Wajid Saab
  • D.K. Sapru as Maharaja (as Sapru)
  • Keshto Mukherjee
    Keshto Mukherjee
    Keshto Mukherjee was an Indian actor. He specialised in comic drunkard roles in the Hindi films. Though he was famous for his drunkard typecast role in Hindi films, he used to share a very good relation with the iconic Ritwik Ghatak and had very tiny but important roles in the maestro's films...

     as Drunkard (as Keshto Mukerji)
  • Ram Avtar as Constable (fatso)
  • Anil Johar as Captain Aslam
  • Satyadeep
  • Anu
    Anu
    In Sumerian mythology, Anu was a sky-god, the god of heaven, lord of constellations, king of gods, Consort of Antu, spirits and demons, and dwelt in the highest heavenly regions. It was believed that he had the power to judge those who had committed crimes, and that he had created the stars as...

     (as Master Anu)
  • Ketty Irani
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