Gambler (1971 film)
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Gambler is a 1971
Bollywood
thriller film directed by Amarjeet. The film stars Dev Anand
and Shatrughan Sinha
. Raja has been abandoned by his biological mother at a very young age, and grows up with Master, a criminal don and card-sharp, who would like Raja to continue working with him on a commission basis. Raja learns all that could be learned about playing cards, quits work with Master, and starts work on his own. He succeeds considerably, and soon gets rich and wealthy. He falls in love with beautiful Chandra Gangaram, and would like to marry her. But her father would like her to marry U.K. settled Ram Mehta, before Raja could do or say anything against this alliance, he is charged with the cold-blooded murder of Master. The climax in Raja's life is in the Court Room where he will find out about his past, and about his parents - while he awaits the outcome of the trial.
Bollywood films of 1971
A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1971:-Highest grossing:The top forty grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1971:The last three in the above list were flops at the box office.-1971 releases:...
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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...
thriller film directed by Amarjeet. The film stars Dev Anand
Dev Anand
Dharam Dev Anand , better known as Dev Anand , is an Indian Hindi Cinema actor, director and film producer. Dev is the second of three brothers who were active in Hindi Cinema. His brothers are Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand. Their sister, Sheel Kanta Kapur, is the mother of renowned Hindi and...
and Shatrughan Sinha
Shatrughan Sinha
Shatrughan Sinha is an Indian film actor and politician. Apart from being member of Rajya Sabha twice he was also Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Shipping...
. Raja has been abandoned by his biological mother at a very young age, and grows up with Master, a criminal don and card-sharp, who would like Raja to continue working with him on a commission basis. Raja learns all that could be learned about playing cards, quits work with Master, and starts work on his own. He succeeds considerably, and soon gets rich and wealthy. He falls in love with beautiful Chandra Gangaram, and would like to marry her. But her father would like her to marry U.K. settled Ram Mehta, before Raja could do or say anything against this alliance, he is charged with the cold-blooded murder of Master. The climax in Raja's life is in the Court Room where he will find out about his past, and about his parents - while he awaits the outcome of the trial.
Cast
- Dev AnandDev AnandDharam Dev Anand , better known as Dev Anand , is an Indian Hindi Cinema actor, director and film producer. Dev is the second of three brothers who were active in Hindi Cinema. His brothers are Chetan Anand and Vijay Anand. Their sister, Sheel Kanta Kapur, is the mother of renowned Hindi and...
... Raja - Zaheeda ... Chandra Gangaram
- Kishore SahuKishore SahuKishore Sahu was an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He appeared in 22 films between 1937 and 1980.-Filmography:Actor:* Vakil Babu .... Justice Rajvansh...
... Public Prosecutor - Shatrughan SinhaShatrughan SinhaShatrughan Sinha is an Indian film actor and politician. Apart from being member of Rajya Sabha twice he was also Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Shipping...
... Banke Bihari - Sudhir ... Ram Mehta
- ZaheeraZaheeraZaheera is an Indian actress. She made her debut in the James Bond movie On Her Majesty's Secret Service in 1969. She played the role of an Indian girl named Zara. She made a few Bollywood movies over the next decade, and some of them were successful. She appeared in a lead role for the first time...
... Julie (as Zahira) - JeevanJeevanJeevan is a Tamil film actor.-Biography:He graduated from the St. Bede's School in Chennai. One of his classmates was actor Surya Sivakumar.-Career:...
... Master - Manorama ... Ram's aunt
- Tabassum
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... Seeta Devi - IftekharIftekharIftekhar was a character actor in Bollywood films, especially known for his roles as police officers in several films.-Career:...
- SachinSachin Dev BurmanSachin Dev Burman , also credited as Burman da, Kumar Sachindra Dev Barman, Sachin karta or S. D. Burman, was one of the most famous music composers for Hindi movies and a Bengali singer and composer. His son Rahul Dev Burman also achieved great success as a Bollywood music director in his own...
- Rashid KhanRashid KhanUstad Rashid Khan is an Indian classical musician in the Hindustani music tradition. He belongs to the Rampur-Sahaswan Gharana, and is the great grandson of Gharana founder Ustad Inayat Hussain Khan.He is married to Joyeeta Bose, from the illustrious family of Acharya Jagdish Chandra Bose.In a...
- Jagdish RajJagdish RajJagdish Raj Khurana is a former Bollywood actor who holds a Guinness World Record record for being the most type-cast actor. He has played a police inspector in 144 films. He was born in 1928 in the town of Sargodha, British India, which is now in Pakistan...
... Inspector Ranade - Ravikant