Mukti is a 1977

1977 in film

The year 1977 in film involved some significant events.-Events:*In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network....

 Hindi-language Indian

Cinema of India

The cinema of India consists of films produced across India, which includes the cinematic culture of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, and West Bengal. Indian films came to be followed throughout South Asia and...

 feature film

Feature film

In the film industry, a feature film is a film production made for initial distribution in theaters and being the main attraction of the screening, rather than a short film screened before it; a full length movie...

 directed

Film director

A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...

 by Raj Tilak, starring 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...

, Sanjeev Kumar, Vidya Sinha

Vidya Sinha

Vidya Sinha is an Indian actress who has acted in Bollywood films.-Movie career:She began modelling and acting at the age of 18. Her first movie was Raja Kaka opposite Kiran Kumar. However, fame came to her through a low-budget, alternative cinema break-away hit Rajnigandha, directed by her mentor...

 and Mithun Chakraborty

Mithun Chakraborty

Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian film actor, social activist, and entrepreneur, who has won three National Film Awards. He made his acting debut with the arthouse drama Mrigaya , for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor....

Plot

Kailash Sharma is found guilty of sexually molesting Shanno and killing Dheeraj Kumar Verma, and sentenced to be hanged by the Jammu & Kashmir Sessions Court. After his appeals at both High and Supreme Courts fail, he asks his wife, Seema, to take their daughter, Pinky, and re-locate elsewhere. Seema and Pinky re-locate to Bombay where she takes up sewing to make a living. She befriends their neighbour, Ratan, and both get married. 14 years later Pinky has grown up and has a boyfriend, Vikram, who she wants to marry. Meanwhile, Kailash, who is still alive, as his sentence was changed to life imprisonment, arrives in Bombay to look for his family. After sometime he does find them but decides not to interfere in their lives as they appear to be happy. But when Seema finds out she goes to meet him secretly - a visit that will set off a chain of events that will end up drastically changing their lives forever.

Cast

• 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...
  
   - Kailash Sharma
• Sanjeev Kumar - Ratan
• Vidya Sinha
  Vidya Sinha
  Vidya Sinha is an Indian actress who has acted in Bollywood films.-Movie career:She began modelling and acting at the age of 18. Her first movie was Raja Kaka opposite Kiran Kumar. However, fame came to her through a low-budget, alternative cinema break-away hit Rajnigandha, directed by her mentor...
  
   - Seema K. Sharma
• Bindiya Goswami
  Bindiya Goswami
  Bindiya Goswami is a former Bollywood actress. She acted in Hindi films from the late 1970s to early 1980s.-Film career:...
  
   - Pinky K. Sharma
• Master Bittu - Young Pinky K. Sharma
• Deven Verma
  Deven Verma
  Deven Varma is an Indian film and television actor, particularly known for his comic roles, with directors like Basu Chatterji, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Gulzar. He has also produced and directed some films including Besharam...
  
   - Tony
• A. K. Hangal
  A. K. Hangal
  Avtar Kishan Hangal , popularly known as A. K. Hangal, is a well known Indian character actor in Hindi language films. His most notable roles are as the Inder Sen in Shaukeen, as Rahim Chacha in Sholay and as Ram Shastri in Aaina...
  
   - Colonel
• Anju Mahendru
  Anju Mahendru
  -Personal life and education:Mahendru was born in Dehradun. She is famed for her relationship with famous Bollywood star Rajesh Khanna and was briefly engaged to cricket player Gary Sobers.-Career:...
  
   - Shanno
• Kader Khan
  Kader Khan
  Kader Khan is an Indian film actor, comedian, script and dialogue writer. He graduated from Ismail Yusuf College affiliated to Mumbai University .-Early life:...
  
   - Hussain
• Dev Kumar - Jaggu
• Sapru - Mr. Verma
• 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...
  
   - Kapoor
• Brahm Bhardwaj - Police Commissioner
• Pinchoo Kapoor
  Pinchoo Kapoor
  Pinchoo Kapoor was a noted Indian actor. He acted in many Hindi films during 70s and 80s. His film career lasted from 1969 to 1989. He was born in Jaipur in Rajasthan. He is best remembered for his role in film Don.-Filmography:- References :*...
  
   - Vikram's Father
• Bhagwan
  Bhagwan Dada
  Bhagwan Dada was an Indian actor and film director. He is best known for his social film Albela.-Early life:...
  
   - Gopal
• S. N. Bannerji - Judge
• Vikram - Vikram (Guest Appearance)
• Mittun Chakravarty
  Mithun Chakraborty
  Mithun Chakraborty is an Indian film actor, social activist, and entrepreneur, who has won three National Film Awards. He made his acting debut with the arthouse drama Mrigaya , for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor....
  
   - Stage Artist (Guest Appearance)
• Roopesh Kumar - Dheeraj Kumar Verma (Guest Appearance)
• Prema Narayan
  Prema Narayan
  Prema Narayan is a Bollywood actress-dancer. She was the Miss India first runner-up in 1971 and represented India at Miss World 1971.-Career:Prema Narayan was an English teacher in a convent school. She also did modeling for part time....
  
   - Mary (Guest Appearance)
• Neelam Mehra - (Guest Appearance)

Crew

• Director - Raj Tilak
• Story - Dhruva Chatterjee
  Dhruva Chatterjee
  Dhruva Chatterjee was a noted writer/screenplay writer of Hindi movies in the 1960s and 1970s. Memorable movies written and scripted by him include Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan , Hariyali Aur Rasta , Gehra Daag , Woh Kaun Thi? , Kohra , Gumnaam , Chor Machaye Shor , Dus Numbri and Fakira...
  
  
• Screenplay - Dhruva Chatterjee
  Dhruva Chatterjee
  Dhruva Chatterjee was a noted writer/screenplay writer of Hindi movies in the 1960s and 1970s. Memorable movies written and scripted by him include Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan , Hariyali Aur Rasta , Gehra Daag , Woh Kaun Thi? , Kohra , Gumnaam , Chor Machaye Shor , Dus Numbri and Fakira...
  
  , Keka Chatterjee, Renu Khanna
• Dialogue - Kader Khan
  Kader Khan
  Kader Khan is an Indian film actor, comedian, script and dialogue writer. He graduated from Ismail Yusuf College affiliated to Mumbai University .-Early life:...
  
  
• Producer - Raj Tilak
• Production Company - Tilak Movies Pvt. Ltd.
• Cinematographer - K. K. Mahajan
  K. K. Mahajan
  K. K. Mahajan was an Indian cinematographer. He has won four National Film Awards for best cinematography. He worked simultaneously with parallel and main stream films...
  
  
• Editor - Pran Mehra, R. P. Bapat
• Art Director - Bansi Chandragupta
  Bansi Chandragupta
  Bansi Chandragupta was an Indian art director and production designer, regarded among the greatest of art directors of Indian film industry. He won Filmfare Best Art Direction Award thrice, for Seema in 1972, for Do Jhoot in 1976 and for Chakra in 1982. He was awarded Evening Standard British Film...
  
  
• Costume Design - Keka Chatterjee, Jennifer Kendal
  Jennifer Kendal
  Jennifer Kapoor - born Jennifer Kendal - was a British actress who married Shashi Kapoor of the Kapoor family.-Childhood:Jennifer Kendal was born in Southport, England, but spent much of her youth in India...
  
  , Shashi Magan
• Choreographer - Suresh Bhatt
• Music Director - Rahul Dev Burman
  Rahul Dev Burman
  Rahul Dev Burman commonly known as R. D. Burman and nicknamed Pancham da or simply Pancham, was an influential Bollywood music composer. He was the only son of singer and Bollywood music composer Sachin Dev Burman and his wife Meera...
  
  
• Lyricist - Anand Bakshi
  Anand Bakshi
  Anand Bakshi was a popular Indian poet and lyricist.-Early days:Anand Bakshi was born in Rawalpindi, now in Pakistan, on 21 July 1930. His ancestors were from Kurree, near Rawalpindi, and had origins in Kashmir. His mother, Sumitra, died 1940, when he was 10...
  
  
• Playback Singers - Asha Bhosle
  Asha Bhosle
  Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer. She is one of the best-known and most highly-regarded Hindi playback singers in India, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies...
  
  , Kishore Kumar
  Kishore Kumar
  Kishore Kumar , born Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was an Indian film playback singer and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.Kishore Kumar was one of India's greatest performers of the late 20th century...
  
  , Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...
  
  , Mukesh
  Mukesh
  Mukesh Chand Mathur was an Indian playback singer of Bollywood. He, alongside Mohammad Rafi, Manna Dey and Kishore Kumar, left such an impact on the Hindi film industry that they are still remembered to date....
  
  , Mohammad Rafi

Music

• Song "Suhaani Chaandni Raatein" was listed at #8 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1977
  Binaca Geetmala annual list 1977
  The following is an annual list of the year-end chart toppers of the Radio Ceylon radio show Binaca Geetmala for 1977. Binaca Geetmala was a very popular radio show that counted down the popular film songs from Indian cinema on a weekly basis, listened to by millions of Hindi music lovers, just...
  
  

  Song Title	Singers	Time
  "Pyaar Hai Ik Nishaan Kadmo Ka"	Mohammad Rafi	4:50
  "Lalla Lalla Lori, Doodh Ki Katori"	Mukesh	3:20
  "Lalla Lalla Lori, Doodh Ki Katori"	Lata Mangeshkar	4:00
  "Suhani Chandni Raatein"	Mukesh	4:35
  "Main Jo Chala Peekar"	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle	4:30
  "Dil Sajan Jalta Hai"	Mukesh	5:10