Salaakhen
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Salaakhen is a 1975 Hindi movie produced by Parvesh Mehra and directed by A. Salaam. The film stars Shashi Kapoor
, Sulakshana Pandit
, A. K. Hangal
, Mehmood, Amrish Puri
and Ramesh Deo. The films music is by Ravindra Jain
) and Guddi (Sulakshana Pandit
) are childhood friends and neighbors, who are virtually inseparable. Raju's father is arrested after a dramatic police chase for break, enter, 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.
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...
, Sulakshana Pandit
Sulakshana Pandit
Sulakshana Pratap Narain Pandit is a Filmfare Award winning Playback Singer & Actor.Her brothers are the composing duo Jatin Lalit and her younger sister is Vijeta Pandit who achieved fame with her debut movie Love Story. Her uncle is the accomplished classical vocalist Pandit...
, 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...
, Mehmood, Amrish Puri
Amrish Puri
Amrish Singh Puri , ; 22 June 1932 – 12 January 2005 was an iconic theater and film actor from India, who was a key player in the Indian theater movement that picked up steam in the 1960s. He worked with notable playwrights of the time, such as Satyadev Dubey and Girish Karnad...
and Ramesh Deo. The films music is by Ravindra Jain
Ravindra Jain
Ravindra Jain is an Indian music composer and lyricist. He won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award in 1985.-Early life:...
Plot
Raju (Shashi KapoorShashi 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...
) and Guddi (Sulakshana Pandit
Sulakshana Pandit
Sulakshana Pratap Narain Pandit is a Filmfare Award winning Playback Singer & Actor.Her brothers are the composing duo Jatin Lalit and her younger sister is Vijeta Pandit who achieved fame with her debut movie Love Story. Her uncle is the accomplished classical vocalist Pandit...
) are childhood friends and neighbors, who are virtually inseparable. Raju's father is arrested after a dramatic police chase for break, enter, 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
- Shashi KapoorShashi KapoorShashi 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...
- Raju/Chander - Sulakshana PanditSulakshana PanditSulakshana Pratap Narain Pandit is a Filmfare Award winning Playback Singer & Actor.Her brothers are the composing duo Jatin Lalit and her younger sister is Vijeta Pandit who achieved fame with her debut movie Love Story. Her uncle is the accomplished classical vocalist Pandit...
- Guddi/Seema - Goga KapoorGoga KapoorRavinder Kapoor , popularly known as Goga Kapoor, was an Indian film actor, who appeared mostly in Bollywood films. He had played supporting roles of that of villain's henchmen or that of gangster. He is mostly remembered as Kamsa in the TV serial Mahabharat, Dinkar Rao in the film Agneepath and...
- Casino Owner - A. K. HangalA. K. HangalAvtar 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...
- Ram Lal, Seema's father - Mehmood - Abdul Rehman
- Amrish PuriAmrish PuriAmrish Singh Puri , ; 22 June 1932 – 12 January 2005 was an iconic theater and film actor from India, who was a key player in the Indian theater movement that picked up steam in the 1960s. He worked with notable playwrights of the time, such as Satyadev Dubey and Girish Karnad...
- Master - Anjana Mumtaz - Farida
- Ramesh Deo - Gautam
- Pinchoo KapoorPinchoo KapoorPinchoo 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 :*...
- Rich Man - Mac MohanMac MohanMohan Makijany , popularly known as Mac Mohan, was a well-known Indian character actor in Hindi language films...
- Prince - Moolchand - Shopkeeper
- Shivraj - Advani
- Sudhir - Inspector Ahmed
Crew
- Director - A. Salaam
- Producer - Parvesh C. Mehra
- Music Director - Ravindra JainRavindra JainRavindra Jain is an Indian music composer and lyricist. He won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award in 1985.-Early life:...
- Lyricist - Dev Kohli, Hasrat JaipuriHasrat JaipuriHasrat Jaipuri was a Hindi and Urdu poet and film lyricist.-Initial Days:Jaipuri was born Iqbal Husain in Jaipur, where he studied English till medium level, and then acquired his taalim in Urdu and Persian from his grandfather, Fida Husain. He began writing verse, when he was around twenty years...
, Ravindra JainRavindra JainRavindra Jain is an Indian music composer and lyricist. He won the Filmfare Best Music Director Award in 1985.-Early life:... - Playback Singers - Asha BhosleAsha BhosleAsha 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...
, HemlataHemlataHemlata has been one of the most famous and successful leading playback singer in Bollywood since the late 1970s. She is classically trained and has a unique style of singing which makes her stand apart from other playback singers of her era...
, Kishore KumarKishore KumarKishore 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...
, Sulakshana PanditSulakshana PanditSulakshana Pratap Narain Pandit is a Filmfare Award winning Playback Singer & Actor.Her brothers are the composing duo Jatin Lalit and her younger sister is Vijeta Pandit who achieved fame with her debut movie Love Story. Her uncle is the accomplished classical vocalist Pandit...
Music
- Song "Seema Seema Seema" was listed at #29 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1976Binaca Geetmala annual list 1976The following is an annual list of the year-end chart toppers of the Radio Ceylon radio show Binaca Geetmala for 1976. 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 Lyricist Time "Chal Chal Kahin Akele Mein" Sulakshana Pandit Dev Kohli 1:44 "Chal Chal Kahin Akele Mein" Sulakshana Pandit, Hemlata Dev Kohli 6:39 "Maze Uda Lo Jawani Rahe Na Rahe" Asha Bhosle Hasrat Jaipuri 5:56 "Mere Dekh Ke Lambe Baal" Asha Bhosle Hasrat Jaipuri 5:47 "Seema Seema Seema" Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle Ravindra Jain 5:51