Majboor (1974), Amitabh Bachchan

Welcome you to Amitabh Bachchan’s filmy journey. Yet another episode, and we will talk about his film Majboor, released in 1974.

Ravi Tandon directed Majboor, a thriller drama film inspired by the American film Zigzag. Salim-Javed wrote the film, which starred Amitabh Bachchan. The starcast for this film was Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Pran, Madan Puri, Rehman, and Farida Jalal.

“A Thrilling Quest for Justice”

Ravi Khanna (Amitabh Bachchan) is a class who lives with his
widowed mother and a sister Renu, a wheelchair bound portrayed by Farida
Jalal. He has a school-going brother, Billu (Master Alankar).Ravi, engaged to his girlfriend Neela (Parveen Babi), enjoys a happy family life, as Neela is the daughter of a wealthy man. Just when things were going right, he learns
He has a tumor in his brain and has only six months to live. In order to
secure. his family, he takes on a murder charge on himself for which
The reward was 5 lakhs.</p>

“When Justice is the Only Option”

In order to be convincing as the killer, he leaves his own trails. A fight in jail injures him, leading to hospitalization, where he receives treatment for both his injuries and a brain tumor. He is now a healthy man and he regrets his decision of
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To avoid the death sentence and to get out of the trap laid by his
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The culprit is caught, and Ravi Khanna is

released and proclaimed innocent.

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Laxmikant-Pyarelal composed the music, and Anand Bakshi penned the lyrics for the film’s 5 songs.

/a>. Playback was by Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, and KKishore Kumar. The film was remade in Tamil, Gujarati, and Malayalam.

The film Majboor did average at the box office but the film had got
popular and the film earnings were good enough for the producer and
director. This film is also considered as one of the good films by
Amitabh Bachchan.