Namak Haraam

Namak Haraam
Directed by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Produced by	Jayendra Pandya Rajaram Satish Wagle
Written by	Sampooran Singh Gulzar D.N. Mukherjee Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Starring	Rajesh Khanna Amitabh Bachchan Rekha Simi Garewal A.K. Hangal Asrani
Music by	Rahul Dev Burman
Cinematography	Jaywant Pathare
Edited by	Das Dhaimade
Production company	Mohan Studios
Distributed by	R.S.J Productions Ultra Distributors Worldwide Entertainment Group
Release dates	19 November 1973
Running time	147 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Namak Haraam (Hindi: नमक हराम, Nastaliq: نمک ہرام, English: Traitor) is a 1973 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The music is by R.D. Burman, the screenplay by Gulzar, and lyrics by Anand Bakshi. The film stars Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan. It also stars Rekha, Asrani, Raza Murad, A.K. Hangal, Simi Garewal and Om Shivpuri. Rajesh Khanna received his third BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) in 1974 for this film.

This was the second Hrishikesh film with Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh after Anand. "Diye Jalte Hai, Phool Khilte Hai", "Nadiya se dariya, Dariye se sagar" and "Main Shayar Badnaam" are the most memorable melodies, all rendered powerfully by Kishore Kumar and picturised on Rajesh Khanna. The film was a hit at the box office. The film was remade in Tamil as Unakkaga Naan with Sivaji Ganesan.

Plot

The film focused on two friends (Somu and Vicky) and how Somu Rajesh Khanna tries to infiltrate the trade union of his friends. Amitabh Bachchan plays a rich man's son, Vicky, who has a fight with a union leader and later sends his best friend Somu to grow bigger than the previous union leader. Somu starts getting influenced by the ideals of workers which leads to the confrontation between two friends. This story concentrates on the rise of unions with the backdrop of Mumbai's textile mills and inflation in the early '70s.

Cast

• Rajesh Khanna as Chander Singh/Somnath 'Somu'
• Amitabh Bachchan as Vikram Maharaj 'Vicky'
• Simi Garewal as Manisha
• Rekha as Shyama
• Asrani as Dhondu, Shyama's brother
• A. K. Hangal as Bipinlal Pandey
• Manju as Rama, Pandey's assistant
• Om Shivpuri as Damodar Maharaj
• Manmohan as Jai Singh
• Durga Khote as Somu's mother
• Manisha as Sarla, Somu's sister
• Raza Murad as Alam
• Jayshree T. as Courtesan
• Darshan
• Neelam
• Lalita Kumari
• Yogesh Chhabra
• Habiba
• Kamal Deep

Crew

• Director - Hrishikesh Mukherjee
• Story - Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Biresh Chatterjee, Chandra Kanta Singh, Mohini N. Sippy
• Screenplay - Gulzar, D. N. Mukherjee, Biresh Chatterjee, Chandra Kanta Singh, Mohini N. Sippy
• Dialogue - Gulzar
• Producer - Jayendra Pandya, Rajaram, Satish Wagle
• Editor - Das Dhaimade
• Cinematographer - Jaywant Pathare
• Art Director - Ajit Banerjee
• Costume and Wardrobe - Meeta Hassan, Ramlal Maheswari, Madhvi R. Shanker
• Choreographer - Gopi Krishna, Habiba Rehman, Kapil

Music

• Song "Nadiya Se Dariya Dariya Se Saagar" was listed at #18 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1974

All lyrics written by Anand Bakshi, all music composed by Rahul Dev Burman.

Awards and Nominations

External links

• Namak Haraam at the Internet Movie Database