Betaab
Betaab (Restless) is a 1983 Indian romance film written by Javed Akhtar, directed by Rahul Rawail and produced by Bikram Singh Dehal. The film stars Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh in their debut roles along with Shammi Kapoor. The music was composed by Rahul Dev Burman. The film was a commercial success and went on to be one of the biggest hits of the year, emerging as the 2nd highest grossing Indian film of 1983. The film was remade in Telugu as Samrat in 1987, with Ramesh Babu and Sonam, and in Kannada as Karthik in 2011.
| Betaab | |
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| Directed by | Rahul Rawail |
| Written by | Javed Akhtar |
| Produced by | Bikram Singh Dehal. |
| Starring | Shammi Kapoor Sunny Deol Amrita Singh Nirupa Roy Prem Chopra Rehana |
| Cinematography | Manmohan Singh |
| Music by | Rahul Dev Burman |
Release date |
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Running time | 163 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi[1][2] |
| Box office | est. ₹13.5 crore (equivalent to ₹229 crore or US$29 million in 2023)[3] |
Plot
This film is a love story of two youngsters who fall in love despite the status gaps between their families. Sunny, is a young, poor and happy guy who lives with his mother Sumitra in his home-made town farm. Formerly, his father Avenash had been a big businessman, but he went bankrupt. For this reason, he killed himself. Avenash was close friends with Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji who is one of the richest and most powerful men in the city. When Sardar reveals that Avenash has gone bankrupt, he turns his back to him. Sardar has one daughter called Roma. She is spoiled, snobbish and accustomed to having all the people who surround her beneath her. She was Sunny's childhood friend.
Now, Sardar purchases a new horse farm out of the city in the town, which is nearby Sunny's farm. When Sunny accompanies his mother to the train station, he encounters Roma after not seeing her for years. Sunny instantly recognizes her, but Roma doesn't. Consequently, they coincidentally meet each other various times on the farm. They quarrel continually, but soon she realises that he is her childhood friend and they reconstruct their childhood love.
Cast
- Shammi Kapoor as Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji, Roma's father
- Sunny Deol as Sunny Kapoor
- Amrita Singh as Roma Singh Girji
- Nirupa Roy as Sumitra Devi, Sunny's mother
- Rajeev Anand as Yashwant, proposed fiance for Roma
- Prem Chopra as Balwant, Yashwant's father
- Annu Kapoor as Chela Ram, servant
- Rehana
- Birbal as Gangaram
- Sonu Nigam as the young Sunny
Music
The movie has five popular songs of its lyricist by Anand Bakshi and sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Shabbir Kumar, composed by R. D. Burman:
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jab Hum Jawan Honge" | Lata Mangeshkar, Shabbir Kumar | 7:10 |
| 2. | "Teri Tasveer Mil Gayee" | Shabbir Kumar | 4:43 |
| 3. | "Tumne Dee Awaaz" | Shabbir Kumar | 5:01 |
| 4. | "Apne Dil Se Badi Dushmani Ki" | Lata Mangeshkar, Shabbir Kumar | 5:28 |
| 5. | "Badal Yun Garajta Hai" | Lata Mangeshkar, Shabbir Kumar | 5:39 |
Awards
Nominated
- Best Film – Vijeta Films
- Best Director – Rahul Rawail
- Best Actor – Sunny Deol
- Best Music Director – R. D. Burman
- Best Lyricist – Anand Bakshi for "Jab Hum Jawaan Honge"
- Best Male Playback Singer – Shabbir Kumar for "Jab Hum Jawaan Honge"
- Best Male Playback Singer – Shabbir Kumar for "Parbaton Se Aaj"
- Best Story – Javed Akhtar
References
- Lal, Vinay; Nandy, Ashis (2006). Fingerprinting Popular Culture: The Mythic and the Iconic in Indian Cinema. Oxford University Press. p. 77. ISBN 0-19-567918-0.
- Akhtar, Javed; Kabir, Nasreen Munni (2002). Talking Films: Conversations on Hindi Cinema with Javed Akhtar. Oxford University Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-19-566462-1.
JA: I write dialogue in Urdu, but the action and descriptions are in English. Then an assistant transcribes the Urdu dialogue into Devnagari because most people read Hindi. But I write in Urdu.
- "Box Office 1983". Box Office India. 15 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.