BETAAB (1983 FILM)

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'Betaab' (English: 'Impatient') is an Indian Bollywood movie released on August 5, 1983, directed by Rahul Rawail and produced by Bikram Sing Dahal. The film satars Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh in their debut roles. The film went on to be one of the biggest hits of the year.

Contents

Synopsis

Cast

Crew

Music

Trivia

Award Nominations

External Link

Synopsis

This film is a love story of two youngsters who fall in love despite the status gaps between their families. Sunny (Sunny Deol), is a young, poor and happy guy who lives with his mother Sumitra (Nirupa Roy) in his home-made town farm. Formerly, His father Avenash had been a big businessman, but he went bankrupt. For this reason, he committed suicide. Avenash was in close friends with Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji (Shammi Kapoor) 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 (Amrita Singh). She is spoiled, snob and accustomed to have all the people who surround her beneath her. Formerly, she also 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 many years they haven't seen each other. Sunny instantly recognizes her, but Roma doesn't. consequently, they coincidentally meet each other various times in the farm. They quarrel continually, but soonly she comes to know that he is her childhood friend and they reconstruct their childhood love. However, when her father shows up, he firmly objects their unity. Many obstacles will have bumped into their way until the day in which they could realize love.

Cast

★ Sunny Deol ... Sunny

★ Amrita Singh ... Roma (Dingy)

★ Shammi Kapoor ... Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji

★ Nirupa Roy ... Sumitra Devi

★ Prem Chopra ... Balwant

★ Sonu Nigam ... Young Sunny

Crew

★ 'Producer': Bikram Sing Dahal

★ 'Director': Rahul Rawail

★ 'Story': Javed Akhtar

★ 'Screenplay': Javed Akhtar

★ 'Dialogues': Javed Akhtar

★ 'Lyrics': Anand Bakshi

★ 'Music': R D Burman

Music

The film has 5 popular songs of its time sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Shabbir Kumar, composed by R D Burman:

★ ''Apne Dil Se Badi Dushmani Ki'' - Shabbir Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar

★ ''Badal Yun Garajta Hai'' - Shabbir Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar

★ ''Jab Hum Jawan Honge'' - Shabbir Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar

★ ''Teri Tasveer Mil Gayee'' - Shabbir Kumar

★ ''Tumne Dee Awaaz'' - Shabbir Kumar

Trivia

★ The famous Indian singer Sonu Nigam appears in the film as the young Sunny.

★ Sunny Deol plays a role of horse trainer in the film.

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Award Nominations

The film was nominated in 5 categories at the Filmfare, but hasn't won at all.

★ Filmfare Best Actor Award - Sunny Deol

★ Filmfare Best Male Playback Award (for two different songs) - Shabbie Kumar

★ Filmfare Best Music Director Award - R D Burman

★ Filmfare Best Lyricist Award - Anand Bakshi

External Link

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