Cast
What it is about
Ashok Tandon and Deepa are childhood friends who fall in love during their college years. Ashok starts working at a bank and rises to become a branch manager, and their wedding seems near. A theft accusation sends him to prison and changes his life completely. After his release, he must face a world he no longer recognizes and former colleagues who betrayed him, driven by the wish to make them pay.
How it was made
A Hindi-language crime action thriller produced by Tarachand Barjatya for Rajshri Productions and directed by Satyen Bose. It is a remake of the 1967 Bengali film Jiban Mrityu, which starred Uttam Kumar and Supriya Devi. The music was composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal, with lyrics by Anand Bakshi. The cast includes Dharmendra, Ajit, Rajendranath and Leela Chitnis, and the film marked Raakhee's Hindi film debut.
Reception and legacy
It was a major box office hit and one of the highest-grossing films of its year. It was dubbed into Malayalam as Jeevitha Samaram. No notable awards or documented critical assessment are recorded, so its legacy is mainly tied to its commercial success within Indian cinema of the period.
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Trivia
A Bengali remake
The film is a new version of the 1967 Bengali film Jiban Mrityu, which starred Uttam Kumar and Supriya Devi.
Malayalam dub
It was dubbed into Malayalam under the title Jeevitha Samaram, extending its reach beyond Hindi-speaking audiences.
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