Blackmail (1973 film)

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Blackmail
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Film poster
Directed byVijay Anand
Written byVijay Anand
Vinod Kumar
Produced by
StarringDharmendra
Raakhee
Shatrughan Sinha
Cinematography
Edited byVijay Anand
Music byKalyanji-Anandji
Production
company
Distributed by


Polydor
Release date
  • 30 November 1973 (1973-11-30)
Running time
146 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Blackmail is a 1973 Bollywood thriller film directed by Vijay Anand. The film stars Dharmendra, Raakhee, Madan Puri, and Shatrughan Sinha. Many critics consider it one of Vijay Anand's underrated works.[1]

Plot[]

Professor Ramakant Khurana (Madan Puri) , an eccentric scientist, discovers a formula to generate electricity from sunlight. This discovery makes him very popular, and his formula very much in demand, while local businessman, Mr. Mehta (Iftekhar), feels threatened – as this may means losses and eventual bankruptcy. Mehta and his associate, Jeevan (Shatrughan Sinha), who is also his daughter, Asha's (Raakhee) sweetheart, conceive a plan to get Asha married to Dr. Khurana's nephew, Kailash Gupta (Dharmendra); inherit part of the estate as well as the business along with the formula; and thereby eliminate their potential bankruptcy. Their only problem is Asha, who may not cooperate, so a drama is arranged between Jeevan and her, which leads to Jeevan backing away from any marriage plans and going to settle in Europe. Asha thus agrees to marry Kailash, who has fallen head over heels in love with her. The marriage takes place, but there are misunderstandings in their lives on the very first night as Kailash feels that Asha is hiding something from him, and secretly meeting someone during odd hours of the night. The person turns out to be Jeevan who now blackmails Asha with some of her illicit photographs he took in past without her knowing about it. Jeevan demands that Asha gives him blueprint of the Professor Khurana's new found discovery. Things get bitter between Kailash and Asha as Kailash suspects Asha is cheating on him. Asha unable tio help herself, discloses everything to Professor Khurana who tricks Jeevan and solves issue between Kailash and Asha. However, Jeevan realizing he was tricked, kidnaps Asha and asks for the blueprint/formulae as ransome. Kailash confronts Jeevan and duo engage in a fight. Jeevan realizing his mistake commits suicide. The couple reunite as the police arrives.

Cast[]

Music[]

The film contains many hit songs.

"Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas Tum Rehti Ho" sung by Kishore Kumar is often ranked as one of the best songs of his career, which made it so popular that it was recreated by Abhijit Vaghani in the 2016 film Wajah Tum Ho, and its title inspired a 2019 movie of the same name, directed by Dharmendra's son Sunny Deol, and starring his grandson Karan Deol.

Other songs are "Mile Mile Do Badan, Khile Khile Do Chaman", "Sharbati Teri Aankho Ki, Jheel Si Gehraii Mein and Main Doob Doob Doob Jata Hoon" sung by Kishore Kumar. All lyrics were by Rajendra Krishan.

Songs
  1. "Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas, Tum Rahati Ho" – Kishore Kumar
  2. "Naina Mere Rang Bhare Sapane Toh Sajaane Lage" – Lata Mangeshkar
  3. "Mile Mile Do Badan Khile Khile Do Chaman" – Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
  4. "Asha O Asha Tujhe Kya Hua" – Lata Mangeshkar
  5. "Main Doob Doob Jaata Hu" – Kishore Kumar

Trivia[]

The background music in the climax car chase and fighting scene is very similar to the theme music of hollywood movie 'Mission Impossible'

References[]

  1. ^ Kumar, Anuj (30 September 2016). "Black Mail (1973)". Thehindu.com. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

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