Zameer (1975)

Maharaj Singh is a proud owner of several derby-winning stallions, and lives in a palatial farmhouse with his wife, Rukmini and young son, Chimpoo. One day dacoits attack his farmhouse with... See full summary »

Director:

Ravi Chopra

Writers:

Akhtar-Ul-Iman (dialogue), C.J. Pavri (story)

Stars:

Shammi Kapoor, Saira Banu, Amitabh Bachchan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shammi Kapoor	...	Thakur Maharaj Singh
Saira Banu	...	Sunita Singh
Amitabh Bachchan	...	Badal
Madan Puri	...	Daku Maan Singh
Indrani Mukherjee	...	Mrs. Rukmini Maharaj Singh
Ramesh Deo	...	Ram Singh
Jagdish Raj	...	Sher Singh
Hari Shivdasani	...	Hari Shivdasani (Auction winner)
Prem Sagar
Chand Kapoor	...	(as Chand)
Alankar Joshi	...	(as Master Alankar)
Master Sailesh
Minoo Mumtaz
Akbar
Uma Dhawan

Storyline

Maharaj Singh is a proud owner of several derby-winning stallions, and lives in a palatial farmhouse with his wife, Rukmini and young son, Chimpoo. One day dacoits attack his farmhouse with a view of stealing the stallions, but Maharaj fights them, killing the son of the leader of the dacoits, Maan Singh. Maan Singh swears to avenge the death of his son, and abducts Chimpoo. Years later, a servant of Maharaj, Ram Singh, brings a young man named Badal into the Singhs lives, and tells them that he is their missing son Chimpoo. Both Maharaj, Rukmini, and their daughter, Sunita, are delighted at having Chimpoo back in their lives. Then Badal and Sunita fall in love with each other. It is then Badal confesses to Maharaj that he is not Chimpoo, but a former convicted jailbird, who was asked to impersonate him by an embittered Ram Singh. Maharaj does not want to relay this information to an ailing Rukmini, and decides to keep it quiet for the rest of their lives. But sooner or later Rukmini ...

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Plot Keywords:

family relationships | kidnapping | wealth | impostor

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Genres:

Drama | Action | Family | Thriller

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

17 March 1975 (India)

Also Known As:

Conscience

Filming Locations:

Mohan Studios, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

B.R. Films, United Producers

Technical Specs

Runtime:

136 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Thakur Maharaj Singh (Shammi Kapoor) says to his wife that "when my son grows up he will be just like me," to which his wife Mrs. Rukmini Maharaj Singh (Indrani Mukherjee) remarks that he will just be like a Junglee just like his father. This is a reference to the film Junglee where Shammi Kapoor played the lead role.

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Connections

Referenced in Chhoti Si Baat (1975)

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Soundtracks

"Ab Yahan Koi"
Performed by Kishore Kumar
Lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi
Music by Sapan Chakraborty

User Reviews

Shades of Bombai ka Babu

This movie is quite okay compared to other movies of its era. Funny to see Shammi Kapoor and Saira Banu as father and daughter if you know that Saira made her debut in Junglee opposite Shammi Kapoor as her hero. Saira is the girlfriend of Amitabh in this movie. This is the second movie in which Saira and Amitabh starred together (the other one being the comedy drama HERA PHERI which also has Vinod Khanna as the other leading man, in this movie he makes an special appearance). The storyline is somewhat like an old Kishore Kumar movie which name i forgot and the black and white movie BOMBAY KA BABU wby Raj Khosla which had Dev Anand and Suchitra Sen and was probably the first Hindi movie which dealt with incest. This movie touches that subject lightly, though you know that Amit and Saira are no brother and sister. Shammi as the father is okay, Vinod Khanna as the real heir in his special appearance is okay. This is the first movie directed by Ravi Chopra who would later maken movies like Baghban (amitabh again), Baabul (Amitabh again) and THe Burning Train (the only Hindi disaster movie with an all star cast).