Betaab (1983)

Sunny owns a small livestock farm and lives a poor but happy life style with his mother, Sumitra. They wanted the farm to become up to date, so Sumitra decides to make a move abroad in ... See full summary »

Director:

Rahul Rawail

Writer:

Javed Akhtar

Stars:

Shammi Kapoor, Nirupa Roy, Prem Chopra

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shammi Kapoor	...	Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji
Nirupa Roy	...	Sumitra Devi Kapoor
Prem Chopra	...	Balwant
Sunny Deol	...	Sunny Kapoor
Amrita Singh	...	Roma Singh Girji
Sunder	...	Thanu
Rajeev Anand	...	Yeshwant (as Rajiv Anand)
Goga Kapoor	...	Ganga
Annu Kapoor	...	Chelaram (as Anu Kapoor)
Tilak Mehta
Shabnam
Birbal	...	Gangaram
Jugnu
Rehana
Mahjabeen

Storyline

Sunny owns a small livestock farm and lives a poor but happy life style with his mother, Sumitra. They wanted the farm to become up to date, so Sumitra decides to make a move abroad in order to bring new equipments for the farm, leaving Sunny in the care of the farm. One day while distributing eggs and chickens, Sunny reaches up with Roma Singh and both can get into the pettiest quarrels and they soon begins to fight and Sunny offers Roma to rebuild his farm house as a part of her punishment. Both soon realize that they are childhood lovers and attempts to rebuild that love once again, both are successful in doing so and plans to get married but there love is opposed by Roma's dad, the wealthy and famous businessman, Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji, who will do anything in his power to prevent Roma and Sunny from meeting leave alone marriage.

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Genres:

Family | Romance

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

5 August 1983 (India)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

162 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Izzat Ki Roti (1993)

User Reviews

Good Love story cum Action Film

Betaab hit the box office and overnight Sunny Deol became a sought after actor. Although the story by Javed Akhtar is romantically adventurous and studded with action by Rahul but the main credit must go to R.D. Burman for composing great lyrics and unforgettable songs. All of its songs are super hits and beautifully pictured especially, "Jab Hum Jawan Honge" that is filmed in a verdant valley farm house and scenic locations. The humorous content injected by the director as light comedy by Sunny and Amrita boosts the interest of the audience.

It is definitely a memorable love story which introduced and established Dharmendra's elder son as a Bollywood icon.