Maa (1976)

Vijay lives with his mother in a palatial house deep in the jungles in South India where he makes a living trapping animals for circuses, zoos - both nationally and internationally. He ... See full summary »

Director:

M.A. Thirumugham

Writers:

Inder Raj Anand (dialogue), Sandow M.M.A. Chinnappa Devar (story)

Stars:

Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Nirupa Roy

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dharmendra	...	Vijay
Hema Malini	...	Nimmi Das (as Hemamalini)
Nirupa Roy	...	Vijay's Mother
Ranjeet	...	Balraj
Padma Khanna	...	Balraj's Girlfriend
Paintal	...	Vijay's employee
Brahmachari	...	Vijay's employee (as Brahmchari)
Shashi Kiran	...	Lallu (as Sashikiran)
Rajan Haksar	...	Ranjeet
Urmila Bhatt	...	(as Urmilla Bhat)
Devar
Om Prakash	...	Gopal Das
Umesh Sharma
Raj Baldev Raj
Vijay	...	(as Vijoo)

Storyline

Vijay lives with his mother in a palatial house deep in the jungles in South India where he makes a living trapping animals for circuses, zoos - both nationally and internationally. He meets with beautiful U.S.-returned Nimmi, both fall in love with each other and want to get married. Vijay's mother cautions them both against separating new-born animals from their birth mothers, but both refuse to listen. Then the unexpected happens, a mother lioness, angered at Vijay for taking her cubs, attacks him, and leaves him badly wounded. With the help of his mother, and Nimmi, Vijay recovers and despite of what happened, and his mother's warning, he again goes to trap animals - this time a baby elephant for a circus. He does manage to trap the elephant in a pit, but the angered mother elephant pursues them, even after they transport it in a truck. Her maternal and protective instincts come to the foreplay, she overtakes the truck, dismantles it, but is chased away by Vijay and his employees....

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Plot Keywords:

elephant | animal | cheetah | forest

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Genres:

Drama | Family

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Filming Locations:

Vauhini Studios, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Company Credits

Production Co:

Devar Films

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Gaoonga, Nachoonga, Rouga, Hasunga"
Performed by Mohammad Rafi
Lyrics by Anand Bakshi
Composed by Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar & Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma

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