Deewaar (1975)

Vijay struggles as a dockworker. Eventually, he becomes a leading figure of the underworld, while his younger brother, Ravi, is an educated, upright policeman. This divide causes problems in their relationship.

Director:

Yash Chopra

Writers:

Javed Akhtar (dialogue) (as Javed), Javed Akhtar (screenplay) (as Javed)

Stars:

Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Nirupa Roy

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Amitabh Bachchan	...	Vijay Verma
Shashi Kapoor	...	Ravi Verma
Nirupa Roy	...	Sumitra Devi
Parveen Babi	...	Anita
Neetu Singh	...	Leena Narang
Manmohan Krishna	...	DCP. Narang
Madan Puri	...	Samant (as Madanpuri)
Iftekhar	...	Mulk Raj Dhabaria (as Iftikhar)
Satyendra Kapoor	...	Anand Verma - Father (as Satyendra Kapoo)
Sudhir	...	Jaichand
Rajpal
Jagdish Raj	...	Jaggi
Kuljit Singh
Raj Kishore	...	Darpan
Yunus Parvez	...	Rahim Chacha (Head porter)

Storyline

The movie tells the story of two brothers, Vijay and Ravi Verma, who follow different career paths: Vijay is a smuggler and Ravi the policeman who is asked to hunt Vijay down. Vijay Verma (Amitabh Bachchan) and Ravi Verma (Shashi Kapoor) are the sons of a trade unionist, Anand Verma(Satyen Kappu), who was defeated and disgraced by the management of his firm using his family as bait. Unable to bear the public disgrace father deserts the family, and the sons are raised by their mother(Nirupa Roy)who brings them to Bombay City, who suffers the trials and tribulations of a poor single mother. Vijay Verma, the elder brother, grows up with an acute awareness of his father's humiliation and is victimized for his father's supposed misdeeds. In the process of fighting for his rights Vijay, who starts out as a boot polisher and becomes a dockyard worker in his youth, becomes a smuggler and a leading figure of the underworld.

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Plot Keywords:

murder of a pregnant woman | murder | pregnancy | poliziottesco | bollywood poliziottesco | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

May 1979 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Wall

Filming Locations:

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$65,317

Company Credits

Production Co:

Trimurti Films Pvt. Ltd.

Technical Specs

Runtime:

174 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title music was composed for Joshila and used in this film. It was later reused in Yaarana.

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Goofs

After Vijay Verma gets shot in the climax, he was touching the upper part of his left arm, but after it showed he was shot at the back before it was shown again shot at the upper part of his left arm.

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Quotes

Vijay: Before I talk, I need to know if I am talking to a brother or a police officer?
Ravi: As long a brother speaks, a brother would listen. When a criminal speaks, a police officer would respond!

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Connections

Referenced in The Kapil Sharma Show: Team Rock on 2 in Kapil's Show (2016)

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Soundtracks

Koi Mar Jaaye
Written by Sahir Ludhianvi
Music by Rahul Dev Burman
Performed by Asha Bhosle Usha Mangeshkar

User Reviews

This is one master craft

I guess after Sholay this is one of the best movies in Indian cinema. A must see. This movie is one of the finest blend of movie in Indian cinema. What a terrific performance from Mr. Bachchan, the direction, dialogs, acting everything mixed so well.

This story loosely based on one time underworld don "HAJI MASTAAN", he was a dock yard worker, which played by Amitabh Bachhan (vijay).

Story started with a union leader who fought for their rights. But the owners of the factory plotted conspiracy and termed him a thief. His family could not face the society and moved out from that place. The older son could not forget this and became a sensitive person. In circumstances he kept his feet in criminal world and soon became underworld don. But his brother became a cop and he's now trying to nab his brother. Director tackles this story quite well.