Betaab

Betaab
Betaab
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Directed by	Rahul Rawail
Written by	Javed Akhtar
Produced by	Bikram Singh Dehal.
Starring	Shammi Kapoor; Sunny Deol; Amrita Singh; Nirupa Roy; Prem Chopra; Rehana
Cinematography	Manmohan Singh
Music by	Rahul Dev Burman
Release date	5 August 1983;
Running time	163 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	est. ₹13.5 crore (equivalent to ₹229 crore or US$27 million in 2023)

Betaab (transl. Restless) is a 1983 Indian romance film written by Javed Akhtar, directed by Rahul Rawail and produced by Bikram Singh Dehal. The plot of the film was loosely based on William Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew.^[4] The film stars Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh in their debut roles along with Shammi Kapoor. The music was composed by Rahul Dev Burman. The opening of Betaab started in 1981 with the presence of Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu, Raj Kapoor, and Dharmendra. Before the release of Betaab, Sunny Deol also had a small role in the film Main Inteqam Loonga 1982 which his father Dharmendra was the hero of the film. Betaab was a commercial success and went on to be one of the biggest hits of the year, emerging as the 2nd highest grossing Indian film of 1983. The film was remade in Telugu as Samrat in 1987 with Ramesh Babu and in Kannada as Karthik in 2011 with Karthik Shetty.

Plot

This film is a love story of two youngsters who fall in love despite the status gaps between their families. Sunny, is a young, poor and happy guy who lives with his mother Sumitra in his home-made town farm. Formerly, his father Avenash had been a big businessman, but he went bankrupt. For this reason, he killed himself. Avenash was close friends with Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji who is one of the richest and most powerful men in the city. When Sardar reveals that Avenash has gone bankrupt, he turns his back to him. Sardar has one daughter called Roma. She is spoiled, snobbish and accustomed to having all the people who surround her beneath her. She was Sunny's childhood friend.

Now, Sardar purchases a new horse farm out of the city in the town, which is nearby Sunny's farm. When Sunny accompanies his mother to the train station, he encounters Roma after not seeing her for years. Sunny instantly recognizes her, but Roma doesn't. Consequently, they coincidentally meet each other various times on the farm. They quarrel continually, but soon she realises that he is her childhood friend and they reconstruct their childhood love.

Cast

Shammi Kapoor as Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji, Roma's father
Sunny Deol as Sunny Kapoor
Amrita Singh as Roma Singh Girji
Nirupa Roy as Sumitra Devi, Sunny's mother
Rajeev Anand as Yashwant, proposed fiance for Roma
Prem Chopra as Balwant, Yashwant's father
Annu Kapoor as Chela Ram, servant
Rehana
Birbal as Gangaram
Sonu Nigam as the young Sunny

Music

The movie has five popular songs of its lyricist by Anand Bakshi and sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Shabbir Kumar, composed by R. D. Burman:

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Jab Hum Jawan Honge"	Lata Mangeshkar, Shabbir Kumar	7:10
2.	"Teri Tasveer Mil Gayee"	Shabbir Kumar	4:43
3.	"Tumne Dee Awaaz"	Shabbir Kumar	5:01
4.	"Apne Dil Se Badi Dushmani Ki"	Lata Mangeshkar, Shabbir Kumar	5:28
5.	"Badal Yun Garajta Hai"	Lata Mangeshkar, Shabbir Kumar	5:39

Awards

31st Filmfare Awards:

Nominated

Best Film – Vijeta Films
Best Director – Rahul Rawail
Best Actor – Sunny Deol
Best Music Director – R. D. Burman
Best Lyricist – Anand Bakshi for "Jab Hum Jawaan Honge"
Best Male Playback Singer – Shabbir Kumar for "Jab Hum Jawaan Honge"
Best Male Playback Singer – Shabbir Kumar for "Parbaton Se Aaj"
Best Story – Javed Akhtar

References

^ Lal, Vinay; Nandy, Ashis (2006). Fingerprinting Popular Culture: The Mythic and the Iconic in Indian Cinema. Oxford University Press. p. 77. ISBN 0-19-567918-0.
^ Akhtar, Javed; Kabir, Nasreen Munni (2002). Talking Films: Conversations on Hindi Cinema with Javed Akhtar. Oxford University Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-19-566462-1. JA: I write dialogue in Urdu, but the action and descriptions are in English. Then an assistant transcribes the Urdu dialogue into Devnagari because most people read Hindi. But I write in Urdu.
^ "Box Office 1983". Box Office India. 15 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.
^ "38 Years of Betaab: 5 Unknown facts about the film : Bollywood News". Bollywood Hungama. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2024.

External links

Betaab at IMDb

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[1] Lal, Vinay; Nandy, Ashis (2006). Fingerprinting Popular Culture: The Mythic and the Iconic in Indian Cinema. Oxford University Press. p. 77. ISBN 0-19-567918-0.

[2] Akhtar, Javed; Kabir, Nasreen Munni (2002). Talking Films: Conversations on Hindi Cinema with Javed Akhtar. Oxford University Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-19-566462-1. JA: I write dialogue in Urdu, but the action and descriptions are in English. Then an assistant transcribes the Urdu dialogue into Devnagari because most people read Hindi. But I write in Urdu.

[3] "Box Office 1983". Box Office India. 15 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.

[4] "38 Years of Betaab: 5 Unknown facts about the film : Bollywood News". Bollywood Hungama. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2024.

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v t e Works of Rahul Rawail
Feature films	Gunehgaar (1980) Biwi O Biwi (1981) Love Story (1981) Betaab (1983) Arjun (1985) Samundar (1986) Dacait (1987) Jeevan Ek Sanghursh (1990) Mast Kalandar (1991) Yodha (1991) Bekhudi (1992) Anjaam (1994) Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya (1997) Arjun Pandit (1999) Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi (2001) Jo Bole So Nihaal (2005) Buddha Mar Gaya (2007)
TV series	Dharam Yuddh (1988) Honee Ahonee (1988)