Abhimaan

Image Not Available Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee Original UK Premiere: 1973 Dvd Release: 1st January, 2003 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 0 Encoding

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Abhimaan is a 1973 Bollywood film starring Amitabh Bachchan & his real-life wife, Jaya Bachchan. It was directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film is perhaps best remembered now for its music, written by the late S D Burman & sung by playback superstars Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar & Mohammed Rafi. Amitabh Bachchan plays Subir, a famous singer who marries a village girl named Uma Jaya Bachchan. Uma is also a singer & her career takes off after their marriage. Subir becomes jealous when his wife becomes more famous than he. Jealousy { abhimaan tears their marriage apart & then.

Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian actor. He was born in Allahabad, India. The eldest son of Harivanshrai Bachchan, a well known contemporary poet & Teji Bachchan, he was brought up in the rich tradition of the arts. He did his schooling at Sherwood College in Nainital & went on to Delhi University to earn a science degree. His first film was Saat Hindustani & he has since made over a hundred films in a career that included such box office successes as Zanjeer, Deewar, Sholay, Do aur Do Paanch & Amar Akbar Anthony. Amitabh Bachchan is most famous for introducing the character of the angry young man into Hindi cinema, in stark contrast to the more romantic characters being played by his contemporaries. Amitabh Bachchan retired from the film industry to briefly enter politics by winning a seat in parliament from his hometown of Allahabad. However, his political career was short lived. In 1997 at the age of 55, Amitabh Bachchan made his comeback to cinema with the film Mrityudata.

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Hrishikesh Mukherjee is one of the most famous Indian film directors. He worked with Bimal Roy in Calcutta as an editor. Later on, as a director, he created many immortal films like Anand, Abhiman, Guddi, Golmal, Ashirvad, Bawarchi, Satyakam, Namakharam & many more. His films have melodious songs & the music was often created by Sachin Dev Burman. The films are realistic & unlike the other Bollywood films do not have crime, violence & vulgarity. The stories are apparently simple but on analysis one can find the depth of meaning. He was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award by the Government of India, in 1999, for his contribution to Indian cinema. He also holds the distinction of working with almost all the top Indian stars since independence of India in 1947. Without being aggressively experimental or ostentatiously avant garde in form, theme or treatment, many of Mukherjees 40-plus films have charmed audiences & critics alike because of their middle-of-the-road accessibility, heart-warming irony & literate sensibilities. Hrishikesh Mukherjees cinema could make you cry.

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