Namak Haraam

Namak Haraam (Hindi: नमक हराम, Urdu: نمک, English: Traitor) is a 1973 Indian Bollywood Hindi drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The music is by R.D. Burman, the screenplay by Gulzar, and lyrics by Anand Bakshi. The film stars Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan. It also stars Rekha, Asrani, Raza Murad, A.K. Hangal, Simi Garewal and Om Shivpuri. Rajesh Khanna received his third BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) in 1974 for this film and Amitabh Bachchan had won his second Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1974.

Contents

• Plot
• Cast
• Crew
• Music
• References

This was the second Hrishikesh Mukherjee film that starred Rajesh Khanna and Amitabh Bachchan after Anand. Diye Jalte Hai, Phool Khilte Hai, Nadiya se Dariya, Dariye se Sagar, and Main Shayar Badnaam are the most memorable melodies, all rendered powerfully by Kishore Kumar and picturised by Rajesh Khanna. Namak Haraam was a hit at the box office. It was remade in Tamil as Unakkaga Naan with Sivaji Ganesan and as Anguram in Malayalam starred by Prem Nazir.

Plot

The story focuses on two friends, Somu (Rajesh Khanna) and Vicky (Amitabh Bachchan). To avenge the fact that Vicky is insulted by the union leader of his factory, Somu infiltrates the factory as a worker and later the trade union as its leader. However Somu is moved by the plight of the workers and is influenced by their ideals, which leads to a confrontation between the two friends. This story concentrates on the rise of unions with the backdrop of Mumbai's textile mills and inflation in the early 1970s.

Cast

Rajesh Khanna as Somnath Chander Singh (Somu)

Amitabh Bachchan as Vikram Maharaj (Vicky)

Simi Garewal as Manisha

Rekha as Shyama

Asrani as Dhondu, Shyama's brother

A. K. Hangal as Bipinlal Pandey

Manju as Rama, Pandey's assistant

Om Shivpuri as Damodar Maharaj

Manmohan as Jai Singh

Durga Khote as Somu's mother

Manisha as Sarla, Somu's sister

Raza Murad as Alam

Jayshree T. as Courtesan

Crew

Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Story: Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Biresh Chatterjee, Chandra Kanta Singh, Mohini N. Sippy

Screenplay: Gulzar, D. N. Mukherjee, Biresh Chatterjee, Chandra Kanta Singh, Mohini N. Sippy

Dialogue: Gulzar

Producer: Jayendra Pandya, Rajaram, Satish Wagle

Editor: Das Dhaimade

Cinematographer: Jaywant Pathare

Art Director: Ajit Banerjee

Costume and Wardrobe: Meeta Hassan, Ramlal Maheswari, Madhvi R. Shanker

Choreographer: Gopi Krishna, Habiba Rehman, Kapil

Music

The song "Nadiya Se Dariya Dariya Se Saagar" was listed at #18 on the Binaca Geetmala annual list 1974.

All lyrics written by Anand Bakshi; all music composed by Rahul Dev Burman.