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Title
Namak Haraam
Cast Rajesh khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha, Asrani, Raza Murad,
A.K.Hangal
Director Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Genre Drama
Year 1973
A rich factory owner’s son (Amitabh Bachchan) is insulted by an idealistic
trade-union leader (A K Hangal) and he and his father (Om Shivpuri) decide to do
something about the old man. Without informing his father, the son sends for his
friend Somu (Rajesh Khanna), who’s living and working in Delhi. Somu arrives and
is secretly entrusted with the task of turning the factory workers against their
leaders. In the ensuing sequence of events, Somu begins to have a change of
heart and discovers that the workers and their struggles are becoming important
to him. His conscience begins to awaken…… This dramatic and poignant story of
friendship and betrayal is directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and co-stars Simi
Garewal and Rekha. R D Burman’s superb soundtrack includes ‘Diye Jalte Hain’,
‘Nadiya Se Dariya’ and ‘Main Shaayar Badnaam’.
   
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