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Naseeb
Cast Amitabh Bachchan, Hema Mailini, Satrughan Sinha, Rishi Kapoor,
Reena Roy, Kim
Director Manmohan Desai
Genre Romantic
Year 1980
Director Manmohan Desai's most extravagantly plotted film to date, this thriller
has a convoluted story-line, great performances from an all-star cast and
chart-busting music from Laxmikant - Pyarelal. A waiter Namdev (Pran), a band
musician (Jagdish Raj), Damodar (Ajmad Khan) a photographer and Raghubir (Kader
Khan) a hack driver, jointly win a lottery ticket. The photographer and the
driver plot to kill the musician, frame the Namdev for the murder and grab their
shares. After being framed for the murder of the musician, Namdev is presumably
killed by Damodar and Raghubir, who use the money to set up a criminal empire.
The story then switches to the second generation: John Jani Janardan (Amitabh
Bachchan) and Sunny (Rishi Kapoor), are the sons of Namdev. John's buddy is
Damodar's son Vikram (Shatrughan Sinha); the dead band musician had two
daughters –Asha (Hema Malini) Kim (Kim), whom John and Sunny fall in love with.
Namdev was not killed after all and later resurfaces as the henchman of the
ultimate crime boss, Don (Madan Puri). Revenge and a thrilling climax form the
rest of the story. The highlight of the film is Amitabh Bachchan’s inspired
song-sequence, ‘John Jaani Janardhan’, in which a galaxy of stars puts in
special appearances.
   
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