Abhimaan (1973)

Abhimaan Movie Trailer 1973

Directed by     Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Produced by     Susheela Kamat , Pawan Kumar Jain
Written by     Rajinder Singh Bedi , Biresh Chatterjee, Nabendu Ghosh ,Hrishikesh Mukherjee , Mohan N. Sippy ,Biren Tripathy

Music by     Sachin Dev Burman
Cinematography     Jaywant Pathare
Editing by     Das Dhaimade

Cast

    Amitabh Bachchan as Subir Kumar
    Jaya Bachchan as Uma Kumar
    Asrani as Chander Kripalani
    David as Brajeshwarlal
    Bindu as Chitra
    Durga Khote as Durga Mausi
    A. K. Hangal as Sadanand
    Lalita Kumari as RadhaStory

Subir (Amitabh Bachchan) is a professional singer whose career is soaring. He does not plan to marry—until he meets Uma (Jaya Bhaduri), a sweet village girl who also sings. Subir falls in love with Uma and marries her. He returns to Mumbai with his new bride. Subir continues as a singer and also fosters Uma's singing career. His career falters, however, just as Uma's singing career begins to thrive. Eventually, she becomes more famous than her husband, sparking jealousy from Subir. His pride and jealousy tear the marriage apart. The question becomes whether Subir can overcome his jealousy.

The movie reaches a very sensitive situation when the couple separates and Uma has a miscarriage. In what is considered a masterpiece of direction by Mukherjee and scoring by Burman, the couple comes together again in an emotional reunion and they sing together.


Did you know?
Originally the film was titled "Raag Ragini". Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bhaduri invested their own money in the project.