''Apradhi'' () is a 1974 Indian

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-language action drama film directed by Jugal Kishore, with the script written by R.K. Banerjee and T.N. Sharma. The film stars

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Kiran Kumar Kiran Kumar (born as Deepak Dhar; 20 October 1953) is an Indian screen and theatre actor. He has worked in numerous Hindi, Bhojpuri and Gujarati television and film productions. His latest work in drama is ''Charlie 2''. Personal life Kumar co ...

and Dev Kumar. The soundtrack was composed by

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and features playback singers Suman Kalyanpur and

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. It was released on the EMI Records label.

Plot

A delinquent is at large, a masked man in red clothing nicknamed "Redshirt" who leads a gang of bandits. Inspector Shankar (Kiran Kumar) is assigned to investigate the gang. The gang, wise to the police surveillance, kidnap Shankar's daughter Radha (Yogeeta Bali). While in captitivity she is heavily drugged, which leads to her committing suicide. Shankar investigates four suspects, a wholesome holy man named Mahant Badriprasad (Jagdish Raj), retired army Major Vikram Singh, a poet, and a man named Nawab Ashiq Misaaj (Keshto Mukherjee). The gang leader, "Redshirt", is portrayed by Dev Kumar.

Cast

as Radha / Makhan Singh / Jaswant Kaur / Balwant Kaur *

as Inspector Shankar * Dev Kumar as Masked killer (Redshirt) * Mumtaz Begum as Radha's mom *

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as Motta * Brahmachari as Havaldar Ghatelal *

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as Bhagat Singh *

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as Major Vikram Singh *

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as Ranjeet * Jugal Kishore *

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as Nawab Ashiq Misaaj *

Jagdish Raj Jagdish Raj Khurana (1928 – 28 July 2013) was a Bollywood actor who holds a Guinness World Record for being the most type-cast actor. He played the role of a police inspector in 144 films. Early life and career He was born in 1928 in the tow ...

as Mahant Badriprasad *

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as Shama / Inspector Asha

Production

''Apradhi'' was produced by K.L. Chitkara of C.S. Productions. The script for the film was written by R.K. Banerjee and T.N. Sharma. The cinematography was conducted by S.L. Sharma, and the art director J. S Pophaley was brought in to design the sets. S. Azim and Master Sattar overlooked the action sequences in the film, with special effects added by Dahyabhai Patel. ''Apradhi'' was edited by S.R. Sawant.

Music

The soundtrack was composed by

, working with lyricist Hasrat Jaipuri. The playback singers for the film were Suman Kalyanpur and

. The soundtrack was released on the EMI Records label.

Songs

The songs featured in the film are as follows: #"Hai Re Tum Bhi Jawan" – Mahendra Kapoor, Suman Kalyanpur #"Sanwala Rang Naache Har Ang" – Suman Kalyanpur #"Jaane Kyu Mujhe Raato Ko" – Suman Kalyanpur #"Mai Dhool Ka Udta Badal, Gaata Lehrata Jaa" –

Reception

The soundtrack to the film was well-received, with

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identifying "Mai Dhool Ka Udta Badal"' and "Jaane Kyu Mujhe Raato Ko"' as "very good compositions" and noting the Western music influence.

References

External links

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