''Besharam'' () is a 1978

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produced and directed by veteran character actor

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. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan,

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, Amjad Khan, A. K. Hangal,

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and

. The film's music was composed by

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. The movie was not a hit on release and fared poorly. An innocent man sets out to find the truth about his father's death. He finds himself in a dangerous battle with the criminal underworld.

Plot

After Digvijay Singh ( Amjad Khan) implicates him as a corrupt person, Ramchandra ( A. K. Hangal), a teacher, commits suicide. After this incident, his obedient and simple son Ram Kumar ( Amitabh Bachchan), an insurance agent, faces many difficulties. Resolved to fight against the injustice in society and uncover the criminal elements, he joins forces with the Police Commissioner ( Iftekar) and transforms himself into Prince Chandrashekar, a top diamond businessman from South Africa. A few years later, Digvijay Singh becomes a powerful person in the city with a dubious personality. He seems to be a decent industrialist, Dharamdas, while smuggling drugs, running many criminal activities and keeping poisonous snakes to kill his enemies and traitors. Ram Kumar loves Rinku (

), unaware that she is Dharamdas's sister. Disguised as Prince Chandrashekar, Ram wins the heart of Dharmdas's beloved Manju ( Bindu), who gets close to him and enters his business. Finally, he succeeds in arresting him.

Cast

* Amitabh Bachchan as Ram Kumar / Prince Chandrashekhar *

as Rinku / Monica * Bindu as Manju * Amjad Khan as Digvijay Singh / Dharamdas *Uma Dhawan – Chanda * Dhumal – Mukhiya * A. K. Hangal – Ramchandra *

– Mrs. Ramchandra *

– Police Commissioner *Imtiaz – Tony (as Imtiyaz) *

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– Pandey *

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– Rosie *

– Laxman, his father and mother *

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– Rosy *

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as an item dancer

Crew

*''Director'' –

*''Producer'' –

*''Production Company'' – Navratna Films *''Music Director'' –

*''Playback Singers'' –

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, Mahendra Kapoor

Soundtrack

External links

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