''Hifazat'' (Safeguarding) is a 1987

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directed by Prayag Raj. It stars

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in pivotal roles. The music of the film was composed by

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. Later this movie remade in Telugu as Bobbili Raja. The film was a commercial failure.

Plot

After Laxmi has had three still-births, her husband, Satyaprakash and his mother are afraid she will not be able have any more children, and therefore there will be no one to carry the name of the family forward. So they propose that Satyaprakash gets married for a second time, to which Laxmi consents and as such he marries Rukmani. After this marriage Laxmi gets pregnant and gives birth to a son, Raj Kumar and shortly thereafter Rukmani too gives birth to a son, Lakhan. Raj Kumar is abducted and disappears from their lives. Thereafter, Satyaprakash is arrested for the murder of a contractor and sentenced to prison. Rukmani and her brother, Buddhiram, take over running the household and inflict abuse on Laxmi. Years later, a young man appears claiming to be the missing son of Laxmi and Satyaprakash, and he attempts to bring some sense and honor for poor Laxmi. But this does not last for long, when Satyaprakash is released from prison, he recognizes the young man, as his fellow prison inmate, and much to the shock and dismay of Laxmi, asks him to leave the house, little knowing that he has now thrown open the door for Buddhiram to kill him and Laxmi.

Cast

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as Kailashnath *

Nutan Nutan Samarth Bahl (4 June 1936 – 21 February 1991), known mononymously as Nutan, was an Indian actress who worked in Hindi films. In a career spanning nearly four decades, she appeared in more than 70 films, mostly as a protagonist, in both b ...

as Laxmi *

as Raj Kumar / Ram *

as Janki * Lalita Pawar * Pran as Thakur Satyaprakash * Bindu as Rukmini *

Kader Khan Kader Khan (22 October 1937 – 31 December 2018) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and film director. As an actor, he appeared in over 300 Bollywood films after his debut film in the 1973 film '' Daag'', starring Rajesh Khanna, in which h ...

as Buddhiram *

Shakti Kapoor Shakti Kapoor (born Sunil Kapoor; 3 September 1952) is an Indian actor and comedian who appears in Bollywood films. Known for his villainous and comic roles in Hindi films, he has featured in over 600 films. In the 1980s and 1990s, Kapoor teame ...

as Lakhan *

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as Gullu *

Sharat Saxena Sharat Saxena (born 17 August 1950) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films along with Telugu, Malayalam and Tamil films. He has acted in more than 250 Bollywood films. Saxena started his career in the early 1970s and has mainly played su ...

as Shambhu Dada *

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as Ganga *

Bharat Bhushan ''Bharatbhushan Bhalla'' better known as ''Bharat Bhushan'' (14 June 1920 – 27 January 1992) was an Indian actor in Hindi language films, scriptwriter and producer, who is best remembered for playing Baiju Bawra in the 1952 film of the s ...

as Special Appearance In Song "Ram Ki Baaten Ram Hi Jaane"

Music

The songs were written by Anand Bakshi and music was given

External links

* 1987 films 1980s Hindi-language films 1987 drama films Films scored by R. D. Burman Indian drama films Hindi-language drama films {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub