''Mazdoor'' (English: ''Worker'') is a 1983 Hindi film. Produced by
B. R. Chopra
Baldev Raj Chopra (22 April 1914 – 5 November 2008) was a famous Indian director and producer of Bollywood industry and television series . Best known for directing Hindi films like ''Naya Daur'' (1957), '' Sadhna'' (1958), ''Kanoon'' (1961) ...
it is directed by his son
Ravi Chopra. The film stars
Dilip Kumar,
Nanda,
Raj Babbar,
Suresh Oberoi,
Rati Agnihotri,
Padmini Kolhapure,
Iftekhar,
Madan Puri
Madan Puri (30 September 1915 – 13 January 1985) was an Indian actor of Hindi and Punjabi films. His brothers were actors Chaman Puri and Amrish Puri. As a character actor mainly in negative roles (villain), he acted in about 430 films in a ca ...
and
Johnny Walker. The music of the film is by
R. D. Burman.
This was veteran actress Nanda's final appearance before her retirement from acting.
Plot
The son of Mr. Sinha (
Suresh Oberoi) changes everything in order to maximize profits. This brings him into conflict with his employees including Dinanath Saxena. When Dinanath openly confronts Hiralal in a public meeting, Hiralal wants him to tender a written apology, but Dinanath instead resigns and decides to open his very own mill with the help of a struggling Engineer, Ashok Mathur. They do eventually succeed, go into production, hire employees, and soon earn a good reputation. Dinanath gets his daughter, Meena, married to Ashok, who becomes a
ghar jamai, much to the chagrin of Smita, the daughter of multi-millionaire Kundanlal Batra, who had expected Ashok to marry her. She soon concocts a scheme to bring discord in the Mathur family, and also ensure Ashok's ruin.
Cast
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Dilip Kumar as Dinanath Saxena
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Nanda as Radha Saxena
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Raj Babbar as Ashok Mathur
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Padmini Kolhapure as Meena Saxena
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Rati Agnihotri as Smita Batra
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Raj Kiran as Ramesh Saxena
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Suresh Oberoi as Heeralal Sinha
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Madan Puri
Madan Puri (30 September 1915 – 13 January 1985) was an Indian actor of Hindi and Punjabi films. His brothers were actors Chaman Puri and Amrish Puri. As a character actor mainly in negative roles (villain), he acted in about 430 films in a ca ...
as Daulatram
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Johnny Walker as Govinda
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Iftekhar as Kundanlal Batra
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Nazir Hussain as Mr. Sinha
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Jagdish Raj as Bank Manager Tiwari
Soundtrack
The songs are composed by
R.D. Burman
Rahul Dev Burman (27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994) was an Indian music director who is considered one of the most influential composers of India. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films. Burman did major work ...
. The lyrics are written by
Hasan Kamal. The album consists of seven songs.
Trivia
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Raakhee Gulzar
Raakhee Gulzar (born Rakhee Majumdar on 15 August 1947 and known as Raakhee) is an Indian actress who has appeared in many Hindi films and Bengali films as well. In four decades of acting, she has won three Filmfare Awards and one National Fi ...
was to play Nanda's role.
* This was one of
Nazir Hussain's last film.
* In the 1980s an English serial, Master Of The Game had nearly same story as Mazdoor.
* After Nikaah, Salma Agha was also to be in Mazdoor and even recorded one song but didn't do the film and she was also acting in Amit Khanna's Sheeshe Ke Ghar opposite Raj Babbar she even recorded all the songs, like Mazdoor she also didn't do this film then Padmini Kolhapure replaced her.
* Rati Agnihothri was uncomfortable with her role and asked Ravi Chopra if she could leave the film. He assured her she would perform well and to just leave it up to him to make sure she performed well.
References
External links
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1983 films
1980s Hindi-language films
Films scored by R. D. Burman
Films directed by Ravi Chopra
Films about the working class
Films about labour
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