''Sabse Bada Rupaiya'' () is a 1976 Indian

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-language film, produced by

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and directed by S. Ramanathan.The film stars

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, Asit Sen, Agha,

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and Jeevan. The title song ''Sabse Bada Rupaiya'' is inspired by the music to the title song of the Hollywood musical '' 42nd Street'' (1933). The song was used again in an

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-starrer '' Bluffmaster'' (2005) in the opening credits. The core plot of the movie is based on the 1971 Kannada movie '' Kasidre Kailasa''.

Cast

as Neki Ram *

as Amit Rai *

as Sunita *

as Bindiya *

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as Mrs. Rai *

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as Doctor * Jeevan as Seth Dhanraj

Plot

Generous and honest to a fault, multi-millionaire Amit Rai is always ready to lend a helping hand to the needy, even his business associates. His employee and close friend, Nekiram, warns him against doing this, but in vain. Then hard times visit him and his family, and he loses all his wealth and money, even his palatial home and items therein are to be auctioned. All the people he had helped, his business associates, etc. even his fiancee, Sunita, abandons him. Penniless, homeless, and with a widowed mother, and an unwed sister, he re-locates near a hill station, to begin life anew and works as labour in an orchard. It is there he finds out that his financial ruin did not take place by chance, but it was a deliberate and deceptive plot to rid him of his riches.

Songs

* "Vada Karo Jaanam" - Kishore Kumar,

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* "Bahi Jaiyo Na Raani" -

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* "Na Biwi Na Bachcha, Na Baap" - Mehmood * "Dariya Kinare Ek Bungla" (aka dariya kinare ek bungalow) - Kishore Kumar,

References

External links

* 1976 films 1970s Hindi-language films Films directed by S. Ramanathan Hindi remakes of Kannada films {{1970s-Hindi-film-stub