''Shor'' (''Translation: Noise'') is a

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Indian

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movie written, produced and directed by

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, who also plays the lead role in the film. The film was remade in Tamil as ''

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''.

Plot

Shankar (

) loses his wife (

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) in an accident. She dies while saving her son (Deepak). Due to the accident, Deepak loses his voice. Shankar is keen to hear his son's voice again; however, doctors suggest that Deepak has to undergo a surgery to get his voice back. Shankar tries hard to collect money for the surgery and finally is able to collect enough money for the surgery after a few hardships. Deepak undergoes the surgery successfully. Shankar is keen to meet Deepak; however, the doctor advises to him to meet Deepak the next day so as to not overexert the patient. Shankar goes to work; however, is unable to focus properly while working with machines and eventually gets injured. The injury causes him to lose his hearing. The father is now unable to hear his son's voice when he regains it.

Cast

as Shankar *

Jaya Bhaduri Jaya Bachchan (''née'' Bhaduri; born 9 April 1948) is an Indian actress and politician. She is a member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from the Samajwadi Party, serving four terms since 2004. Known primarily for her work in Hindi and Bengali ...

as Raat Ki Rani / Rani - Shankar's well wisher & in love with Shankar *

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as Khan Badshah - Rani's father *

as Geeta - Shankar's wife (special appearance) *

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as Shankar's mom * Madan Puri as Factory Owner *

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as Shantilal * Master Satyajeet as Deepak - Shankar & Geeta's Son * Manorama as Victoria - Shanta's mom * Meena T. as Shanta * Shefali * Leena *

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as Kabrastan Ke Raja *

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as Doctor *

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* Kuljeet * V. Gopal as Mr. Moradabadi

Soundtrack

The popular music of this movie is composed by the duo Laxmikant Pyarelal, is most noted for the memorable song "Ek Pyar Ka Nagma" (एक प्यार का नग्मा है, मौजो की रवानी है). The song was penned by

Santosh Anand Santosh Anand (born 5 March 1929) is an Indian lyricist who attained success in the 1970s, earning the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist twice in 1975 and 1983. He has also been awarded the Yash Bharti Award in 2016. He studied library science ...

Awards

; 20th Filmfare Awards: Won * Best Editing – Manoj Kumar Nominated *

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–

* Best Supporting Actor –

* Best Music Director –

Laxmikant–Pyarelal Laxmikant–Pyarelal were an Indian composer duo, consisting of Laxmikant Shantaram Patil Kudalkar (1937–1998) and Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (born 1940). He is known by the nickname “Pyromaniac” due to his flaming style of music. Laxmikan ...

* Best Lyricist –

for "Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai" * Best Male Playback Singer –

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for "Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai" * ' Best Story – Manoj Kumar

References

External links

* * https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/shor-1972/article5196454.ece 1972 films 1970s Hindi-language films Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Hindi films remade in other languages Films directed by Manoj Kumar {{1970s-Hindi-film-stub