''Zaroorat'' () is a
1972
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Bollywood
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drama film
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directed by
B.R. Ishara
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. It is a film which does not feature any song.
Plot
On a night when Vijay (Vijay Arora), who is a taxi driver, listens to the voice of help from a girl, he helps her and saves her from two people who are trying to harm her. That girl is Anju (Reena Roy). Vijay is a college student and drives a taxi at night to support his family financially. They come to know that they are in the same college. They begin liking each other and decide to get married.
Both the families are middle class. So, to support their families, after college they start to look for a job. Anju gets a job, but her boss has bad intentions. One night he calls her home and tries to rape her, but she escapes and leaves her job. In the meantime, the families oppose their marriage since the horoscopes don't match. In spite of this, they get married.
Now after marriage, both Anju and Vijay start looking for a job, but they don't find one. One day, Vijay meets with an accident and both of his legs are lost. He undergoes depression. He asks Anju to put him into a handicap home, but Anju declines and says she will take care of him throughout his life. When there is no money for Vijay's medicines, Anju goes to her boss who pays her money in return for her body.
When Anju arrives home with medicines, she finds that Vijay had committed suicide and in a letter, he has asked her to start a new life.
Danny who has been a very good friend of Anju and Vijay comes with 3 lakh rupees won from lottery, just to find that Vijay is no more. Anju's brother also steals money from postman and comes to home at the same time as Danny just to find out that Anju is in great shock because Vijay is no more.
Cast
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Vijay Arora
Vijay Arora (27 December 1944 – 2 February 2007) was an Indian actor in Hindi films and television serials who was known for ''Yaadon Ki Baaraat'' and as Indrajit in the television serial '' Ramayan''.
Career
He also appeared in the se ...
as Vijay
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Reena Roy
Reena Roy (born Saira Ali; 7 January 1957), is an Indian actress. At the age of 15, she made her film debut with the drama ''Zaroorat'' (1972), but gained wider public recognition with her roles in the romantic comedy ''Jaise Ko Taisa'' (1973) a ...
as Anju
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Danny Denzongpa
Tshering Phintso "Danny" Denzongpa (born 25 February 1948) is an Indian actor, singer and film director who primarily works in Hindi films. He has acted in over 190 films since 1971. In 2003, Denzongpa was awarded the Padma Shree, India's fourt ...
as Danny
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Asit Sen as Badal
* Johnny Whisky
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Manmohan Krishna
Manmohan Krishna (26 February 1922 – 3 November 1990) was a popular Indian film actor and director, who worked in Hindi films for four decades, mostly as a character actor. He started his career as a professor in Physics and held master's de ...
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References
1972 films
1970s Hindi-language films
1972 drama films
Films directed by B. R. Ishara
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