''Parwana'' ( ''Moth'') is a 1971

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-language

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film directed by

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. It stars Amitabh Bachchan,

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in lead roles and

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in a special appearance. In this film, Amitabh Bachchan plays his first negative role as an infatuated lover-turned-murderer.

Plot

Kumar ( Amitabh Bachchan), an artist by profession is in love with Asha (

). Asha wins a trip to Ooty in a dance competition, and falls in love with a wealthy tea plantation owner, Rajeshwar (

). When Kumar finds out, he goes to Asha's uncle, Ashok Verma (

) and demands Asha's hand in marriage. When he refuses, Kumar plots to kill him. The manner in which Kumar plans and executes the murder is regarded as an immensely brilliant and engaging sequence. Kumar boards and exits various modes of transportation to avoid any possibilities of suspicion by creating an alibi. He finally kills Ashok Verma and frames Rajeshwar in the hope of winning Asha's love. But Asha still loves Rajeshwar, and believes in his innocence. She makes a promise to Kumar to stay with him forever, if he could get Rajeshwar released from his death sentence. Kumar realises that Rajeshwar will always remain Asha's love. He writes down his confession giving details of execution of his plan of murder, gives it to Rajeshwar and commits suicide.

Cast

* Amitabh Bachchan as Kumar Sen *

as Rajeshwar Singh *

as Asha Parekh *

as Ashok Verma *

as Public Prosecutor (Special Appearance) *

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as Kamla Singh * Lalita Pawar as Sarita Singh * Asit Sen as Mr. Ghosh *Rajeeta Thakur as Mrs. Ghosh *

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Music

Since the director Jyoti Swaroop had a successful pairing with

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in the movie Padosan, the music of the movie was originally to be composed by

. But the later had a creative differences with the director and hence

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was roped in. The lyrics were penned by

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. Most of the prominent singers of the industry have lent their voice in the soundtrack of this movie, like Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi and

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Legacy

The sequence of Kumar's use of various modes of transportation was an inspiration for the 2007 Bollywood film ''

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'', where it is shown that the film's protagonist has watched the film ''Parwana'' and does the same to avoid suspicion.

Home media

The DVD version of the film was released by

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under its own label.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=0067555, title=Parwana 1971 films Films scored by Madan Mohan 1970s Hindi-language films Indian romantic thriller films Indian psychological thriller films 1970s psychological thriller films 1970s romantic thriller films