''Waqt'' () is a 1965 Indian

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-language

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film directed by

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, produced by B. R. Chopra and written by

Akhtar Mirza Akhtar Mirza was an Indian screenwriter and director for Bollywood films. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Story, for the 1965 film '' Waqt''. He is the father of National Award-winning director Saeed Akhtar Mirza and the commercially success ...

and

Akhtar-Ul-Iman Akhtar ul Iman (12 November 1915 9 March 1996) was a noted Urdu poet and screenwriter in Hindi cinema, who had a major influence on modern Urdu nazm. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue in 1963 for ''Dharmputra'' and 1966 for '' ...

. It made it onto the

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's long list of films in consideration for their top ten of Indian films award. The film stars Sunil Dutt,

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, Shashi Kapoor,

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, Balraj Sahni,

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and Madan Puri in lead roles. It pioneered the concept of films with multiple stars, starting a trend followed by other films. The film took the top spot at the box office in 1965. The plot of this movie re-introduced the lost and reunite formula in Bollywood, originally featured in the 1943 Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Shanti starrer '' Kismet'' (fate). A happy family separated by ''Waqt'' (time) goes through a series of trials trying to reunite. The film was later remade into the

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as ''Bhale Abbayilu'' (1969) and in Malayalam as ''

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'' (1981). It is still considered one of the blockbuster movies of actress Sadhana. The film contains the Hindi songs "Hum Jab Simat Ke", sung by Mahendra Kapoor and

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, ''Waqt se din aur raat'', sung by Mohammed Rafi, ''Aage Bhi Jaane Na Tu'', sung by Asha Bhosle and ''Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen'', sung by

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, composed by Ravi and picturised on Balraj Sahni and Achala Sachdev.

Plot

Lala Kedarnath Prasanta is a wealthy businessman living with his wife Laxmi and three little sons, who were born on same date, same month but few years apart each other. On their

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, Lala Kedarnath is visited by Pandit Uday Shankar (Badri Prasad), a well-known astrologer who advises him not to be proud of his wealthy lifestyle or be too optimistic about the future as the actions of "

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" is unpredictable. Lala Kedarnath ignores his advice and is busy making plans of becoming even more wealthier. That night, as he is discussing his future plans with Laxmi, a sudden

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takes place and the whole town crumbles, knocking Lala Kedarnath

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. After regaining

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, he discovers that his house is destroyed and his family is gone. The eldest son Raja ends up in an

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while the middle-born son Ravi is adopted from the streets by a rich couple. Elsewhere, the youngest son Vijay is still with Laxmi who thinks Lala Kedarnath died in the earthquake and the two continue living in poverty. Lala Kedarnath traces Raja to the orphanage only to learn that he has fled as the manager ( Jeevan Dhar) ill-treated him. Frustrated, he chokes the manager to death and is arrested by the police. As the police drive away with Lala Kedarnath, Raja is shown running on the streets alone. Several years later, Raja Chinnoy is shown as a sophisticated thief working for a criminal named Chinnoy Seth. He steals the expensive necklace of a beautiful rich girl named Meena Mittal but returns it to her upon learning that it was her birthday gift. He falls in love with her and decides to give up crime for her. However, things take a turn when a spoilt rich boy named Ravi Khanna enters Meena's life and attempts to woo her. Meanwhile, Lala Kedarnath is released from jail and is informed by his neighbour that his long-lost wife Laxmi is in

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. He travels there but is informed that her son Vijay has taken her to

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for a treatment as she is diagnosed with

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. He arrives over there in order to search for his family. Elsewhere, Meena falls in love with Ravi and the two decide to get married, infuriating Raja. On the night before their engagement, he enters an asleep Ravi's house to murder him but finds his childhood photograph. Upon seeing it, Raja realises that Ravi is his long-lost brother and leaves from his house. Ravi and Meena's marriage is finalized. However, Meena's parents tell Ravi's foster parents that they wish to break off Meena's engagement upon discovering that Ravi is of unknown parentage and religion. Heartbroken, Ravi leaves his house after an argument with his foster sister Renu Khanna over dating Vijay who works as a chauffeur for Chinnoy Seth in order to arrange money for Laxmi's surgery. Raja learns about Ravi's problem and decides to reveal their relation at a party organized by Chinnoy Seth. However, Chinnoy Seth's drunk employee Balbir Singh misbehaves with Meena over there and Raja gets into a fight with him, causing the party to get cancelled. Later that night, Balbir gets into a fight with Chinnoy Seth in a drunken state and in self-defense, Chinnoy Seth ends up stabbing Balbir fatally from his knife. He decide to frame Raja for the murder in order to cover up his crime. Vijay witnesses Chinnoy Seth dragging Balbir's

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to Raja's house but is shut up with the promise of money for Laxmi's surgery. Raja is arrested by the police and he asks Ravi to defend him as a lawyer, to which, he agrees. During the procedure of the

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, Chinnoy Seth lies that Vijay woke him up to inform him about Balbir's murder and that he witnessed Raja hiding the corpse in the wardrobe. Vijay also gives a false statement that he witnessed Raja dragging Balbir's corpse to his house. Lala Kedarnath appears in the court as well for catching Raja on the streets when he attempted to flee from the police. Vijay ends up confessing Chinnoy Seth's true intentions after he is confronted by Ravi over his mother's illness. Chinnoy Seth, brainwashed by Ravi, blurts out the truth in the courtroom and is convicted for Balbir's murder. Raja is proved innocent and Lala Kedarnath thanks Ravi for his deeds. Laxmi subsequently arrives in the court to apologise to Raja on behalf of Vijay. Lala Kedarnath spots her over there and has an emotional reunion with her. She even introduces Vijay as his youngest son to him. He narrates to them that he had traced his eldest son to an orphanage but he had already fled from there. Raja overhears him and realises that he is his father. He introduces himself as his eldest son and Ravi as his middle-born son to Lala Kedarnath. The two emotionally reunite with Lala Kedarnath with Laxmi and Vijay. Ravi's marriage is also fixed with Meena again. In the end, they all build a rich house and live happily thereafter.

Cast

as Raja * Sunil Dutt as Advocate Ravi * Shashi Kapoor as Vijay * Sadhana as Meena Mittal *

as Renu Khanna * Balraj Sahni as Lala Kedarnath *

as Laxmi *

as Ranjeet Chinoy * Madan Puri as Balveer Singh *

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as Mr. Mittal *

Leela Chitnis Leela Chitnis (''née'' Nagarkar; 9 September 1909 – 14 July 2003) was an Indian actress in the Indian film industry, active from 1930s to 1980s. In her early years she starred as a romantic lead, but she is best remembered for her later role ...

as Mrs. Mittal *

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as Mr. Khanna * Sumati Gupte as Mrs. Khanna *

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as Rani Sahiba * Motilal as Public Prosecutor *

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as Judge *

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as Pandit Uday Shankar * Jeevan as Orphanage Warden *

Jagdish Raj Jagdish Raj Khurana (1928 – 28 July 2013) was a Bollywood actor who holds a Guinness World Record for being the most type-cast actor. He played the role of a police inspector in 144 films. Early life and career He was born in 1928 in the tow ...

as Police Inspector * Surender Rahi as Lala Kedarnath's Jailor *

Hari Shivdasani Hari Shivdasani (1909–1994) was an Indian character actor in Hindi cinema from 1930s-1980s. Personal life Hari Shivdasani was a Sindhi Hindu from Karachi and had moved with his family to Mumbai at the time of the partition of the British Ra ...

as Lala Hardayal Rai * Erica Lal as Special Appearance in song "Aage Bhi Jane Na Tu"

Soundtrack

The film soundtrack was composed by Ravi with lyrics by

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Awards and nominations

; 13th Filmfare Awards: Won *

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–

* Best Supporting Actor –

* Best Story –

* Best Dialogue –

Akhtar ul Iman Akhtar ul Iman (12 November 1915 9 March 1996) was a noted Urdu poet and screenwriter in Hindi cinema, who had a major influence on modern Urdu nazm. He won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue in 1963 for ''Dharmputra'' and 1966 for '' W ...

* Best Cinematography (Color) – Dharam Chopra Nominated *

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– B. R. Chopra *

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– Sadhana

References

External links

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