''Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai'' (translation: ''Show The World'') is a 1981

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romantic

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produced and directed by

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. It stars

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, Amjad Khan,

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, Shreeram Lagoo in pivotal roles. The film flopped and Hussain blamed the arrival of video in the early 1980s for the film's failure and that it deserved a better fate.

Overview

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''. The music, composed by

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with lyrics by

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, was successful, but the movie itself did not have the success associated with a Nasir Hussain production, with his last three films being major hits ('' Hum Kisise Kum Naheen'', ''

Yaadon Ki Baaraat ''Yaadon Ki Baaraat'' () is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language masala film, directed by Nasir Hussain and written by Salim–Javed (Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar). It featured an ensemble cast, starring Dharmendra, Vijay Arora, Tariq, Zeenat Aman, Ne ...

'' and ''

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''.) The film took scenes from all previous Nasir Hussain productions and redid them as a part of the story, including the train top song (song being different) from his first production ''

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'', the runaway girl from ''Caravan'' and the song contest from ''Hum Kisise Kum Naheen''. A remake of this film is being considered for release in 2022 under the title "Covid ko hatana hai".

Plot

Wealthy industrialist, Nanda, is enraged when he finds out that his eldest son, Ramesh, has fallen in love with a poor woman, Seema, and wants to marry her. He asks his son that if he marries her, he will exclude him from his will. In answer to that, Ramesh marries Seema and leaves the Nanda household. When Nanda's younger son, Ravi, returns home, he is told that his brother is away on business. Ravi does find out that Ramesh had been asked to leave by their father. He manages to convince his dad to change his mind about Ramesh, and sets off to find Ramesh. He finds out that Ramesh and Seema are no longer alive, but Seema had given birth to a son, and left him in the care of her sister, Kanchan. Ravi meets Kanchan, and both fall in love with each other. When Kanchan finds out that Ravi is Nanda's son, she is angry, and refuses to have to do anything with Ravi, as she is sure that she too will be rejected by Nanda, when he finds out that she is poor, and related to Seema. What Ravi and Kanchan don't know that Nanda has an ulterior motive, as he wants to adopt Ramesh's son - by hook or by crook.

Cast

as Ravi Nanda *

as Kanchan / Bahadur *

as Razia Khan * Amjad Khan as Shareef Khan / Sharafat Ali / Karamat Ali / Salamat Ali / Wajahat Ali *

as Shekhar Nanda *

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as Colonel I. M. Tipsee *

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as Kanchan Tipsee * Shreeram Lagoo as S. K. Nanda *

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as Kavita *

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as Ranjeet * Tariq Khan as Robin Nanda *

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as Ramesh Nanda (Special Appearance)

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

, also known as R.D. Burman, with lyrics by

Track list

Notable songs

The most well known song from the film is "Puchho Na Yaar Kya Hua" by

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and

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. The melodious song was a major hit in India at the time. In recent years, the soundtrack has received attention for "Dil Lena Khel Hai Dildar Ka," a synthesized,

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song. It has been described as having "a very futuristic electro feel" and approaching a "

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wavelength." The song has been cited as a possible influence on the 1982 proto-

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album '' Synthesizing: Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat'' by Charanjit Singh.

References

External links

* {{Nasir Hussain 1981 films 1980s Hindi-language films Films scored by R. D. Burman Films directed by Nasir Hussain