''Fakira'' is a 1976 Indian

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-language

crime action film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

produced by N.N. Sippy and directed by C.P. Dixit. The film stars Shashi Kapoor,

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Asrani Govardhan Asrani (born 1 January 1940), popularly known simply as Asrani, is an Indian actor and director whose Bollywood career has spanned five decades. He has acted in over 350 Hindi films. Asrani has played the lead roles, character roles ...

Aruna Irani Aruna Irani (born 3 May 1946) is an Indian actress, who has acted in over 500 films throughout Hindi, Kannada, Marathi and Gujarati cinema, playing mostly supporting and character roles. She has won two Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Ac ...

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, Asit Sen,

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and Madan Puri. The music is by

Ravindra Jain Ravindra Jain (28 February 1944 – 9 October 2015) was an Indian music composer, lyricist and playback singer. He started his career in the early 1970s by composing for several hit movies. His notable works include '' Chor Machaye Shor'' (1 ...

. The film became a box office hit. The film's team of producer (N.N. Sippy), cast (Shashi Kapoor, Asrani, Danny Denzongpa, Madan Puri) and music composer (Ravindra Jain) had teamed together before for the box office hit ''

Chor Machaye Shor ''Chor Machaye Shor'' () is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Ashok Roy and produced by N. N. Sippy. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Mumtaz, Danny Denzongpa, Madan Puri, Asrani and Asit Sen. The music is by Ravindra Jain. Asrani e ...

'' (1974). ''Fakira'' was later remade into the

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film '' Dongalaku Donga'' (1978).

Plot

Two small children, who are brothers, lose their parents in a fire. They are harassed by bad men and get separated. They grow up and become criminals. One is played by Shashi Kapoor, while the other is played

. They become enemies, not knowing that they are brothers. A policewoman, played by

, goes undercover in Shashi Kapoor's criminal group, which includes

and

. She and Shashi Kapoor fall in love, but Aruna Irani doesn't trust her as she loves Shashi Kapoor herself. Madan Puri is the villain.

Cast

* Shashi Kapoor *

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Ravindra Jain except the song - Aadhi Sachchi Aadhi Jhuthi Teri Prem Kahaani - which is written by Inderjeet Singh Tulsi. #"Dil Men Tujhe Bithake, Kar Loongi Main Bandh Aankhen" -

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#"Fakira Chal Chala Chal" (Sunke Teri Pukar) - Mahendra Kapoor #"Tota Maina Ki Kahaani To Puraani Puraani Ho Gayi" - Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar #"Akela Chal Re Ho Fakira Chal Re" (Sunke Teri Pukar) - Hemlata #"Aadhi Sachchi Aadhi Jhuthi Teri Prem Kahaani" - Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar #"Hum To Jhukkar Salaam Karte Hain" (

Qawwali Qawwali (Punjabi language, Punjabi: (Shahmukhi), (Gurmukhi); Urdu: (Nastaʿlīq, Nasta'liq); Hindi: क़व्वाली (Devanagari); Bengali language, Bengali: কাওয়ালি (Bengali alphabet, Bengali)) is a form of Sufi Isl ...

) - Kishore Kumar, Mahendra Kapoor,

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hushan Mehta #"Yeh Mera Jaadu, Chor Ho Ya Sadhu" -

Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle (; Mangeshkar; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur and occasional actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian Cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in th ...

Accolades

;

24th Filmfare Awards The 24th Filmfare Awards were held in 1977. '' Kabhi Kabhie'' led the ceremony with 13 nominations, followed by '' Mausam'' with 8 nominations and ''Chhoti Si Baat'' with 6 nominations. The awards were spread over a number of films, with no ...

: Won * Best Cinematography –

Fali Mistry Fali Mistry (1919–1979) was an Indian cinematographer, who worked in Bollywood films, from the 1940s to 1980, both in black and white and colour cinema, and along with younger brother Jal Mistry, he was one of the most acclaimed cinematograph ...

* Best Art Direction – S. S. Samel Nominated * Best Male Playback Singer – Mahendra Kapoor for "Sunke Teri Pukar" * Best Female Playback Singer – Hemlata for "Sunke Teri Pukar"

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0298327, Fakira 1976 films 1970s Hindi-language films Indian crime action films Films scored by Ravindra Jain 1970s crime action films Hindi films remade in other languages