When two twin brothers Sudhir and Adhir get orphaned upon the death of their father, Magistrate Chaturvedi adopts them and brings them up like his own children. Though Adhir goes insane after the death of his father, Sudhir picks up the opportunity, studies hard and becomes a doctor like Magistrate Chaturvedi's son Prashant. When Prashant gets caught for performing an illegal operation, Sudhir takes up the blame to repay the debt of the Chaturvedi family on him and his brother.
Acting
Amitabh plays twins with zero vanity — one unhinged, one repressed.
Direction
Hrishikesh Mukherjee's restrained melodrama, no unnecessary flourishes.
Writing
The 'debt' premise that traps the hero in moral quicksand.
Director
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Amitabh's second double role after 'Don' — he insisted on no makeup distinguishing the twins, relying entirely on body language.
The film interrogates the Indian 'karmic debt' concept — Sudhir's 'rin' to the Chaturvedis becomes literally inescapable, even self-destructive.
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