In front of a six-year-old boy, gangsters kill his father. It turns out that police inspector Saxena exposed a gang of smugglers, and the gangsters took revenge on him. Little Anup Saxena remembered the faces of the killers forever. Fourteen years passed. The thought of revenge never left Anup. He tracked down the killers. Three of the four have already been killed. The fourth remains—the gang leader, Bakshi. Anup kidnaps his daughter, Sima. But Anup and Sima fall in love with each other. Now Bakshi is not only an enemy, but also the father of his beloved. Anup is confused...
Acting
Rishi Kapoor's wounded puppy eyes weaponized for vengeance
Direction
Pramod Chakravorty balancing four genres like a chaotic circus
Score
R.D. Burman's music making questionable choices sound inevitable
Director
Pramod Chakravorty
Rishi Kapoor
Anup D. 'Pappu' Saxena
Reena Roy
Sapna - Bakshi's Assistant
Shoma Anand
Seema Bakshi
Ajit Khan
Bakshi
Prem Chopra
Ashok Kumar
Balraj Gupta - Criminologist
Madan Puri
Bakshi's New York Associate
Asrani
Hari Ramchandani
Sujit Kumar
Ratan
Dharmendra
Anup's Landlord
Hema Malini
Landlord's wife
Om Shivpuri
Policeman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of five films Rishi Kapoor and Reena Roy did together in the mid-70s, cementing their pairing as the 'forbidden love' specialists of the era.
Barood exemplifies the '70s Bollywood obsession with the 'vengeful son' archetype that peaked post-Sholay, but adds the masala twist of enemy's-daughter romance that would dominate the 80s.
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