A workaholic businessman neglects his only son after his wife's death. The son grows up to be a rebellious alcoholic.
Acting
Amitabh's drunk acting is basically performance art
Score
Bappi Lahiri's synth-disco soundtrack slaps ridiculously hard
Production
The mansion sets scream 'new money' in the best way
Director
Prakash Mehra
Amitabh Bachchan
Vicky Kapoor
Jaya Prada
Meena
Bharat Bhushan
Master jee
Chandrashekhar Vaidya
Advocate Saxena
C.S. Dubey
Father of prospective bride
A.K. Hangal
Meena's Blind Father
Dinesh Hingoo
Neighbour calling police in the song "De de pyar de"
Jankidas Mehra
Rustom Bandukwala
Mukri
Nathulal
Om Prakash
Pran Sikand
Ranjeet Bedi
Satyendra Kapoor
Sudhir
Smita Patil
Special Appearance
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was peak 'Angry Young Man' Amitabh pivoting to 'Broken Rich Boy' — basically inventing the Bollywood tragic hero template.
The film bombed initially but became a cult classic through TV reruns. Apparently 1984 audiences weren't ready for 3 hours of daddy issues.
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