Besharam (1978 film)

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Besharam
Poster
Directed by	Deven Verma
Produced by	Deven Verma Navratna Films
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Sharmila Tagore Amjad Khan Deven Verma
Music by	Kalyanji Anandji
Release date	28 April 1978 (1978-04-28)
Running time	149 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Besharam (lit. 'Shameless') is a 1978 Hindi drama/thriller film produced and directed by veteran character actor Deven Verma. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, Amjad Khan, A. K. Hangal, Iftekhar, Nirupa Roy and Deven Verma. The film's music was composed by Kalyanji Anandji. The movie was not a hit on release and fared poorly.

After Digvijay Singh (Amjad Khan) wrongly implicates him as corrupt, honest teacher Ramchandra (A. K. Hangal) commits suicide. When Ramachandra's simple and obedient son Ram Kumar (Amitabh Bachchan), an insurance agent, sets out to find the truth about his father's death, he faces many difficulties.

Pretending to be a decent industrialist named Dharamdas, Digviyay engages in dubious activities like smuggling drugs and running other crimes and becomes a powerful man who keeps poisonous snakes to kill his enemies and traitors.

Finding himself in a dangerous battle with the criminal underworld Ram Kumar resolves to fight against injustice and joins forces with the Police Commissioner (Iftekar). Ram Kumar falls in love with Rinku (Sharmila Tagore), unaware that she is Dharamdas's sister.

Transforming himself into Prince Chandrashekar, a diamond businessman from South Africa, Ram Kumar woos Dharmdas's beloved Manju (Bindu) and gets close to her. Ram Kumar succeeds in eventually arresting Dharamdas.

• Amitabh Bachchan as Ram Kumar/Prince Chandrashekhar
• Sharmila Tagore as Rinku/Monica
• Bindu as Manju
• Amjad Khan as Digvijay Singh/Dharamdas
• Uma Dhawan – Chanda
• Dhumal – Mukhiya
• A. K. Hangal – Ramchandra
• Nirupa Roy – Mrs. Ramchandra
• Iftekhar – Police Commissioner
• Imtiaz Khan – Tony (as Imtiyaz)
• Jagdish Raj – Pandey
• Jayshree T. – Rosie
• Deven Verma – Laxman, his father and mother
• Urmila Bhatt – Rosy
• Helen as an item dancer

• Director – Deven Verma
• Producer – Deven Verma
• Production Company – Navratna Films
• Music Director – Kalyanji Anandji
• Playback Singers – Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar, Mahendra Kapoor

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