Manzil(1979)
Manzil (1979) is a 114-minute Hindi film directed by Basu Chatterjee. Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Moushumi Chatterjee and Satyendra Kapoor. With a well-received audience rating of 7.4/10 from 1979.
Quick Facts
- Streaming on
- Amazon Prime Video, JioHotstar, YouTube
- Theatrical Release
- 14 May 1979
- Director
- Basu Chatterjee
- Language
- Hindi
- Runtime
- 1h 54m
- Rating
- 7.4/10
Storyline
A man falls in love with a woman and lies about being wealthy to win her and her father's approval. When his true financial situation is discovered, her father tries to break the couple apart.
“Love built on a lie must face the truth.”
Film Details
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Cast & Crew
Reunion Meter
Frequent partnerships reunited for Manzil
Cast reunions in this film: Satyendra Kapoor & Shreeram Lagoo (6 films together), Amitabh Bachchan & A.K. Hangal (5 films together), Amitabh Bachchan & Satyendra Kapoor (5 films together), A.K. Hangal & Lalita Pawar (4 films together), Amitabh Bachchan & Shreeram Lagoo (3 films together), and Moushumi Chatterjee & Satyendra Kapoor (3 films together).
Trivia
- The film's climax was shot at the famous Mukteshwar Temple in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, a location not commonly seen in Hindi films of that era.
- The song 'Rimjhim Gire Sawan' was originally recorded by Kishore Kumar but was later re-recorded by the music director himself, R.D. Burman, for the final film.
- Actress Moushumi Chatterjee, who plays the female lead, was Basu Chatterjee's frequent collaborator, appearing in several of his middle-class 'hatke' films.
- The movie is considered part of Basu Chatterjee's signature 'middle-of-the-road' cinema, blending light romance with social themes without heavy melodrama.
- Amitabh Bachchan's character pretending to be rich mirrored a common plot in 1970s comedies, but this film focused more on emotional drama than slapstick.
- The supporting cast included veteran actors like A.K. Hangal, reflecting Chatterjee's tendency to work with reliable character actors from parallel cinema.
- Despite starring Amitabh Bachchan at his peak, the film was a moderate box office success, overshadowed by his bigger action films that year.