Namak Haraam
| Namak Haraam | |
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| Directed by | Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
| Written by | Gulzar D. N. Mukherjee Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
| Produced by | Jayendra Pandya Rajaram Satish Wagle |
| Starring | Rajesh Khanna Amitabh Bachchan Rekha Simi Garewal |
| Cinematography | Jaywant Pathare |
| Edited by | Das Dhaimade |
| Music by | R. D. Burman |
Production company | Mohan Studios |
| Distributed by | R. S. J. Productions Ultra Distributors Worldwide Entertainment Group |
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Running time | 136 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Namak Haraam (transl. Traitor) is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The film stars Rajesh Khanna, Rekha, Simi Garewal and Amitabh Bachchan. It also stars Asrani, Raza Murad, A. K. Hangal, and Om Shivpuri. The music is by R. D. Burman, the screenplay by Gulzar, and lyrics by Anand Bakshi. Rajesh Khanna received his third BFJA Awards for Best Actor (Hindi) in 1974 for this film and Amitabh Bachchan had won his second Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1974.
This was the second Hrishikesh Mukherjee film that starred Khanna and Bachchan after Anand. "Diye Jalte Hai", "Nadiya Se Dariya" and "Main Shayar Badnaam" are the most memorable melodies, all rendered powerfully by Kishore Kumar and picturised on Rajesh Khanna, who won the hearts of millions by his meaningful acting and face impressions. The film proved out to be a box office superhit and was the 5th highest-grossing film of 1973. The film was remade in Tamil as Unakkaga Naan.
This story concentrates on the rise of unions with the backdrop of Bombay's textile mills and inflation in the early 1970s.