Amrit is a 1986 Indian Hindi film starring Rajesh Khanna

Rajesh Khanna

Rajesh Khanna is an Indian actor of from Hindi films, and has been Hindi film producer and an Indian politician....

 in the title role playing the character of Amritlal Sharma. The film was directed by Mohan Kumar immediately after directing Avtaar

Avtaar

Avtaar is a 1983 movie starring Rajesh Khanna and Shabana Azmi. It was directed by Mohan Kumar, and the music was by Laxmikant Pyarelal.Rajesh Khanna did achieve success from Amardeep and Prem Bandhan onwards but this was Rajesh Khanna's biggest hit film in terms of box office collections after...

 with Khanna in the title role and lyrics written by Anand Bakshi

Anand Bakshi

Anand Bakshi was a popular Indian poet and lyricist.-Early days:Anand Bakshi was born in Rawalpindi, now in Pakistan, on 21 July 1930. His ancestors were from Kurree, near Rawalpindi, and had origins in Kashmir. His mother, Sumitra, died 1940, when he was 10...

. This movie gave Rajesh Khanna his fourth BJFA Best Actor award in 1987.The film was critically acclaimed and received five stars in Bollywood Guide Collections.

Synopsis

Amrit stays with his only son and meanwhile Kamla a widow stays with her only son at Kamal Niwas. But Kamla is treated as servant in her house and the only person who loves her in her house is her granddaughter.Amrit has the habit of taking his grandson to the nearby garden when his grandson is free from studies. Amrit gets to know of Kamla’s problems due to him meeting her coincidently quite regularly in the garden. Amrit and Kamla meet up develop a good relationship. One fine day Kamla gets late to pick up her granddaughter Sunita from the school, as the auto rickshaw she was travelling in to reach school meets with an accident. Amrit who meanwhile goes to pick up his grandson Rahul comes to know of this and brings Sunita to her house. Amrit sees Kamla being humilated by her daughter-in-law when he goes to their house to nurse Kamla’s injury. Amrit decides to donate some money to Brahmins on the occasion of his son’s birthday but he does not have money and so asks his son to give him few bucks amd on his son’s denial, Amrit steals the whisky bottle from the house to get some money. On knowing this his son throws him out of the house permanently. In the torrential rains a hurt Amrit meets with the accident . Kamla then with help of like minded people admits Amrit in a hospital.The rest of the story is about how Amrit and Kamla decide to separate from their respective selfish children and spend the rest part of life together and how society perceives their togetherness.

Reception

The film had collections worth gross of 9.3 crores at the box office in 1986 in India. It received five stars in the Bollywood guide Collections.

Cast

• Rajesh Khanna
  Rajesh Khanna
  Rajesh Khanna is an Indian actor of from Hindi films, and has been Hindi film producer and an Indian politician....
  
   as Ashok Sharma
• Smita Patil
  Smita Patil
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   as Kamla Srivastav
• Aruna Irani
  Aruna Irani
  Aruna Irani is an Indian actress. An accomplished actress and dancer of her time, Aruna Irani has acted in about 300 movies, with many memorable acting performances to her credit...
  
   as Hasinabanu Ali
• Shafi Inamdar
  Shafi Inamdar
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   as Advocate Sharafat Ali
• Satish Shah
  Satish Shah
  Satish Ravilal Shah is a Hindi and Marathi film and television actor best known for his comedy films. He is perhaps best known for his roles in the ever popular 80's sitcom Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi directed by Kundan Shah and Manjul Sinha. He is famous for playing the role of Municipal Commissioner...
  
   as Ramcharan Yadav
• Sujit Kumar
  Sujit Kumar
  Sujit Kumar , born near a village in Varnasi, was an Indian film actor and producer. He appeared in over 150 Hindi films in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and 25 films in Bhojpuri. From the late 90s, he latterly concentrated more on production. Kumar was the first superstar of Bhojpuri cinema...
  
   as Doctor
• Mukri
  Mukri
  "Mukri" was born as Muhammad Umar Mukri in 1922 in Alibagh. He started his film career from film "Pratima" along with notable Indian film actor Dilip Kumar in 1945....
  
   as Kamru
• Zarina Wahab
  Zarina Wahab
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   as Savitri Sharma

Music

• "Zindagi Kya Hai Ik Lateefa Hai" - Kishore Kumar
  Kishore Kumar
  Kishore Kumar , born Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was an Indian film playback singer and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.Kishore Kumar was one of India's greatest performers of the late 20th century...
  
  & Chorus
• "Duniya Mein Kitna Gham Hai" - Mohammad Aziz, Anuradha Paudwal
  Anuradha Paudwal
  Anuradha Paudwal is a popular playback singer in Bollywood in India.She has sung songs in Hindi, Marathi and Nepali.- Biography :She studied at Xavier's College in Mumbai. She was married to the late Arun Paudwal, who worked with music director S. D. Burman as his assistant...
  
  
• "Sharafat Ali Ko Sharafat Ne Mara" - Kavita Krishnamurthy, Mohammad Aziz, Jaspal Singh
  Jaspal Singh
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  , Mahendra Kapoor
  Mahendra Kapoor
  Mahendra Kapoor was an Indian playback singer.In a career spanning five decades, his repertoire extended to 25,000 songs in various regional languages, including memorable hits like ‘Chalo ek baar phir se Ajnabi ban jayen hum dono’ Gumrah, ‘Neele gagan ke taale’ Hamraaz, and in various...
  
  
• "Jeevan Sathi Saath Mein Rahna" - Manhar Udhas
  Manhar Udhas
  Manhar Udhas is Hindi and Gujarati language singer. He has given voice for many Hindi movies as playback singer. He is the elder brother of singer Pankaj Udhas and Nirmal Udhas and has worked with Pankaj on albums and Live Shows. Manhar has worked with all the composers of the film world and has...
  
  , Anuradha Paudwal
  Anuradha Paudwal
  Anuradha Paudwal is a popular playback singer in Bollywood in India.She has sung songs in Hindi, Marathi and Nepali.- Biography :She studied at Xavier's College in Mumbai. She was married to the late Arun Paudwal, who worked with music director S. D. Burman as his assistant...