Besharam is a 1978 Hindi movie produced and directed by veteran character actor Deven Verma

Deven Verma

Deven Varma is an Indian film and television actor, particularly known for his comic roles, with directors like Basu Chatterji, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Gulzar. He has also produced and directed some films including Besharam...

. This is his first directorial venture and first time with Amitabh Bachchan under his banner.

The film stars Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...

, Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore is an Indian film actress. She has won National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards for her performances.She has led the Indian Film Censor Board from October 2004 till March 2011...

, Amjad Khan

Amjad Khan

Amjad Khan was an acclaimed Indian actor and director. He worked in over 130 films in his film career spanning nearly twenty years. He enjoyed popularity for his villainous roles in Hindi films the most famous being the unforgettable Gabbar Singh in 1975 classic Sholay...

, A. K. Hangal

A. K. Hangal

Avtar Kishan Hangal , popularly known as A. K. Hangal, is a well known Indian character actor in Hindi language films. His most notable roles are as the Inder Sen in Shaukeen, as Rahim Chacha in Sholay and as Ram Shastri in Aaina...

, Iftekhar

Iftekhar

Iftekhar was a character actor in Bollywood films, especially known for his roles as police officers in several films.-Career:...

, Nirupa Roy

Nirupa Roy

-Filmography:* Lal Baadshah * Mard * Mawali * Betab * Khoon aur Pani * Aatish * Kartavya .... Vijay's mother* Khandaan .... Savitri G. Srivastav...

 and Deven Verma

Deven Verma

Deven Varma is an Indian film and television actor, particularly known for his comic roles, with directors like Basu Chatterji, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Gulzar. He has also produced and directed some films including Besharam...

. The film's music was composed by Kalyanji Anandji

Kalyanji Anandji

Kalyanji Anandji is a name used by Indian composer duo known for its work on Hindi film soundtracks, particularly action potboilers in the 1970s. The name comes from first names of the two Gujarati brothers that formed the duo, Kalyanji Virji Shah and Anandji Virji Shah...

.

An innocent man sets out to find the truth about his father's death. He finds himself in a dangerous battle with the criminal underworld.

Plot

After Digvijay Singh (Amjad Khan

Amjad Khan

Amjad Khan was an acclaimed Indian actor and director. He worked in over 130 films in his film career spanning nearly twenty years. He enjoyed popularity for his villainous roles in Hindi films the most famous being the unforgettable Gabbar Singh in 1975 classic Sholay...

) implicates him as a corrupt person, Ramchandra (A. K. Hangal

A. K. Hangal

Avtar Kishan Hangal , popularly known as A. K. Hangal, is a well known Indian character actor in Hindi language films. His most notable roles are as the Inder Sen in Shaukeen, as Rahim Chacha in Sholay and as Ram Shastri in Aaina...

), a teacher commits suicide. After this incident, his obedient and simple son Ram Kumar (Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...

), an insurance agent, faces many difficulties. Resolved to fight against the injustice in society and uncover the criminal elements, he joins forces with the Police Commissioner (Iftekar) and transforms himself into Prince Chandrashekar, a top notch diamond businessman from South Africa.

Few years later, Digvijay Singh becomes a powerful person in the city with dubious personality. He seems to be a decent industrialist Dharamdas while smuggling drugs, running many criminal activities and keeps poisonous snakes to kill his enemies and traitors.

Ram Kumar loves Rinku (Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore is an Indian film actress. She has won National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards for her performances.She has led the Indian Film Censor Board from October 2004 till March 2011...

) unaware that she is Dharamdas' sister. Disguised as Prince Chandrashekar, Ram wins the heart of Dharmdas' beloved Manju (Bindu

Bindu

Bindu is a Sanskrit term meaning "point" or "dot". The feminine case ending is bindi which denotes a small ornamental, devotional and/or mystical dot that is cosmetically applied or affixed to the forehead in Hinduism....

), gets close to him and enter his business. Finally he succeeds in arresting him.

This was Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore is an Indian film actress. She has won National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards for her performances.She has led the Indian Film Censor Board from October 2004 till March 2011...

's romantic lead with Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...

 again after Faraar

Faraar

Faraar is a 1975 Bollywood crime film drama. The film is produced by Alankar Chitra and directed by Shanker Mukherjee. The film stars Sharmila Tagore, Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar, Sulochna, Sajjan, Agha and Bhagwan Dada. The music is by Kalyanji Anandji.-Plot:The film is based around a...

.

Cast

• Amitabh Bachchan
  Amitabh Bachchan
  Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
  
   - Ram Kumar Chandra/Prince Chandrashekar
• Sharmila Tagore
  Sharmila Tagore
  Sharmila Tagore is an Indian film actress. She has won National Film Awards and Filmfare Awards for her performances.She has led the Indian Film Censor Board from October 2004 till March 2011...
  
   - Rinku/Monica
• Bindu
  Bindu (actress)
  Bindu is an actress in Indian cinema who was most popular, receiving several award nominations, in the 1970s. She has acted in over 160 movies in a career that spanned four decades.-Early life:...
  
   - Manju
• Amjad Khan
  Amjad Khan
  Amjad Khan was an acclaimed Indian actor and director. He worked in over 130 films in his film career spanning nearly twenty years. He enjoyed popularity for his villainous roles in Hindi films the most famous being the unforgettable Gabbar Singh in 1975 classic Sholay...
  
   - Digvijay Singh/Dharamdas
• Uma Dhawan - Chanda
• Dhumal - Mukhiya
• A. K. Hangal
  A. K. Hangal
  Avtar Kishan Hangal , popularly known as A. K. Hangal, is a well known Indian character actor in Hindi language films. His most notable roles are as the Inder Sen in Shaukeen, as Rahim Chacha in Sholay and as Ram Shastri in Aaina...
  
   - Ramchandra
• Nirupa Roy
  Nirupa Roy
  -Filmography:* Lal Baadshah * Mard * Mawali * Betab * Khoon aur Pani * Aatish * Kartavya .... Vijay's mother* Khandaan .... Savitri G. Srivastav...
  
   - Mrs. Ramchandra
• Iftekhar
  Iftekhar
  Iftekhar was a character actor in Bollywood films, especially known for his roles as police officers in several films.-Career:...
  
   - Police Commissioner
• Imtiaz - Tony (as Imtiyaz)
• Jagdish Raj
  Jagdish Raj
  Jagdish Raj Khurana is a former Bollywood actor who holds a Guinness World Record record for being the most type-cast actor. He has played a police inspector in 144 films. He was born in 1928 in the town of Sargodha, British India, which is now in Pakistan...
  
   - Pandey
• Jayshree T.
  Jayshree T.
  Born in Marathi family, Jayshree T is a Bollywood Actress/Dancer, who is still active in the bollywood movies and some Marathi movies.-Career:...
  
   - Rosie
• Deven Verma
  Deven Verma
  Deven Varma is an Indian film and television actor, particularly known for his comic roles, with directors like Basu Chatterji, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Gulzar. He has also produced and directed some films including Besharam...
  
   - Laxman, his father and mother
• Urmila Bhatt - Rosy
• Helen

Crew

• Director - Deven Verma
  Deven Verma
  Deven Varma is an Indian film and television actor, particularly known for his comic roles, with directors like Basu Chatterji, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Gulzar. He has also produced and directed some films including Besharam...
  
  
• Producer - Deven Verma
  Deven Verma
  Deven Varma is an Indian film and television actor, particularly known for his comic roles, with directors like Basu Chatterji, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Gulzar. He has also produced and directed some films including Besharam...
  
  
• Production Company - Navratna Films
• Music Director - Kalyanji Anandji
  Kalyanji Anandji
  Kalyanji Anandji is a name used by Indian composer duo known for its work on Hindi film soundtracks, particularly action potboilers in the 1970s. The name comes from first names of the two Gujarati brothers that formed the duo, Kalyanji Virji Shah and Anandji Virji Shah...
  
  
• Playback Singer - Asha Bhosle
  Asha Bhosle
  Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer. She is one of the best-known and most highly-regarded Hindi playback singers in India, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies...
  
  , Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...
  
  , 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...
  
  

Soundtrack

Song Title	Singers	Time
"Chori Chori Chupke Chupke"	Lata Mangeshkar	4:45
"Mere Kis Kaam Ki Yeh Jawaani"	Asha Bhosle	3:55
"Mere Sukh Mein Hey Ram"	Mahendra Kapoor	2:25
"Yeh Raaz-e-dil Tumhaara"	Lata Mangeshkar & chorus	3:55