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Achanak (1973)

1h 36m

Running Time

Achanak (1973)

Name: Achanak
Genre: Drama, Crime
Released: 1973-01-01

1h 36m

Running Time

Plot.

Dr. Chaudhary must perform multiple surgeries on Major Ranjeet Khanna, who was shot by the Police while trying to escape from custody after killing his wife, Pushpa, and her lover, Prakash. Chances of Ranjeet's recovery are very slim, if he does recover, he could end up mentally unstable or paralyzed. In the event he does recover, the medical staff's efforts would be in vain as he has already been found guilty and sentenced to be hanged.

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Cast & Crew.

Vinod Khanna

Major Ranjeet Khanna

Om Shivpuri

Dr. Chaudhary

Iftekhar

Col. Bakshi

Lily Chakravarty

Pushpa Bakshi / Pushpa Khanna

Farida Jalal

Nurse Radha

Kamaldeep

S P Gupta

Ravi Raaj

Prakash

Gulzar

Director / Writer

Gurudutt Shirali

Editor

Raj N. Sippy

Producer

Baby Pinky

Baby girl in the train

Inderjeet

Actor

Khwaja Ahmad Abbas

Story

K. Vaikunth

Director of Photography

Ajit Banerjee

Art Direction

Romu N. Sippy

Producer

Vasant Desai

Original Music Composer

Waman B. Bhosle

Editor

Media.

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 1973

Original Name
अचानक

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 36m

Genres
Drama Crime

Last updated: 2024-09-16

Wiki.

Achanak (transl. Suddenly) is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language film, directed by Gulzar, written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, and starring Vinod Khanna. Gulzar received a Filmfare nomination as Best Director for this film. Even though Gulzar is an accomplished lyricist, this film did not have any songs in it. K.A. Abbas earned a Filmfare nomination for best story. It is inspired by the real-life sensational 1958 murder case KM Nanavati v State of Maharashtra.1963 movie Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke was also based on the same case. Akshay Kumar starrer 2016 movie Rustom is based on the same case as well.The film had no songs, the background score is composed by Vasant Desai.