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Deewaar
Release poster
Directed by Yash Chopra
Written by Salim–Javed
Produced by Gulshan Rai
Starring

Shashi Kapoor
 Amitabh Bachchan
Neetu Singh
Nirupa Roy
Parveen Babi

Cinematography Kay Gee

Edited by T.R. Mangeshkar
Pran Mehra
Music by Rahul Dev Burman
Production
company

Trimurti Films Pvt. Ltd

Release date

24 January 1975

Running time
176 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi[1][2]
Budget ₹1.3 crore (equivalent to ₹36 crore or US$4.6 million in 2023)[3]
Box office ₹7.5 crore (equivalent to ₹210 crore or US$26 million in 2023)[3]

Deewaar (transl. The Wall) is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action crime film[4][5]
[6][7][8][9] directed by Yash Chopra and written by Salim–Javed (Salim Khan and
Javed Akhtar). It stars Shashi Kapoor, Amitabh Bachchan, Neetu Singh, Nirupa Roy
and Parveen Babi. The film tells the story of a pair of impoverished brothers who,
after their family is betrayed by the misplaced idealism of their father, struggle
to survive in the slums of Bombay, and eventually find themselves on opposing sides
of the law.[10][11][12] The Deewaar ("wall") of the title is the wall that has
sprung up between the two brothers, drawn apart by fate and circumstances in a time
of socio-political turmoil.[13][14]

Upon release, Deewaar was both critically and commercially successful, with praise
going towards the film's screenplay, story, and music, as well as the performances
of the acting ensemble, particularly Bachchan, Kapoor and Roy's performances. It is
often considered a ground-breaking cinematic masterpiece, with Indiatimes ranking
Deewaar amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films,[15] as well as being one of
three Hindi-language films to be included on the list of 1001 Movies You Must See
Before You Die.

The film had a significant impact on Indian cinema, as well as wider Indian
society, with the film's anti-establishment themes and Bachchan's criminal anti-
hero vigilante character resonating with audiences,[16] cementing Bachchan's
popular image as the "angry young man" of Bollywood cinema.[17][18] Forbes included
Bachchan's performance in the film on its list, "25 Greatest Acting Performances of
Indian Cinema".[19] The film also cemented the success of the writing duo Salim-
Javed, who went on to write many more blockbuster films; the value of film writers
skyrocketed thanks to Salim-Javed, who were paid as highly as leading actors at the
time.[20] Deewaar's influence also extends to world cinema, influencing films from
Hong Kong[21] and British cinema.[13]
Plot

The film opens with a depiction of the strong leadership of trade unionist Anand
Verma, who works hard to enhance the lives of struggling laborers. He lives in a
modest home with his wife Sumitra Devi, and their two young sons Vijay and Ravi.
However, things take a turn for the worse when Anand is blackmailed by a corrupt
businessman who threatens to kill his family if Anand does not cease his protest
activities. Forced into compliance, Anand is thus attacked by the very same
laborers who jeer him for his betrayal, who are unaware that he was blackmailed to
do so. His family is also persecuted by the angry workers. Out of shame, Anand
leaves town, leaving Sumitra to care for their sons alone in poverty. Several of
the angry workers kidnap Vijay and tattoo his arm with the Hindi words "मेरा बाप चोर है"
(merā bāp chor hai; my father is a thief). Not knowing what else to do, Sumitra
brings her children to Mumbai and struggles as a day laborer to care for her sons.

As the boys grow up to be young men, Vijay grows up with an acute awareness of his
father's failure as he has been victimized for his father's supposed misdeeds. In
the process of fighting for his rights, Vijay starts out as a boot polisher and
later becomes a dockyard worker. When Vijay beats up several thugs working for the
ruthless crime lord Samant, this influences one of Samant's rivals Mulk Raj Daavar
to bring Vijay to his inner circle. When Vijay successfully completes a task in
nabbing several of Samant's goods for Daavar, the latter rewards him with money,
allowing Vijay to buy a palatial home for his family. While continuing on his
assignments for Daavar, Vijay also sacrifices his own education so Ravi can study.

As Ravi finishes his studies, he starts dating Veera Narang, the daughter of Police
Commissioner DCP Narang. On the Commissioner's suggestion, Ravi applies for
employment with the police and is sent for training. Several months later, he is
accepted by the police and earns the rank of Sub-Inspector. When Ravi returns home,
his first assignment is to apprehend and arrest some of Bombay's hardcore criminals
and smugglers, which includes his brother, Vijay – much to his shock, as he had
never associated his own brother with criminal activities. Ravi must now decide
between apprehending Vijay and quitting the police force. At first, Ravi is
reluctant of arresting his brother, but he is later moved when he non-fatally
shoots a boy who stole two rotis in an attempt to catch him. When a remorseful Ravi
goes to the boy's family by giving them some food and confessing what he did, the
mother berates Ravi while the boy's father sends her back to the room. The father
forgives Ravi and justifies his action by saying that stealing of a 'lakh' or of
food is the same, which finally motivates Ravi to agree to take the case.

When Ravi finds out that Vijay has acquired wealth by crime, he decides to move out
along with Sumitra (who too is disgusted), causing a feud to develop between Vijay
and Ravi. Around the same time, Anand is found dead inside a train, and his body is
cremated by Vijay. Ravi then takes the opportunity to complete his task in taking
down and arresting many associates from both Samant and Daavar's gangs; even Daavar
himself ends up being arrested by Ravi. Fuming over the loss of his family and many
of his associates, Vijay enters into a relationship with a woman named Anita, whom
he meets at a bar. When Anita falls pregnant with Vijay's child, Vijay decides to
abandon his life in the underworld so that he can marry her, confess his sins, and
seek forgiveness from Sumitra and Ravi. However, Samant and his remaining goons
arrive and murder Anita, provoking an enraged Vijay to brutally murder Samant and
his remaining goons in revenge, leading himself to be branded a criminal forever.

Upon hearing about what happened following the deaths of Samant and his gang, Ravi
meets with Vijay in a final clash, pleading him to stop running and surrender
himself. Vijay refuses and ends up being fatally shot in the arm by Ravi while
escaping to a temple where he reunites with Sumitra and pleads forgiveness. Vijay
then dies in Sumitra's arms, leaving her extremely shattered. Around the same time,
Ravi arrives to the temple and is completely distraught over what he has done to
Vijay. The film ends with the police hosting a celebration for Ravi for his
successful acts of pursuing justice and taking down the criminals, though Ravi is
still wracked with remorse for killing Vijay.
Cast

Shashi Kapoor as Ravi Verma

 Raju Shrestha as Young Ravi Verma
Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay Verma
Alankar Joshi as Young Vijay Verma
Neetu Singh as Veera Narang
Nirupa Roy as Sumitra Devi
Parveen Babi as Anita
Manmohan Krishna as DCP Narang
Madan Puri as Samant
Iftekhar as Mulk Raj Daavar
Satyen Kappu as Anand Verma
Sudhir as Jaichand
Jagdish Raj as Jaggi
Raj Kishore as Darpan
Yunus Parvez as Rahim Chacha
Rajan Verma as Lachhu
D. K. Sapru as Mr. Agarwal

Additionally Vikas Anand, Mohan Sherry, Manik Irani Kamal Kapoor, A. K. Hangal,
Dulari, and Satyadev Dubey all appear in minor and cameo roles. In the song "Koi
Mar Jaye", Aruna Irani appears as a guest dancer.
Production
Story and screenplay

The film's screenplay, story and dialogues were written by Salim–Javed (Salim Khan
and Javed Akhtar). The main inspiration for the film's plot was the 1961 Dilip
Kumar film Gunga Jumna (1961), which had a similar premise of two brothers on
opposing sides of the law, with the elder criminal brother as the main character.
The role of Amitabh Bachchan is partially based on Karna from the Mahabharata
whereas Shashi Kapoor resembles Yudhisthira from the Mahabharata.[22][23] Deewaar
is thus considered to be a spiritual successor to Gunga Jumna.[24] Salim-Javed
credited Gunga Jumna as well as Mehboob Khan's Mother India (1957) as the main
inspirations for Deewaar, which they described as a "more urban, much more
contemporary" take on their themes; while Mother India and Gunga Jumna took place
in a rural context, Salim–Javed reinterpreted their themes in a contemporary urban
context with Deewaar.[25]

Amitabh Bachchan's character, Vijay, was loosely inspired by the real-life Bombay
underworld gangster Haji Mastan.[13][14] Vijay's story arc in the film parallels
that of Mastan's life, such as the rise from a humble dockyard coolie worker to a
powerful smuggler,[14][26] and Mastan's rivalry with smuggler Sukkur Narayan Bakhia
is similar to Vijay's rivalry with Samant (Madan Puri).[14]

Salim–Javed's screenplay had dynamic dialogues and incorporated a number of

symbolic motifs. For example, the scene where the two brothers meet as adults takes
place under a bridge, symbolizing a bridge forming between the brothers.[16] Set in
the Dharavi slums of Bombay, the film's story of gangsters in Dharavi was a
critique of socio-political inequality and injustice in Bombay.[12] The
characterisations of the two brothers are sociologically contextualised to
represent a form of urban conflict and drama, aimed at presenting a causal
explanation for the sequence of events and Vijay's social alienation, with the
narrative explaining his every action and decision, grounded in his memories and
experiences.[11]

The script generally has an atmosphere of secularism, while incorporating subtle

religious motifs.[16] The mother Sumitra Devi (Nirupa Roy) and police brother Ravi
(Shashi Kapoor) are religious Hindus, whereas the criminal brother Vijay (Bachchan)
is generally not religious and "upset with God", yet he carries a badge numbered
786, which the Muslim Rahim Chacha (Yunus Parvez) points out to be a number of
religious significance in Islam[16] (representing Bismillah) and has its own sub-
plot.[21] The 786 badge plays a powerful and symbolic role in several scenes,[16]
saving Vijay at key moments[27] and signifying something ominous when he loses it.
[16]

Salim-Javed initially showed the script to Bachchan, who they had in mind for
Vijay's role after having worked with him on Zanjeer (1973). At the time, Bachchan
was working on another film with Yash Chopra, and told him about the script. After
some initial scepticism, Chopra was eventually convinced to direct the film after
Salim-Javed narrated the storyline to him.[16]
Casting and filming

Bachchan's "angry young man" performance as Vijay in the film was inspired by Dilip
Kumar's intense performance as Gunga in Gunga Jumna, which Bachchan sharpened and
reinterpreted in a contemporary urban context reflecting the changing socio-
political climate of 1970s India.[28][29]

Salim-Javed "felt only Bachchan could do justice to Vijay's role." According to

Akhtar, they "saw his talent, which most makers didn't. He was exceptional, a
genius actor who was in films that weren't good." At Salim-Javed's insistence,
Bachchan was cast in the role.[16] Director Yash Chopra's first choices for Vijay
and Ravi's roles were Dev Anand and Rajesh Khanna respectively. After Anand
rejected the script, casting plans changed and Khanna was to play Vijay and Navin
Nischol was considered for Ravi. However, Salim-Javed had Amitabh Bachchan and
Shatrughan Sinha in mind when they wrote the script; Sinha turned down the film
when he heard Khanna was initially cast in the lead, due to a fallout between the
two. Nirupa Roy's role as Sumitra Devi was also first offered to Vyjayanthimala;
Nischol and Vyjayanthimala turned down the film after they found out Khanna would
no longer be in the film. Shashi Kapoor was subsequently cast as Ravi, and Nirupa
Roy as Sumitra Devi.[30]

In 2014, Bachchan revealed that his iconic look in the film – a "denim blue shirt
worn with khakee pants and a rope dangling over the shoulder" – was the result of a
mistake by the tailor. He said, "The knotted shirt and rope on the shoulder in
[Deewaar] was an adjustment for an error in stitching, shirt too long so knotted
it".[31] In certain scenes, Bachchan had some input on Chopra's direction, such as
the father's funeral scene where Bachchan, instead of lighting the pyre with his
right hand, suggests to use his left hand to show off the tattoo, "Mera baap chor
hai" ("My father is a thief").[16] The film was shot mostly at night because
Bachchan was shooting for Ramesh Sippy's Sholay at that time.[32]

The film contains a fight scene,[33] which involves Bachchan performing martial
arts sequences inspired by Hong Kong martial arts cinema, which Deewaar was one of
the first to do in Indian cinema.[34][35] Rather than following the Hollywood
model, it follows the Hong Kong model, with an emphasis on acrobatics and stunts.
The style of fighting seen in Deewaar combined kung fu (as it was perceived by
Indians) with Indian martial arts (particularly Indian wrestling).[36]
Soundtrack
Deewaar
Soundtrack album to Deewaar by R.D. Burman
Released 1975
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Language Hindustani
Label Universal
Producer R.D. Burman

The soundtrack of the movie was composed by R. D. Burman, and the lyrics were
penned by Sahir Ludhianvi. The soundtrack received praise.
Track listingNo. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Kehdoon Tumhe, Ya Chup Rahun" Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle 4:09
2. "Maine Tujhe Maanga, Tujhe Paaya Hai" Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle 4:29
3. "Koi Mar Jaaye" Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar 5:37
4. "Deewaron Ka Jungle" Manna Dey 5:06
5. "Idhar Ka Mal Udhar" Bhupinder Singh 3:23
6. "I Am Falling in Love with a Stranger" Ursula Vaz 5:15
Total length: 27:19
Impact and worldwide recognition
Inspiration

The Hindu epic Mahabharata was the sole inspiration for the plot. Amitabh
Bachchan's character, who rises from the low streets to becoming among the top
influential businessmen, is based on Karna, a character from the Mahabharata. The
role of Nirupa Roy resembles Kunti, Karna's mother. Shashi Kapoor plays Arjuna,
Karna's younger brother.
Cult

It was one of the three Hindi films featured in the book 1001 Movies You Must See
Before You Die, the others being Kalyug (1981) which itself was inspired by
Mahabharata and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).[37]
Release and reception
Release and sales

At the Indian box office, the film grossed ₹75 million[38] ($9 million).[a] In
Bombay alone, the film grossed ₹10 million.[40] In terms of footfalls, the film
sold an estimated 31 million tickets at an average 1975 price of ₹2.40 per ticket.
[41] Adjusted for inflation, this is equivalent to an estimated ₹4.17 billion ($64
million) at an average 2017 price of ₹134.38 per ticket.[42]

Numerous DVD editions entered the market by companies like "Eros Entertainment",
"Shemaroo Entertainment" and "Eagle Home Video". These were released as non-
restored, non re-mastered editions and bare bones, void of supplementary features.
Eagle Home Video came out with a restored edition of this movie, preserving the
original aspect ratio in a 4:3 pillar box and a DTS Master Audio (HD) in 2.0. The
restoration took place in Shemaroo studios.[citation needed]
Critical response and international impact
The performances of Amitabh Bachchan (left), Shashi Kapoor (not pictured), and
Nirupa Roy (right) garnered critical acclaim; each received Filmfare Award
nominations, with Kapoor winning.

Upon release, Deewaar was a major commercial success, ranking as the fourth
highest-grossing Bollywood film of 1975,[43] and received critical acclaim, with
critics praising the story, dialogue, screenplay, as well as the performances of
the cast, particularly those of Bachchan, Kapoor and Roy. Indiatimes ranks Deewaar
amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.[15] It was one of the three Hindi
films featured in the book 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, the others
being Mother India (1957) and Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995).[44]

It was perceived by audiences to be anti-establishment, while Amitabh Bachchan's

character Vijay was seen as a vigilante angry hero, establishing Bachchan's image
as the "angry young man" of Indian cinema.[16] With the unprecedented growth of
slums across India at the time, Vijay was seen as a new kind of hero, with his
suppressed rage giving a voice to the angst of the urban poor.[11][12] Deewaar is
also remembered for its iconic dialogues written by Salim-Javed. The most famous is
when Shashi Kapoor delivers the line, "Mere paas maa hai" ("I have mother"), a line
that is widely known in India and has become part of Indian popular culture.[45]
[46] The film Loins of Punjab Presents (2007) mocked how the line is sometimes
wrongly attributed to Amitabh Bachchan.[47] It also established Parveen Babi as the
"new Bollywood woman".[48]
The film cemented the success of the writing duo Salim-Javed, who went on to write
many more blockbuster films. After the success of this film, the value of film
writers skyrocketed thanks to Salim-Javed, and they soon were being paid as highly
as some actors at the time.[20] Amitabh Bachchan described Salim-Javed's screenplay
for Deewaar as "the perfect script"[16] and "the best screenplay ever" in Indian
cinema.[9] Deewaar, one of the first Indian films with an action sequence modelled
after Hong Kong martial arts cinema, popularised the use of martial arts sequences
in Bollywood films from the 1970s to the 1990s.[34] The style of fighting
popularised by Deewaar, with acrobatics and stunts, and combining Chinese kung fu
(as it was perceived by Indians, based on 1970s Hong Kong films) with Indian
pehlwani wrestling, became the standard model for Bollywood action scenes up until
the 1990s.[36]

The film was later remade in Telugu as Magaadu (1976), in Tamil as Thee (1981), in
Malayalam as Nathi Muthal Nathi Vare (1983), in Persian as Koose-ye Jonoob (1978),
and in Turkish as Acıların Çocuğu (1985). Another remake of Deewaar was the 1994
Bollywood film Aatish: Feel the Fire, starring Sanjay Dutt as the older criminal
brother, Atul Agnihotri as the younger police brother, and Tanuja as the mother.
[49] Hong Kong's Shaw Brothers studio remade Deewaar as The Brothers (1979),[21]
which in turn inspired John Woo's internationally acclaimed breakthrough A Better
Tomorrow (1986).[50] The Brothers also starred a Hong Kong actor that would later
be known for heroic bloodshed films, Danny Lee (playing Shashi Kapoor's character),
with a police officer persona later seen in Hong Kong crime films such as Woo's The
Killer (1989).[21]

Deewaar had an influence on Hong Kong cinema and in turn Hollywood cinema, by
playing a key role in the creation of the heroic bloodshed crime genre of 1980s
Hong Kong action cinema.[50] Deewaar, along with several later 1970s "angry young
man" epics it inspired, such as Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), had similarities to
elements later seen in 1980s Hong Kong heroic bloodshed films.[51]
Deewaar was the inspiration behind director Danny Boyle (pictured above)'s Oscar-
winning film Slumdog Millionaire (2008).

British director Danny Boyle described Deewaar as being "absolutely key to Indian
cinema" and cited the film as an influence on his Academy Award winning film
Slumdog Millionaire (2008).[13] The film's co-director Loveleen Tandan noted that
"Simon Beaufoy studied Salim-Javed's kind of cinema minutely."[52] Actor Anil
Kapoor noted that some scenes of Slumdog Millionaire "are like Deewaar, the story
of two brothers of whom one is completely after money while the younger one is
honest and not interested in money."[53] Slumdog Millionaire, which pays homage to
Amitabh Bachchan, has a similar narrative structure to Deewaar. Composer A. R.
Rahman referenced the film in his Oscar acceptance speech.[47]
Awards and nominations

Deewaar received the Filmfare Best Movie Award of 1976, and also won six more
Filmfare Awards for Best Screenplay, Best Dialogue, Best Director, Best Sound, Best
Story, and Best Supporting Actor (Kapoor), and received two other nominations for
Best Actor (Bachchan) and Best Supporting Actress (Roy).[54]
Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref.
1976 Filmfare Awards Best Film Gulshan Rai Won [55]
Best Director Yash Chopra Won
Best Actor Amitabh Bachchan Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Shashi Kapoor Won
Best Supporting Actress Nirupa Roy Nominated
Best Story Salim–Javed Won
Best Screenplay Won
Best Dialogue Won
Best Sound M. A. Shaikh Won
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Mazumdar, Ranjani. Bombay Cinema: An Archive of the City. Minneapolis:
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Virdi, Jyotika. "Deewaar: the fiction of film and the fact of politics." Jump
Cut, No. 38, June 1993:26–32.

Notes

8.3759 Indian rupees per US dollar in 1975[39]

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