Agar... If

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Agar ... If
Directed by Esmayeel Shroff
Written byMoin-ud-din
Produced byMohan Rao
Starring Amol Palekar
Zarina Wahab
Kader Khan
CinematographyRussi Bilimoria
Edited byRaju
Music bySonik Omi
Production
company
Shreekala Arts
Distributed bySoham Rockstar Entertainment
Release date
  • 16 December 1977 (1977-12-16)
Running time
134 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi

Agar ... If is a 1977 Bollywood crime thriller film directed by Esmayeel Shroff produced by Mohan Rao. [1]

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Plot

Bombay-based Anil Agarwal lives a very wealthy lifestyle, mostly from wealth, estate, and business inherited from his grandfather, along with his wife, Anju, and a school-going son named Jimmy. One day while at the beach a stranger named Vijay Sohni, rescues Jimmy from drowning, refuses to accept any compensation, but is invited to live in the palatial house of the Agarwals indefinitely, which he accepts. Anil's garage owner friend, Daver, cautions him against Vijay, as he has been seen making advances to Daver's wife, Suman. Anil decides to pay close attention to Vijay, and does find him getting closer and closer to Anju. He decides to ask Vijay to leave, and even gives him some money, when Daver bursts in accusing Vijay of having an affair with Suman, an argument ensues, which regresses into fisticuffs, Anil hits Vijay on his head which leads to his death. Daver disposes of the body, and both decide not to tell anyone about Vijay's disappearance. Then a letter is received in Vijay's name from a man named Ashok Saxena, demanding that he repay his loan of one lakh rupees immediately. Anil travels to Poona, finds out where Ashok lives, and pays him the amount. Thereafter, Anil starts receiving phone calls from a man named Chaman who claims that he knows everything about Vijay's disappearance. As if things were not complicated enough, another male knocks on the Anil's door one day, identifies himself as Ashok Saxena. Anil now realizes that he cannot trust anyone, and feels that he has been dragged into a web of deceit, lies and deception, from where there is no way out. [2]

Cast

Music

SongSinger
"Aa Lag Jaa Gale Lehraake" Asha Bhosle , Mohammed Rafi
"Jeevan Path Pe, Ek Rath Ke Do Pahiye" Asha Bhosle , K. J. Yesudas
"Mummy Mujhe Gudiya Jaisi Behna Chahiye" Asha Bhosle , Sushma Shrestha

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References

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  2. "Agar... If | Rotten Tomatoes". www.rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 15 March 2024.