Bombay to Goa (1972 film)

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Bombay to Goa
Bombay to Goa 1972 poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed by S. Ramanathan
Written by Rajinder Krishan (dialogue)
Story byUsalai Somanathan
Based on Madras to Pondicherry (1966)
Produced by Mehmood
N. C. Sippy
Starring Amitabh Bachchan
Aruna Irani
Shatrughan Sinha
Nazir Hussain
Mehmood
Anwar Ali
Cinematography Jal Mistry
Edited byA. Paul Durai Singham
Music by R. D. Burman
Production
company
Mahmood Productions
Release date
  • 3 March 1972 (1972-03-03)
Country India
Language Hindi
Box officeest. ₹1 crore
(est. ₹27.2 crore as of 2019)

Bombay to Goa is a 1972 Indian Hindi-language road comedy film directed by S. Ramanathan and produced by Mehmood and N. C. Sippy. Released in India on 3 March 1972, the film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Aruna Irani, Shatrughan Sinha, Nazir Hussain, Mehmood and Anwar Ali in lead roles. The film is known particularly for its catchy tunes and was a "superhit" at the box office. The film is a remake of a 1966 hit Tamil film Madras to Pondicherry [1] and was an inspiration for the 2004 Marathi movie Navra Maza Navsacha which in turn was remade in Kannada in 2007 as Ekadantha . [2] The Hindu had reported that Rajiv Gandhi was offered the lead role by Mehmood but he had turned it down. [1]

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Plot

The lives of Atmaram (Nazir Hussain) and his wife (Dulari) are turned upside down when they see the photographs of their daughter, Mala (Aruna Irani), in a magazine. They arrange for Mala's marriage with the son of Ramlal (Agha), but Mala is opposed to marrying anyone who she has not met, and is at the same time thrilled that the two persons she trusted, one Sharma (Shatrughan Sinha) and the other Verma (Manmohan), had actually submitted her photographs to a magazine, and were now willing to sign her up for a Bollywood film. Mala is not able to understand her parents' opposition on her way to fame and runs away from home with a lot of money for Sharma and Verma. Greed overtakes Sharma, leading to the death of Verma. Mala, who witnessed Sharma kill Verma, now is on the run for her life. She boards a bus from Mumbai which is bound for Goa. Sharma soon overtakes her, and has one of his armed henchmen on the bus to kill her, and then arrives Mala's admirer and bodyguard, Ravi Kumar (Amitabh Bachchan), who not only protects Mala, but also accompanies her throughout the journey. Mala begins to trust and subsequently fall in love with Ravi Kumar. The bus journey is adventurous with the passengers, a totally mixed bunch, from all over India, different religions, cultures, and faiths, all thrown together for this journey. The bus is in the "control" of bus driver Rajesh (Anwar Ali), and bus conductor Khanna (Mehmood).

Cast

Soundtrack

  1. "Dekha Na Haye Re" - Kishore Kumar
  2. "Tum Meri Zindagi Mein" - Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
  3. "Listen To The Pouring Rain" - Usha Uthup
  4. "Dil Tera Hai Main Bhi Teri" - Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
  5. "Haye Haye Yeh Thanda Paani" - Asha Bhosle
  6. "Yeh Mehki Mehki Thandi Hawa" - Kishore Kumar

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