Gambler (film)

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Gambler
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Poster
Directed byAmarjeet
Written byKaushal Bharti
Produced byAmarjeet Productions
Starring Dev Anand
Shatrughan Sinha
Zaheeda
Cinematography Faredoon A. Irani
Edited byBabu Sheikh
Music by Sachin Dev Burman
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
Running time
154 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Gambler is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Amarjeet. The film stars Dev Anand, Zaheeda, Shatrughan Sinha. [1]

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Plot

Raja (Dev Anand) has been abandoned by his biological mother at a very young age, and grows up with Master (Jeevan), a criminal don and card-sharp, who would like Raja to continue working with him on a commission basis. Raja learns all that could be learned about playing cards, quits work with Master, and starts work on his own. He succeeds considerably, and soon gets rich and wealthy. He falls in love with beautiful Chandra Gangaram (Zaheeda), and would like to marry her. But her father would like her to marry U.K. settled Ram Mehta (Sudhir), before Raja could do or say anything against this alliance, he is charged with the cold-blooded murder of Master. The climax in Raja's life is in the Court Room where he will find out about his past, and about his parents – while he awaits the outcome of the trial.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music for all the songs were composed by S. D. Burman and the lyrics were penned by Gopal Das Neeraj.

#TitleSinger(s)Duration
1"Apne Honthon Ki Bansi" Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar 03:54
2"Choodi Nahin Ye Mera Dil"Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar04:27
3"Dil Aaj Shayar Hai"Kishore Kumar03:33
4'"Mera Man Tera Pyasa" Mohammed Rafi 04:14
5"Kaisa Hai Mere Dil Tu Khiladi"Kishore Kumar03:23

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