Ep 4: Benaam & Majboor (1974) | Amitabh Bachchan | Salim-Javed | Narendra Bedi | Ravi Tandon

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Two films in today podcast - Benaam and Majboor! It's a double bill. Two films in a single ticket. The common thread between both the films is - both are Big B - Amitabh Bachchan films and both were released fifty years ago. These were significant films for Amitabh and they came in the same year 1974. Also, these are noteworthy films in the folklore of Hindi films.
Benaam
A high level story line is this: Benaam is a story of Amit and Sheela (played by Amitabh Bachchan and Mausami Chatterjee). Amit witnesses an attempted murder as they are driving to a party one night. Their arrival scares off the assailant, whose face they do not see, and they take the wounded man to the hospital. Here begins their nightmare, as they start to receive threatening phone calls. What happens next - that's Benaam.
Benaam was released on 18 October 1974.
Directed by: Narendra Bedi
Written by: Narendra Bedi , Jayant Dharmadhikari and Kader Khan
The second film is Majboor:
It was released on 13 September 1974.
A synopsis of the film goes like this : Ravi Khanna played by Amitabh Bachchan lives happily with his widowed mother, wheelchair-bound sister and younger brother. He suffers from a terminal brain tumour, and has only 6 months to live. In an effort to provide for his family, he takes the responsibility of a murder that he has not committed to collect the ransom money. The story goes through various twists and turns and becomes a full blown thriller by the climax.
Directed by: Ravi Tandon
Written by : Salim Javed
It was released on 6 December 1973.
Its a Double Bill - Amitabh Bachchan's Benaam & Majboor.