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Fakira
Sign in to saveFakira is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language crime action film produced by N.N. Sippy and directed by C.P. Dixit. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Asrani, Aruna Irani, Danny Denzongpa, Asit Sen, Ramesh Deo and Madan Puri. The music is by Ravindra Jain. The film became a box office hit and emerged as the 6th highest grossing film of the year. The film's team of producer (N.N. Sippy), cast (Shashi Kapoor, Asrani, Danny Denzongpa, Madan Puri) and music composer (Ravindra Jain) had teamed together before for the box office hit Chor Machaye Shor (1974). Fakira was later remade into the Telugu
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7.0Vijay helps the poor and robs the rich, while Ajay is assigned the job to bring Vijay to justice. Thirsty for each other's blood, both men are unaware that they are brothers separated at a young age.
Cast
- Shashi Kapoor as Vijay / Nawab Jhumritalaya / Fakira
- Danny Denzongpa as Ajay / Toofan
- Shabana Azmi as Neeta / Geeta
- Asrani as Popat
- Aruna Irani as Neelam
- Iftekhar as Commissioner Sujit
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
122 votes
- Year
- 1976
- Runtime
- 139 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romantic comedy
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Hindi
- Cast member
- Shashi Kapoor
- Composer
- Ravindra Jain
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- publication date
- 1976-01-01
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Soundtrack
- Accolades
- References
- External links
Fakira is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language crime action film produced by N.N. Sippy and directed by C.P. Dixit. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Asrani, Aruna Irani, Danny Denzongpa, Asit Sen, Ramesh Deo and Madan Puri. The music is by Ravindra Jain. The film became a box office hit and emerged as the 6th highest grossing film of the year. The film's team of producer (N.N. Sippy), cast (Shashi Kapoor, Asrani, Danny Denzongpa, Madan Puri) and music composer (Ravindra Jain) had teamed together before for the box office hit Chor Machaye Shor (1974). Fakira was later remade into the Telugu film Dongalaku Donga (1978).
==Plot== Two small children, who are brothers, lose their parents in a fire. They are harassed by bad men and get separated. They grow up and become criminals. One is played by Shashi Kapoor, while the other is played Danny Denzongpa. They become enemies, not knowing that they are brothers. A policewoman, played by Shabana Azmi, goes undercover in Shashi Kapoor's criminal group, which includes Asrani and Aruna Irani. She and Shashi Kapoor fall in love, but Aruna Irani doesn't trust her as she loves Shashi Kapoor herself. Madan Puri is the villain.
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