Kaala Patthar

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name = Kaala Patthar


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director = Yash Chopra
producer = Yash Chopra
writer = Salim-Javed
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starring = Amitabh Bachchan
Shashi Kapoor
Shatrughan Sinha
Raakhee Gulzar
Parveen Babi
Neetu Singh
music = Rajesh Roshan
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distributor = Yashraj Films
released = August 9, 1979
runtime = 180 mins
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language = Hindi
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imdb_id = 0079386

"Kaala Patthar" (English: "Black Stone") is a 1979 Indian action/drama film. It was produced and directed by Yash Chopra. The story was written by Salim-Javed. This film is the fourth collaboration between Amitabh Bachchan and director Yash Chopra after the hugely successful "Deewaar" (1975), "Kabhie Kabhie" (1976) and "Trishul" (1978). However, this film did average business at the box office, but did good business in the big cities. [ [http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=185&catName=MTk3OQ= BoxOffice India.com ] ] Despite its many Filmfare nominations, it failed to win any awards. [ [http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953 ] ]

The words " Kaala Patthar" refers to coal. This movie was inspired by Dhanbad coal-tragedy.

ynopsis

Vijay Pal Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) is a disgraced Navy captain who is branded a coward, humiliated by society and disowned by his parents for abandoning ship risking the lives of over 300 passengers (perhaps inspired by Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim). Feeling guilty over his cowardice and with low self-esteem, he starts working as a coal miner to forget his past. He meets and becomes friends with Ravi (Shashi Kapoor), an engineer incharge of the mine. He also makes an enemy in another co-worker named Mangal (Shatrughan Sinha) who is an escaped criminal working in the mine to avoid the police. Vijay's past comes to haunt him as he sees Mangal causing trouble for the coal miners and angry over his cowardice over what happened when he was in the navy, Vijay tries to defend the miners against Mangal. Ravi eventually gets Vijay and Mangal to be friends after circumstances surrounding the mine force Mangal to change himself. The one person who supports Vijay him in his life is Dr Sudha Sen (Raakhee Gulzar) who tries to make Vijay face up to his past and move on. Ravi and Mangal also get involved in their own romances with Anita (Parveen Babi) and Channo (Neetu Singh) respectively.

When Seth Dhanraj (Prem Chopra) makes lives difficult for the coal miners by giving them poor equipment, less than sufficient medical supplies and lack of facilities, Vijay, Ravi and Mangal forcefully come together to fight for justice against Dhanraj when water floods the mines endangering the lives of hundreds of workers. The disaster actually took place at a place called Chasnala in erswhile Bihar(now Jharkand).

Cast

*Amitabh Bachchan .... Vijay Pal Singh
*Shashi Kapoor .... Ravi Malhotra, Engineer
*Shatrughan Sinha .... Mangal Singh
*Raakhee Gulzar .... Dr. Sudha Sen
*Parveen Babi .... Anita, Press Photographer
*Neetu Singh .... Channo, jewellery seller
*Prem Chopra .... Dhanraj Puri, Owner of the Coal Mine
*Parikshat Sahni .... Jagga
*Satyen Kappu .... Raghunath , Coal miner
*Poonam Dhillon ... Raghunath's daughter
*Suresh Oberoi .... Navy officer
*Iftekhar .... Mr. Singh (Vijay's dad)
*Sanjeev Kumar .... Dr. Mathur
*Annu Kapoor .... Compounder
*Yunus Parvez .... Chief Engineer

Filmfare Nominations

*Filmfare Nomination for Best Film
*Filmfare Nomination for Best Director--Yash Chopra
*Filmfare Nomination for Best Actor--Amitabh Bachchan
*Filmfare Nomination for Best Supporting Actor--Shatrughan Sinha
*Filmfare Nomination for Best Supporting Actress--Neetu Singh
*Filmfare Nomination for Best Story--Salim-Javed
*Filmfare Nomination for Best Music--Rajesh Roshan
*Filmfare Nomination for Best Male Playback Singer--Kishore Kumar for the song "Ek Raasta Hai Zindagi"

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*imdb title|0079386