Qurbani (1980 film)

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name = Qurbani


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director = Feroz Khan
producer = Feroz Khan
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starring = Feroz Khan
Vinod Khanna
Zeenat Aman
Amjad Khan
music = Kalyanji-Anandji
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distributor = F.K. International
released = 20 June1980
runtime = 157 mins
country = India
language = Hindi
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imdb_id = 0246879

"Qurbani" (Hindi: क़ुरबानी, Urdu: قربانی) is a 1980 Indian Hindi movie. Produced and directed by Feroz Khan (under the banner of FK International). The film stars Vinod Khanna, Zeenat Aman, Amjad Khan, Shakti Kapoor, Aruna Irani, and Amrish Puri.

The film's direction, urban setting, music and foreign locales, as well as upmarket images, made it stand out when it was released.

Biddu was the music director for the song "Aap Jaisa Koi" which introduced him and Pakistani singer Nazia Hassan to Indian films. The rest of the songs and the background score were set by Kalyanji-Anandji

Plot summary

Feroz Khan plays a thief named Rajesh who is blackmailed by villain Vikram (Shakti Kapoor) and his evil sister Jwala (Aruna Irani) into staking from crime boss Rakka (Amrish Puri). Jwala is Rakka's ex wife and has been cheated by Rakka, who has stolen her fortune and divorced her. Jwala wants revenge and will stop at nothing to get it. If Rajesh does not do the job, Vikram will kill Rajesh's lover, Sheela (Zeenat Aman), who is a disco club singer and dancer, and Rajesh's best friend Amar's (Vinod Khanna) daughter Tina (Natasha Chopra). The thief is continuously being stalled by Inspector Amjad Khan.

Amar is an eligible young widower, who meets with beautiful Sheela, and falls in love with her. But Sheela, while taking a maternal affinity to little Tina, does not reciprocate his advances, as she loves Rajesh. Unknown to Sheela, Amar and Rajesh meet each other, and a strong friendship bond is formed. Rajesh would like Amar to settle in the U.K. and so they concoct a scheme whereby Amar would steal gold bars and jewelery from a safe, then phone the police, and then let Rajesh take over, get arrested, get a prison term for about 12 to 18 months, and after his release, he will join Amar abroad in U.K. Things don't go according to plan as Amar gets accused for killing Rakka, and the police construe that Rajesh has been framed by Amar, so that Amar can get Rajesh out of the way, keep all the money, as well as Sheela, all for himself.

Awards & Nominations

*Filmfare Best Female Playback Award-Nazia Hassan for the song "Aap Jaisa Koi"
*Filmfare Best Sound-P. Harikishan
*Filmfare Nomination for Best Actor-Vinod Khanna
*Filmfare Nomination for Best Actor in a Supporting Role--Amjad Khan
*Filmfare Nomination for Best Music-Kalyanji-Anandji
*Filmfare Nomination for Best Female Playback Singer-Kanchan for the song "Laila O Laila"Hum Tumhain chahatay hain aisay toppped the Binaca Geet Mala for umpteen consecutive weeks

Notes

* "Hum Tuhme Chahte Hain" is sampled in the song "Chakra Khan", as performed by DJ Shadow and featured on the album

Special Best Song AwardThe song in this movie which is Qurbani qurbani was given the award ot The Most Amazing Evergreen Song by Bollywood industury especially by Rakesh Roshan. This song touch many people heart and make very sad.