Muqaddar Ka Sikander

Infobox Film
name = Muqaddar Ka Sikandar


caption = Film poster
director = Prakash Mehra
producer = Prakash Mehra
writer = Vijay Kaul (screenplay)
Kadar Khan (dialogue)
Laxmikant Sharma (story)
starring = Amitabh Bachchan
Vinod Khanna
Raakhee
Rekha
Amjad Khan
music = Kalyanji Anandji
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =
released = 27 Oct. 1978
runtime = 189 min.
country = India
awards = Filmfare Award (nomination)
language = Hindi
budget =
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imdb_id = 0079590

"Muqaddar Ka Sikandar" (Hindi: मुक़द्दर का सिकंदर, Urdu: مقدر کا سکندر) is a 1978 Indian Hindi film. When it was directed by Prakash Mehra, it stars Amitabh Bachchan in his 3rd out of 6 films with Prakash Mehra to date. The films also stars Vinod Khanna, Raakhee Gulzar, Rekha and Amjad Khan. It was remade into the Telugu film Prematarangaalu (1980).

ynopsis

Orphaned and abused at a very young age, a young boy faces the harsh side of life as he struggles to make a living by slaving day and night. He gets empathy from a little girl, Kaamna, in whose house he works. Her dad, Ramnath, does not like him, and asks him to leave. He is adopted by a Muslim woman, Fatima, who decides to name him Sikander. Shortly thereafter, Fatima dies, leaving young Sikander with the responsibility of looking after her daughter, Mehroo. Years later, Sikander has grown up (Amitabh Bachchan) and amassed a fortune by turning in smuggled goods to the police, and getting generous rewards. He has still not forgotten Kaamna (Raakhee) from his childhood. He finds out where she lives, and buys the house right opposite hers. He meets her, but she rejects him. He starts to drink and frequent a prostitute by the name of Zohrabai (Rekha). Due to his frequent visits to Zorabhai's brothel he becomes the arch-enemy of criminal Dilawar (Amjad Khan) who thinks Sikander loves Zorabhai and wants to steal her away from him. However Sikander loves only Kaamna. With the help of his friend, Advocate Vishal (Vinod Khanna), Sikander writes a love letter to Kaamna. Sikander finds out that she has received the letter, and has acknowledged his love. He is delighted. When he goes to meet her, he finds her in Vishal's arms, and again his world is shattered. He turns his attention to Zohrabai, only to find that she has killed herself. Sikander must now decide to end Vishal's life or kill himself in order to forget Kaamna.

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