- Gaman
Infobox Film | name = Gaman
director =Muzaffar Ali
producer =Muzaffar Ali
writer =Hriday Lani
starring =Farooq Shaikh Jalal Agha
Sulabha Deshpande
Nana Patekar Smita Patil Gita Siddharth
music =Jaidev
Shahryar (lyrics)
lyrics =Shahryar
cinematography = Nadeem Khan
editing = Jethu Mundul
distributor =Integrated Films
released = 1978
runtime = 135 min.
language =Hindi /Urdu
imdb_id = 0150683"Gaman" ( _hi. गमन) is a
Bollywood film released in 1978. It is the directorial debut ofMuzaffar Ali , who went on to make the successful filmUmrao Jaan .Film's music was by
Jaidev , who won theNational Film Award for Best Music Direction in 1979 for his work [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0150683/awards Awards] imdb.com.]Plot
In order to improve their lifestyle, Lucknow based Ghulam Hussain (
Farooq Shaikh ) decides to re-locate to Bombay, on the insistence of his close friend Lalulal Tiwari (Jalal Agha ). He leaves behind his ailing mother and wife (Smita Patil ). Lalulal helps him get a job cleaning taxis. Ghulam subsequently learns how to drive, and is hired to drive a taxi. In spite of his best efforts, he is unable to save enough money to visit Lucknow.Lalulal has problems of his own, in spite of being settled in Bombay for several years. Having a sweetheart, Yashodra (
Gita Sidharth ), he is unable to even rent a decent apartment, and lives in a shanty tenement, which is slated to be demolished by the Bombay Municipal Corporation.Ultimately, Lalulal and Yashodara are murdered by the latter's family, as the family wants Yashodara to support them instead of marrying Lalulal. Ghulam decides to return to Lucknow, but procrastination prevents him from doing so. Closing shots show him driving his taxi in the city of dreams.
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*imdb title | id=0150683 | title=Gaman
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