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Betaab
Movie poster
Directed byRahul Rawail
Written byJaved Akhtar
(story, screenplay and dialogues)
Produced byBikram Singh Dehal
StarringSunny Deol
Amrita Singh
Shammi Kapoor
Nirupa Roy
Prem Chopra
Annu Kapoor
Boozo (the dog)
CinematographyManmohan Singh
Edited byV. N. Mayekar
Music byR. D. Burman
Production
company
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • 5 August 1983 (1983-08-05)
Running time
163 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi[1][2]
Box officeest. ₹13.5 crore (equivalent to ₹229 crore or US$27 million in 2023) [3]

Betaab (transl. Restless) is a 1983 Indian romance film written by Javed Akhtar, directed by Rahul Rawail and produced by Bikram Singh Dehal. The film stars Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh in their debut roles, along with Shammi Kapoor and Prem Chopra.

The plot of the film was loosely based on William Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew.[4] The music was composed by Rahul Dev Burman.

The inauguration of Betaab happened in 1981 in the presence of Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Dharmendra and Saira Banu. Before the release of Betaab, Sunny Deol also had a small role in the 1982 film Main Intaquam Loonga, in which his father Dharmendra was the hero of the film. Betaab was a major commercial success and went on to be one of the biggest hits of the year, emerging as the 2nd highest grossing Indian film of 1983. The film was remade in Telugu as Samrat in 1987 with Ramesh Babu and in Kannada as Karthik in 2011 with Karthik Shetty.

Plot

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This film is a love story of two youngsters who fall in love despite the status gaps between their families. Sunny Kapoor, is a young, poor and happy guy who lives with his mother, Sumitra, and his dog, Boozo, in his home-made town farm located alongside a stream in a picturesque mountain valley. Formerly, his father Avinash Kapoor had been a wealthy businessman, but he went bankrupt. For this reason, he killed himself. Avinash was close friends with Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji who is one of the richest and most powerful men in the city. When Sardar reveals that Avinash has gone bankrupt, he turns his back to him. Sardar has one daughter called Roma. She is spoiled, snobbish and accustomed to having all the people who surround her beneath her. She was Sunny's childhood friend.

Now, Sardar purchases a new horse farm out of the city in the town, which is nearby Sunny's farm. When Sunny accompanies his mother to the train station, he encounters Roma after not seeing her for years. Sunny instantly recognizes her, but Roma doesn't. Consequently, they coincidentally meet each other various times on the farm. They quarrel continually, but soon she realises that he is her childhood friend and they reconstruct their childhood love.

Cast

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Actor Role Description Links
Sunny Deol Sunny Kapoor Roma's boyfriend
Amrita Singh Roma Singh / Dingy Sunny’s girlfriend
Shammi Kapoor Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji Roma's father
Nirupa Roy Sumitra Kapoor Sunny’s mother
Prem Chopra Balwant
Rajeev Anand Yashwant
Annu Kapoor Chelaram
Rehana Roma’s friend
Mahjabeen Roma’s friend
Goga Kapoor Ganga
Kimti Anand Petrol Pump attendant
Sunder Thanu
Joginder
Birbal Gangaram
Boozo (the dog) Boozo Sunny's dog [5]

Music and soundtrack

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The movie has five popular songs whose lyrics are penned by Anand Bakshi and sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Shabbir Kumar. The music is composed by R. D. Burman.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Jab Hum Jawan Honge"Lata Mangeshkar, Shabbir Kumar7:10
2."Teri Tasveer Mil Gayee"Shabbir Kumar4:43
3."Tumne Dee Awaaz"Shabbir Kumar5:01
4."Apne Dil Se Badi Dushmani Ki"Lata Mangeshkar, Shabbir Kumar5:28
5."Badal Yun Garajta Hai"Lata Mangeshkar, Shabbir Kumar5:39

Awards

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31st Filmfare Awards:

Nominated

Betaab Valley

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Lidder river, Betaab Valley
Betaab Valley, Kashmir

The famous tourist destination Betaab Valley in the Kashmir was named after the film Betaab. The location, virtually unknown earlier, became a famous tourist destination after the movie Betaab was filmed there.[6][7]

Betaab Valley, also known as Hajan Valley or Hagan Valley or Hagoon, is situated at a distance of 15 km (9.3 mi) from Pahalgam in the Anantnag district in India's union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The Valley is towards northeast of Pahalgam and falls between Pahalgam and Chandanwadi and is en route Amarnath Temple Yatra. The valley surrounded by lush green meadows, snow clad mountains and covered with dense vegetation.

References

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  1. ^ Lal, Vinay; Nandy, Ashis (2006). Fingerprinting Popular Culture: The Mythic and the Iconic in Indian Cinema. Oxford University Press. p. 77. ISBN 0-19-567918-0.
  2. ^ Akhtar, Javed; Kabir, Nasreen Munni (2002). Talking Films: Conversations on Hindi Cinema with Javed Akhtar. Oxford University Press. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-19-566462-1. JA: I write dialogue in Urdu, but the action and descriptions are in English. Then an assistant transcribes the Urdu dialogue into Devnagari because most people read Hindi. But I write in Urdu.
  3. ^ "Box Office 1983". Box Office India. 15 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013.
  4. ^ "38 Years of Betaab: 5 Unknown facts about the film : Bollywood News". Bollywood Hungama. 5 August 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Meet the most heroic dogs of Bollywood". Flashback Bollywood. 7 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Bollywood returns to Kashmir, its original home". NDTV. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  7. ^ "Kashmir's Betaab Valley remains a top choice for film shooting". Moneycontrol. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
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