Majboor (1974 film)

Majboor (translation: Compelled) is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by Ravi Tandon and written by Salim-Javed.

The film was released in India on 6 December 1974 and stars an ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Pran, Farida Jalal, Sulochana Latkar, D. K. Sapru, Iftekhar, Satyen Kappu and Rehman.

The film was a hit at the box office[1] and was also remade in Tamil as Naan Vazhavaippen (1979) with Sivaji Ganeshan and K. R. Vijaya and in Malayalam as Ee Kaikalil (1986).

Ravi Khanna (Amitabh Bachchan) is a common man working as a travel agent and living happily with his widowed mother (Sulochana Latkar), wheelchair-bound sister, Renu (Farida Jalal), and younger brother, Billu (Alankar Joshi).

One night, a wealthy client, Surendra Sinha (Rehman), visits Ravi's office to collect the air tickets that have been reserved for him.

He believes himself to be having an alibi and seeks legal advice from his lawyer friend, Advocate Rane (Shiv Kumar), for being a simple man with a family to be taken care of, and wanting to do nothing with the police and the courts.

Ravi is willing to undergo the brain surgery, but Dr. Shah states that it could either cure him completely, or could result in very unintended side-effects from blindness to mental illness to paralysis.

At the same time, he receives the interesting news of the grieving Narendra having declared a handsome reward of ₹5 lakhs (which he was previously ready to pay to his brother's kidnappers) to the person who will help him capture Surendra's murderer.

In an attempt to save himself from execution, Ravi escapes from the hospital in search of the real murderer of Surendra, and is aided by Neela in his pursuit.

The two escape to a hotel for safety, where Ravi meets a man named Mahipat Rai (Madan Puri), who has a girlfriend despite being married to a millionaire wife, Sulakshana (Lalita Kumari).

After being questioned by Ravi, Mahipat reveals that the ring was sold to him by a curio shop owner named Prakash (Mac Mohan).

Narendra then threw Surendra's dead body off in the gutter, faked his kidnapping and ransom, and announced the reward of ₹5 lakhs to cover up his crime.

When Ravi and Neela arrive there, they are horrified to witness Narendra shooting three bullets in the stomach of Michael, already aware that he will expose the truth about his crime.