Procession of Memories) is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language masala film, directed by Nasir Hussain and written by Salim–Javed (Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar).

It featured an ensemble cast, starring Dharmendra, Vijay Arora, Tariq Khan, Zeenat Aman, Neetu Singh, Ajit and Captain Raju.

It has been widely identified as the first masala film, combining elements of the action, drama, romance, musical, crime and thriller genres.

"[2] It also launched the careers of several actors, as the commercial breakthrough Hindi film for Zeenat Aman and Neetu Singh, who became leading actresses of the 1970s,[4][5] and as the debut film for Nasir Hussain's nephews Tariq Khan and Aamir Khan, the latter a child actor who grew up to be one of the biggest movie stars in Hindi cinema.

The film was later remade in Telugu as Annadammula Anubandham, in Tamil as Naalai Namadhe and in Malayalam as Himam.

[7][8] The film starts with three young brothers, Shankar, Vijay and, Ratan, celebrating their father's birthday with their mother and the maid.

In order to remove the risk of being identified and reported to the police, Shakal and his men break into their house and shoot the father.

Vijay is found unconscious by a groundskeeper of a mansion owned by a wealthy man and is raised by him.

A minidrama persuades Sunita to travel on a trip with him,a man about to lose his life to cancer.

Aamir, who went on to become one of the most successful actors in Hindi cinema, appeared in the title song as child artist at the age of eight, playing the younger version of his cousin Tariq's role.

[11] The title track "Yaadon Ki Baaraat Nikli Hai" appears multiple times.

[14] Nominated The film popularized the now familiar Bollywood theme of separated siblings united by fate.