Avtaar Krishen lives a poor lifestyle with his wife, Radha, and two sons, Ramesh and Chander. He works in a factory and toils hard so that his sons can get the necessary education, and live a better lifestyle. He gets injured and crippled while working, but is compensated adequately by his employer, Bawaji. Years later his sons have grown up. While Ramesh has married Sudha and works with a bank; Chander is wooing Renu, the only daughter of wealthy Seth Laxminarayan. When Avtaar and Radha wish to go on a tirathyatra (pilgrimage), they ask Ramesh to book tickets for them, but he tells them that he has no money. When Radha gets sick, their servant, Sewak, enters Sudha's room to get some money for her treatment, as a result Radha does get treatment, but Sudha blames them for stealing her money. Avtaar asks Ramesh and his wife to get out, only to find out that the house is now in Sudha's name. AVtaar, Radha and Sewak move out and live in a shanty hut. Their hopes are with Chander, who does well in his exams, decides to marry Renu, and moves out without financially assisting his parents. Now Avtaar and Radha are elderly and dependent on Sewak, and the question remains will they resign themselves to this existence, if not, what possibly can a crippled older male accomplish, especially at this time in his life?
Cast: Rajesh Khanna, Shabana Azmi
Crew: Mohan Kumar (Director), KK Mahajan (Director of Photography), Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar (Music Director), Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma (Music Director)
Rating: U (India)
Release Dates: 11 Mar 1983 (India)
Hindi Name: अवतार
Did you know? Upon watching the film, several elderly couples in India who had given ownership of their houses to their children changed the title deeds back to their own name, fearing that their children might do to them what the children in this movie did to their parents. Read More
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as Avtaar Krishen
as Radha Krishen
Special Appearance
as Rashid Ahmed
as Chandan Krishen
as Zubeida A. Ahmed
as Seth Laxminarayan
as Shobha R. Krishen
as Sewak
as Bawaji
as Paan Wala
Direction
Director
Camera and Electrical
Director of Photography
Music
Music Director
Lyricist
Music Label
Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Color
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Music Label: Saregama India Limited
20:33
Music Director: Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
27:42
Music Director: Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
06:29
Music Director: Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar, Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Playback Singer: Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
06:11
Music Director: Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Playback Singer: Kishore Kumar
08:34
Music Director: Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar, Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
05:38
Music Director: Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar, Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Playback Singer: Kishore Kumar, Mahendra Kapoor
06:43
Music Director: Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma, Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
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Trivia:
Upon watching the film, several elderly couples in India who had given ownership of their houses to their children changed the title deeds back to their own name, fearing that their children might do to them what the children in this movie did to their parents.
When people from the industry asked Mohan Kumar why he signed Gulshan Grover for the film, he said it was because of Gulshan Grover's nose. He said Gulshan's nose made him look like a person who would sell his parents for 100 rupees.
The film was initially titled Radha.
The film was remade into the Telugu film O Thandri Teerpu (1985).
When people from the industry asked Mohan Kumar why he signed Gulshan Grover for the film, he said it was because of Gulshan Grover's nose. He said Gulshan's nose made him look like a person who would sell his parents for 100 rupees.
The film was initially titled Radha.
The film was remade into the Telugu film O Thandri Teerpu (1985).
