Faraar

Amitabh has acted superbly as a fugitive on the run, he has played the role to perfection. Sanjeev too has played superbly & Sharmila is at best too. When top 3 of a movie perform well then the movie has to be good. Faraar has Amitabh in the lead & also leads the pack with his unmatched acting ability. This is a movie which is not of the same storyline as Ittefaq of the superstar Rajesh Khanna but is similar with the hero running all through the movie as a fugitive. I liked Ittefaq, Faraar & 36 Ghante of the seasoned Raaj Kumar starrer. All 3 were simply superb movies with no errors.

There is no fun if I write the story here, with the ratings it is better to watch & see the power house performers display their superb acting prowess. This movie I am going to watch this week for the 2nd time in few days.

Amitabh Bachchan as the vengeful brother is on the run after killing the villain, but as the fate would have it, he hides in Sharmila Tagore's house holding her young son ( Ever so lovable Master Raju!) to ransom, her husband ( Sanjeev Kumar) himself the Police Inspector in charge of catching him...Good screenplay, excellent acting by all lead actors, haunting song by Kishore: "Main pyaasa tum saawan " that keeps repeating ... Go watch it..Worth 'two' dekho!!

The Direction by Shankar Mukherjee who directed earlier thrillers " Mahal" is in his elements, so is the Music Director and the rest of them...

This is one movie which certainly deserves 10 out of 10 since it has all the elements which a good movie should have.Amitabh gives an awesome performance in the role of a murderer hiding in the house of a police officer but unwillingly as his wife has been his girlfriend before her marriage.Sanjeev Kumar as always,gives a bravo performance in the role of a helpless police officer who cannot take hold of a criminal because his son is his hostage.Although Sanjeev Kumar's role is a supporting one,it is very difficult to decide who has acted better between him and Amitabh.Sharmila Tagore also gives a great performance in the role of a woman trapped between her husband and her ex-lover.There is no flaw in the movie and the story all and all is 10 out of 10.Its a must for everyone!!!

Faraar review :

A fugitive on the run takes shelter in a cop's home where his wife turns out to be this runaway criminal's ex-lover. Things get complicated when the cop gets to know about the hidden truth!!

Amitabh Bachchan played the fugitive on the run while Sanjeev Kumar- Sharmila Tagore were the couple. Faraar released towards the end of 1975 which was otherwise Bachchan's year with Deewaar and Sholay turning huge blockbusters that year. Faraar wasn't that lucky and didn't last long in theatres despite its taut execution and some wonderful performances from Big B and Sanjeev Kumar.

The basic plot point itself, was already made earlier as 36 Ghante (1974) where Sunil Dutt and Danny were simply chilling in negative roles. Later, a major sub-plot of Rajkumar Santoshi's Ghayal (1990) where Sunny and his fellow jailmates take refuge at the police commissioner Kulbhushan Kharbanda's house, was also inspired from the same movie.

Of the cast, Amitabh Bachchan was outstanding as the painter who loses his lady love and later, avenges his sister's rape by killing the culprit (Rajan Haksar) and escapes the arms of the law. Sanjeev Kumar was equally effective as the tough cop for whom the case gets personal when he gets to know about his wife's prior romance with this escaped criminal. Sharmila looked elegant and classy as ever but somehow, never paired well with Bachchan. All their movies as a couple from Faraar (1975) to Besharam (1978) and Desh Premee (1982) were underperformers at the box office.

Not many know that Faraar had two endings - the theatrical release had Amitabh Bachchan getting shot by the cops and dying in the end. Another ending was filmed where he is shot in same manner but lives after getting admitted to hospital. The Doordarshan version which I saw in mid '80s with my grandparents, was the theatre version while many years later, I got to watch the other version in a UK dvd. Out of the two, the original ending where Bachchan dies was better and I really enjoyed this movie then on our black and white television with my dear grandpa who was also a Bachchan fan like me. Fond memories indeed!!

Faraar is not a great movie per se but it gives us Bachchan with his trademark raw anger and simmering intensity in full form. Deserves a watch just for that!!

Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.

Watched this movie especially as an Amitabh Bacchan (AB) fan, but was not disappointed as it had a good story and actors like Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, with one popular song. On seeing this picture, it reminds one about lot of other Hindi films like Itefaq and Prem Kahani, although with a twist in the story of each of them. The success of this movie would have been subdued by lot of other super hit films released in 1975 like Sholay, Deewar which had AB himself acting in them. If this picture had another hit song, then it would have been more successful. Worth seeing for once if one has time and has a passion to see Bollywood movies.