Warrant (film)

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Warrant
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Directed by Pramod Chakravorty
Written by Sachin Bhowmick
Produced byNetrapal Singh
Starring Dev Anand
Zeenat Aman
Pran
Ajit Khan
Dara Singh
Cinematography V. K. Murthy
Music by R. D. Burman
Release date
  • 7 November 1975 (1975-11-07)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Warrant is a 1975 Hindi-language film directed by Pramod Chakravorty. The film stars Dev Anand, Zeenat Aman, Pran, Dara Singh, Ajit Khan, Lalita Pawar and Joginder. The soundtrack is by the Indian music director R. D. Burman. It was a success at the box office. [1]

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Plot

During a jail riot instigated by jailed convict Jaggu (Joginder), the Jailer, Arun Mehra's (Dev Anand) life is threatened, and another convict Dinesh (Satish Kaul), risks his life to save Arun. Arun and his mom, Mrs. Mehra (Sulochana) find out that Dinesh is on death-row for killing noted Professor Ashok Verma. Arun does not believe that Dinesh is guilty, and so he arranges his escape and as a result he has not only the police, including his very own dad, Inspector General of Police Mehra (Pran) after him on a manhunt, but also underworld don Master (Ajit Khan) and his men; and a cold-hearted female assassin (Zeenat Aman) who has reserved just two bullets in her gun for Arun and Dinesh.

Cast

Facts

Soundtrack

All the songs [2] were composed by Rahul Dev Burman and lyrics were penned by Anand Bakshi.

The movie's songs are all very melodious. Two of them are "Ruk Ruk Jana O Jaana Humse Do Baate Karke Chali Jaana" and "Sun Bhai Baaraati", both sung by Kishore Kumar.

#TitleSinger(s)Duration
1"Sun Bhai Baarati" Kishore Kumar 04:45
2"Ladi Najariya Ladi"Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar 04:59
3"Ruk Jana O Jana Humse"Kishore Kumar03:38
4"Mein Tumse Mohabbat"Lata Mangeshkar03:59

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References

  1. "Box Office by Year (1975) - Bollywood MuVyz".
  2. "Warrant : Lyrics and video of Songs from the Movie Warrant (1975)".