| Betaab | |
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| Directed by | Rahul Rawail |
| Written by | Javed Akhtar (story, screenplay and dialogues) |
| Produced by | Bikram Singh Dehal |
| Starring | Sunny Deol Amrita Singh Shammi Kapoor Nirupa Roy Prem Chopra Boozo (the dog) |
| Cinematography | Manmohan Singh |
| Edited by | V. N. Mayekar |
| Music by | Rahul Dev Burman |
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Release date |
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Running time | 163 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi[1][2] |
| Box office | est. ₹13.5 crore (equivalent to ₹229 crore or US$27 million in 2023)[3] |
Betaab (transl. Restless) is a 1983 Indian romance film written by Javed Akhtar, directed by Rahul Rawail and produced by Bikram Singh Dehal. The plot of the film was loosely based on William Shakespeare’s The Taming Of The Shrew.[4] The film stars Sunny Deol and Amrita Singh in their debut roles along with Shammi Kapoor. The music was composed by Rahul Dev Burman. The inauguration of Betaab happened in 1981 in the presence of Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Dharmendra and Saira Banu. Before the release of Betaab, Sunny Deol also had a small role in the 1982 film Main Intaquam Loonga, in which his father Dharmendra was the hero of the film. Betaab was a commercial success and went on to be one of the biggest hits of the year, emerging as the 2nd highest grossing Indian film of 1983. The film was remade in Telugu as Samrat in 1987 with Ramesh Babu, in Kannada as Karthik in 2011 with Karthik Shetty and in Bengali as Moner Manush with Prosenjit Chatterjee in 1997.
This film is a love story of two youngsters who fall in love despite the status gaps between their families. Sunny Kapoor, is a young, poor and happy guy who lives with his mother Sumitra and his dog Boozo in his home-made town farm located alongside a stream in a picturesque mountain valley. Formerly, his father Avinash Kapoor had been a wealthy businessman, but he went bankrupt. For this reason, he killed himself. Avinash was close friends with Sardar Dinesh Singh Girji who is one of the richest and most powerful men in the city. When Sardar reveals that Avinash has gone bankrupt, he turns his back to him. Sardar has one daughter called Roma. She is spoiled, snobbish and accustomed to having all the people who surround her beneath her. She was Sunny's childhood friend.
Now, Sardar purchases a new horse farm out of the city in the town, which is nearby Sunny's farm. When Sunny accompanies his mother to the train station, he encounters Roma after not seeing her for years. Sunny instantly recognizes her, but Roma doesn't. Consequently, they coincidentally meet each other various times on the farm. They quarrel continually, but soon she realises that he is her childhood friend and they reconstruct their childhood love.
The movie has five popular songs whose lyrics are penned by Anand Bakshi and sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Shabbir Kumar. The music is composed by R. D. Burman.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Jab Hum Jawan Honge" | Lata Mangeshkar, Shabbir Kumar | 7:10 |
| 2. | "Teri Tasveer Mil Gayee" | Shabbir Kumar | 4:43 |
| 3. | "Tumne Dee Awaaz" | Shabbir Kumar | 5:01 |
| 4. | "Apne Dil Se Badi Dushmani Ki" | Lata Mangeshkar, Shabbir Kumar | 5:28 |
| 5. | "Badal Yun Garajta Hai" | Lata Mangeshkar, Shabbir Kumar | 5:39 |
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The famous tourist destination Betaab Valley in the Kashmir was named after the film Betaab. The location was virtually unknown earlier but later became a famous tourist destination because the Betaab movie was shot there.[6][7]
Betaab Valley, also known as Hajan Valley or Hagan Valley or Hagoon, is situated at a distance of 15 km (9.3 mi) from Pahalgam in the Anantnag district in India's union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The Valley is towards northeast of Pahalgam and falls between Pahalgam and Chandanwadi and is en route Amarnath Temple Yatra. The valley surrounded by lush green meadows, snow clad mountains and covered with dense vegetation.
JA: I write dialogue in Urdu, but the action and descriptions are in English. Then an assistant transcribes the Urdu dialogue into Devnagari because most people read Hindi. But I write in Urdu.
