Majboor

Majboor is a 1974 Indian Hindi film directed by Ravi Tandon. Music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal and lyrics by Anand Bakshi. The film was written by Salim-Javed. The movie stars Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Pran, Madan Puri, Rehman and Farida Jalal. The film is a remake of an American film titled Zigzag starring George Kennedy. It was later remade in Telugu by director K. Raghavendra Rao as "Raja" starring Shobhan Babu and Jayasudha. It was also remade in Tamil as Naan Vazhavaippen with Sivaji Ganeshan and Rajnikant. Ravi Khanna lives happily with his widowed mother, wheelchair-using... sister and younger brother. He suffers from a terminal brain tumor, and has only 6 months to live. In an effort to provide for his family, he takes the responsibility of a murder that he has not committed to collect the ransom money of Rs. 500,000. He leaves a trail for the police to follow and he is convicted. While in prison he gets an attack and the jail authorities take him to the hospital where he undergoes a successful operation.
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