The prolonged reckoning (film, 1973)

The main character of the film, police officer Vijay Khanna, personifies the image of an “angry young man” who independently opposes evil ^{[5] [6]} .

India of the 50s. Someone named Ranjit, working for the mafia, decides to "tie up" and announces this to his "boss." The latter, fearing that Ranjit, who “knows too much”, will talk too much, sends his assistant to his house and he kills Ranjit and his wife. Their son Vijay escaped by hiding in a closet at that time. He is adopted and taken up by a police inspector in his family.

It takes about 20 years. The little boy Vijay turned into a fearless police inspector and confronts a mafia organization led by Mr. Taja, a rich and influential man. During this difficult struggle, Vijay is fired from the police on false charges and even sent to prison for six months. But in the end he succeeds - evil will be punished. His faithful friend Sherkhan and girlfriend Mala help in this fight. In the final of the film, it also turns out that it was Mr. Teja - the killer of Vijay’s parents ...

• Director:
• Script writer:
• Producer: Prakash Mehra, Babboo Mehra
• Production Company: Prakash Mehra Productions
• Editor: Ramchandra Mahadik
• Artist: J.J. Bhende
• Operator:
• Tricks: Ravi Khanna, Virendra Kumar
• Costumes and props: Vasant Mahajan, Shankar Jadhav
• Choreography: Satyanarayanan
• Composer:
• :
• Artists: Asha Bhosle , Lata Mangeshkar , Manna Day , Mohammed Rafi

The script was inspired by the Hollywood blockbuster Death on Horseback ^[7] . At first, offered it to actor Dharmendra , but he preferred a different film. Another guest was Dev Anand , but they did not agree on the issue of singing songs. and Rajesh Khanna also refused. Then, selected for the role of Sherkhan, Pran proposed Amitabh Bachchan , whose previous films were not particularly successful ^{[5] [7]} . The first choice for the role of Mala was the actress , but soon she was replaced by Jaya Bhaduri ^[7] .

All texts are written by , all music is written by .

Filmfare Awards ^[8] :

• Best Story - - Javed ^[9]
• Best Screenplay - Salim Javed ^[10]
• The best words to the song - for the song "Yari Hai Imaan Mera" ^[11]
• Best Editing - Ramchandra Mahadik ^[12]
• Best Movie Nomination
• Best Actor Nomination - Amitabh Bachchan
• Supporting Actor Nomination - Pran
• Nomination for Best Song Music - -
• Nomination for the best male performance of songs - Manna Day for the song "Yari Hai Imaan Mera"

Two police dogs of the Labrador Retriever breed were named Zanjir in honor of the film. The most famous of them lived in Bombay , and the other in Calcutta ^[13] .

The film was re-shot in other languages: Nippulanti Manishi in Telugu, Sirithu Vazha Vendum in Tamil, Naayattu in Malayalam, all three remakes were a commercial success.

In 2013, a remake of the same name was shot in two languages ​​(Hindi and Telugu) and was released on September 6, 2013. This film was the first Bollywood film for the Telugu-speaking actor Ram Charan Teji, and the Telugu-language debut for Priyanka Chopra. She has contracted for 90 million Indian rupees , making her one of the highest paid Indian actresses. ^[14] In the Telugu-language version, there were two other actors - , who replaced Sanjay Datt as Sherkhan, and , who replaced Atul Kulkarni as Jaidev. The film, unlike the original, received a negative rating from critics and failed at the box office ^[15] .

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