Gambler (film)

Not to be confused with The Gambler (1995 film).

Gambler
Gambler (1971)
Directed by	Amarjeet
Produced by	Amarjeet Productions
Written by	Kaushal Bharti
Starring	Dev Anand Shatrughan Sinha Zaheeda
Music by	Sachin Dev Burman Gopal Das Neeraj (Lyrics)
Cinematography	Faredoon A. Irani
Edited by	Babu Sheikh
Release dates	1971
Running time	154 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Gambler is a 1971 Bollywood thriller film directed by Amarjeet. The film stars Dev Anand and Shatrughan Sinha.

Plot Synopsis

Raja (Dev Anand) has been abandoned by his biological mother at a very young age, and grows up with Master (Jeevan), a criminal don and card-sharp, who would like Raja to continue working with him on a commission basis. Raja learns all that could be learned about playing cards, quits work with Master, and starts work on his own. He succeeds considerably, and soon gets rich and wealthy. He falls in love with beautiful Chandra Gangaram (Zaheeda), and would like to marry her. But her father would like her to marry U.K. settled Ram Mehta(Sudhir), before Raja could do or say anything against this alliance, he is charged with the cold-blooded murder of Master. The climax in Raja's life is in the Court Room where he will find out about his past, and about his parents - while he awaits the outcome of the trial.

Storyline

Raja (Dev Anand) has been abandoned by his biological mother at a very young age, and grows up with Master (Jeevan), a criminal don and card-sharp, who would like Raja to continue working with him on a commission basis.Raja meets Chanda Gangaram (Zaheeda) daughter of a wealthy industrialist and her uncle (Ifthekar)is also the city's police commissioner.Raja takes a liking to her at the very instant though she does not reciprocate, her uncle notices Raja's face to be familiar but ignores the suspicion.

Cast

• Dev Anand ... Raja
• Zaheeda ... Chandra Gangaram
• Kishore Sahu ... Public Prosecutor
• Shatrughan Sinha ... Banke Bihari
• Sudhir ... Ram Mehta
• Zaheera ... Julie (as Zahira)
• Jeevan ... Master
• Manorama ... Ram's aunt
• Tabassum
• Mumtaz Begum ... Seeta Devi
• Iftekhar
• Sachin
• Rashid Khan
• Jagdish Raj ... Inspector Ranade
• Ravikant

Soundtrack

The music for all the songs were composed by S. D. Burman and the lyrics were penned by Gopal Das Neeraj.

#	Title	Singer(s)	Duration
1	Apne Honthon Ki Bansi	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar	03:54
2	Choodi Nahin Ye Mera Dil	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar	04:27
3	Dil Aaj Shayar Hai	Kishore Kumar	03:33
4	Mera Man Tera Pyasa	Mohammed Rafi	04:14
5	Kaisa Hai Mere Dil Tu Khiladi	Kishore Kumar	03:23

• "Mera Man Tera Pyasa" was featured in the soundtrack of the 2004 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

External links

• Gambler at IMDb