Bombay to Goa

The lives of Atmaram (Nazir Hussain) and his wife (Dulari) are turned upside down when they see their daughter, Mala's (Aruna Irani) pictures in a magazine. They arrange for Mala's marriage with the son of Ramlal (Agha). Mala is opposed to marrying anyone who she has not met, and is at the same time thrilled that the two persons she trusted, one Verma (Shatrughan Sinha), and the other Sharma (Manmohan) had actually submitted her pictures to a magazine, and were now willing to sign her up for a Bollywood movie. Mala is not able to understand her parents' opposition on her way to fame, and runs away from home with a lot of money and hands this money to Sharma and Verma. Greed overtakes Sharma and Verma, leading to the death of Verma. Mala, who witnessed Sharma kill Verma, now is on the run for her life. She boards a bus from Bombay which is bound for Goa. Sharma soon overtakes her, and has one of his armed men on the bus to kill her. And then arrives Mala's admirer Ravikumar (Amitabh Bachchan), who not only protects Mala, but also accompanies her throughout the journey. Mala starts to trust and subsequently fall in love with Ravikumar. The bus journey is adventurous with the passengers, a totally mixed bunch, from all over India, different religions, cultures, and faiths, all thrown together for this journey. The bus is in the "control" of driver Rajesh (Anwar Ali), and conductor, Khanna (Mehmood).hence she gets her love and the reality of her trusted people.

Amitabh Bachchan has had an illustrious career that has spanned decades, but "Bombay to Goa" (1972) was his first film as the main lead. Bachchan had earlier worked in films but this film was his first as a lead hero because Saat Hindustani (1969) had 7 protagonists, Navin Nishchal was the lead hero in Parwana (1971) and Rajesh Khanna was main lead in Anand (also 1971). "Bombay to Goa" was followed by Zanjeer (1973) and after that followed the super-stardom of more than fifteen years. Bachchan was picked for his role in Zanjeer after Javed Akhtar saw him in this film. As per The Hindu the role was first offered to Rajiv Gandhi, when he had not started career in Indian politics.

• Mehmood as Khanna / Bus Conductor
• Anwar Ali as Rajesh / Bus Driver
• Shatrughan Sinha as Sharma
• Amitabh Bachchan as Ravi Kumar
• Aruna Irani as Mala
• Nazir Hussain as Atmaram, Mala's Father
• Dulari as Mala's Mother
• Manmohan as Verma
• Mukri as South Indian Passenger
• Randhir as Kader Bhai
• Sunder as Pandit
• Keshto Mukherjee as Sleeping bungala Passenger
• Manorama as Young Girl's Mother
• Yusuf Khan as Boxer - John Ragada
• Babbanlal Yadav as Boxer's Henchman
• Asit Sen as Dhaba Owner
• Lalita Pawar as Kashibai
• Birbal as Marathi yaar na miley Passenger
• Raj Kishore as Passenger
• Darshan Lal as Army man
• Parveen Paul as Ravi's mother
• Agha - Ramlal as Ravi's father
• Pakoda Kadhar as Pakoda Boy
• Kishore Kumar as Himself (Special Appearance)
• Mehmood Jr. as Dhaba Waiter (Special Appearance)
• Usha Iyer (Special appearance)

Mehmood specially made this movie to launch his brother Anwar Ali and Amitabh Bachchan

Amitabh Bachchan pressured Shatrughan Sinha to do the villain's role, although he wasn't keen on doing it. He agreed only because of their close friendship from their struggling days.

1. "Dekha Na Haye Re" - Kishore Kumar
2. "Tum Meri Zindagi Mein" - Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
3. "Listen To The Pouring Rain" - Usha Uthup
4. "Dil Tera Hai Main Bhi Teri" - Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
5. "Haye Haye Yeh Thanda Paani" - Asha Bhosle
6. "Yeh Mehki Mehki Thandi Hawa" - Kishore Kumar

• Bombay to Goa at IMDb

• Bombay to Goa at IMDb