Gehri Chaal

Gehri Chaal (transl. Deep Trap) is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language action-thriller film, produced and directed by C. V. Sridhar[1][2] under the Chithrakala Pictures banner. It stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jeetendra, Hema Malini and music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. The director remade the movie in Tamil in 1975 as Vaira Nenjam.

Gehri Chaal
Theatrical release poster
Directed byC. V. Sridhar
Produced byC. V. Sridhar
Written byRajendra Krishan
(dialogues & lyrics)
Screenplay byC. V. Sridhar
Story byC. V. Sridhar
StarringAmitabh Bachchan
Jeetendra
Hema Malini
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
CinematographyU. Raja Gopal
Edited byN. M. Shankar
Production
company
Chithralaya Pictures
Release date
  • 27 July 1973 (1973-07-27)
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

Dharamchand is the Chair of Olympic Bank, which is due for a final audit by the 30th of the month. Shortly thereafter, his daughter, Hema (Hema Malini), finds his dead body in his bedroom. She phones her brother, Ratan (Amitabh Bachchan), who arrives, finds a suicide note in his father's room, clarifying that he had embezzled 20 lakhs from the bank, is unable to repay it, and hence is killing himself. Ratan decides to protect the good name of the family and does not tell anyone about the suicide note to anyone, including Hema. Shortly thereafter, Ratan is approached by a blackmailer named Shekhar, who threatens to expose Ratan's secret if Ratan does not participate in a bank robbery that will take place two days before the final audit. Ratan assists him, the robbery takes place, the money is looted, all bank records are burnt, and the robbers make a successful getaway. Ratan is relieved that this problem has been resolved and the family name is not tarnished. The only problem is that Hema saw the robbers in action, and is able to identify one of them, a woman named Shobha (Bindu). When she tells Ratan, he asks her to keep this information a secret. Then Ratan's friend, Sagar (Jeetendra), arrives from Delhi for a visit, and it is here that Ratan find out that Sagar is in a profession that has made him a suspect with the police, and may rip open the secret that Ratan has been trying to hide from the world. Soon it is revealed that, Sagar is a CBI officer & he has been sent to find out evidence for Olympic Bank robbery. After enquiry, Sagar find out that the main suspect is Madan (Prem Chopra), who is Ratan's best friend. Now, Ratan & Sagar meet Shobha & pressure her to tell everything about Madan. By the way, Madan shoots her before she say anything about him. Before dying, Shobha confess that, Dharamchand didn't commit suicide, but was murdered by Madan, who actually had embezzled 20 lakhs from bank through Dharamchand & didn't want to repay the loan.

Cast

Soundtrack
#SongSinger
1 "De Taali Bade Zor Se, Bade Shor Se" Lata Mangeshkar
2 "Kukdu Kudu, Bada Pyara Laage Tu" Asha Bhosle
3 "Shaam Bheegi Bheegi Badan Jal Raha Hai" Asha Bhosle
4 "Maara Vaade Ne Tere Aise" Asha Bhosle
5 "Jaipur Ki Choli Mangwa De Re Saiyan" Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar
6 "Ae Bai Tu Kahan Se Aayi" Kishore Kumar

References
  1. Jha, Subhash K. (11 October 2017). "Happy Birthday Amitabh Bachchan: 10 Underrated performances by Big B!". DNA India. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  2. "Birthday Special: 5 Amitabh Bachchan films you missed". Bollywood Hungama. 11 October 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2021.


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