Deewaar (1975 film)

Deewaar The Wall is a 1975 Indian crimedrama film directed by Yash Chopra, written by SalimJaved, and starring Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor. Reflecting the tumultuous politics of the early 70s in India, Deewaar tells the story of a pair of impoverished brothers who, after their family is betrayed by the misplaced idealism of their father, struggle to survive on the streets of Mumbai.

The film opens with a depiction of the strong leadership of trade unionist Anand Verma Satyen Kappu, who works hard to enhance the lives of struggling laborers. He lives in a modest home with his wife, Sumitra Devi Nirupa Roy, and their two young sons, Vijay Amitabh Bachchan loosely based on Haji Mastan, and Ravi Shashi Kapoor. Anand, however, is blackmailed by a corrupt businessman who threatens to kill his family if Anand does not cease his protest activities. Forced into compliance, Anand is thus attacked by the very same laborers who then jeer him for his betrayal, unaware that he was blackmailed. His family is also persecuted by the angry workers. Out of shame, Anand leaves town, leaving Sumitra to care for their sons alone in poverty. Several of the angry workers kidnap Vijay and tattoo his arm with the Hindi words translated into My Father Is A Thief. Not knowing what else to do, Sumitra brings her children to Mumbai and struggles as a day laborer to care for her now homeless sons.Vijay, the older brother, grows up with an acute awareness of his fathers failure and is victimized for his fathers supposed misdeeds. In the process of fighting for his rights, Vijay, who starts out as a boot polisher, was a dockyard worker in his youth, now becomes a smuggler for the underworld. Vijay beats up several thugs working for their ruthless leader Samant Madan Puri, which then influences one of Samants rivals to bring Vijay to his inner circle, leaving Vijay to become a new leading figure of the underworld. He also sacrifices his own education so his brother Ravi can study. ........

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