Karz

1980 160’ col Hindi d Subhash Ghai pc Mukta Films st Mukta Films Story Dept. sc Sachin Bhowmick dial Rahi Masoom Raza lyr Anand Bakshi c Kamalakar Rao m Laxmikant-Pyarelal lp Rishi Kapoor, Tina Munim, Simi Garewal, Raj Kiran, Premnath, Pran, Durga Khote, Pinchoo Kapoor, Abha Dhulia, Iftikhar, Aruna Irani

Rebirth story with echoes of Bimal Roy’s Madhumati (1958). The day after his wedding, Ravi Varma (Kiran) is killed by his calculating wife Kamini (Garewal) on instructions from Sir Judas. Years later a rock singer, Monty (Rishi Kapoor), who is in love with Tina (Munim), is haunted by images of a woman killing a man. Eventually realising himself to be Varma’s reincarnation, he takes belated revenge on Kamini, now the queen of Ooty. The film had the electronic rock-music- inspired hit Om Shanti Om, performed on a stage resembling a giant gramophone record.

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