Laawaris

1981
PG
3h 9m

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A man, abandoned as a baby and forced to live as an orphan, is unknowingly employed by his biological father.A man, abandoned as a baby and forced to live as an orphan, is unknowingly employed by his biological father.A man, abandoned as a baby and forced to live as an orphan, is unknowingly employed by his biological father.

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7.0/10

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Awards
- 3 nominations total

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Trivia
An extra in the film Nellie ,(of Iranian descent),was rumored to be the reason Amitabh and Rekha had a break up/fight during Laawaris. Nellie was not the dancer in Apni To Jaise Taise as reported on many sites. Nilli full name was Naaz Bakhtiar. She was the niece of for Prime Minister of Iran,Shapour Bakhtiar. She was also the niece of actress Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiary.

Goofs
In the famous dog scene where Amitabh feeds the dog a hot chili, Zeenat Aman enters the restaurant with 2 unexplained mark blemishes on her face. Possibly from a previously edited out scene in the movie. As the scene progresses into a song, Zeenat's blemish mysteriously disappears.

Connections
Featured in Jambo Cinema (2020)

Soundtracks
Mere Angne Mein Tumhara Kya Kaam Hai (female)
Performed by Alka Yagnik
Music by Kalyanji Veerji Shah & Anandji Veerji Shah

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Featured review

The Big B does drag

This is a Bollywood film titled "The Orphan". Thus the plot is a given: our hero will follow a winding road toward the ultimate discovery of his true father, and along the way he will discover his true nature. Alienation will be undone by solidarity. The poor and downtrodden will have their champion. One love interest will meet her untimely demise, and another will have her man.

Our first glimpse of our hero as an adult is as a walking trope of machismo: coveralls open to the waist revealing a chest of dark black hair. One of our final glances reveals a side of the big B that I surely did not expect. The penultimate musical number features Amitabh in drag, with five costume changes, and he's damned good at it. The film is worth the watch for this sequence alone.