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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Manzil<br />
| image = Manzil 1979.jpg<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[Basu Chatterjee]]<br />
| producer = Jai Pawar<br/>Raj Prakash<br/>Rajiv Suri<br />
| writer = Ashish Burman<br />
| starring = [[Amitabh Bachchan]]<br/>[[Moushumi Chatterjee]]<br />
| music = [[R. D. Burman]]<br />
| cinematography = [[K. K. Mahajan]]<br />
| editing = [[G. G. Mayekar|G.G. Mayekar]]<br />
| released = {{film date|df=y|1979|9|28}}<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Manzil''''' ({{lit|Destination}}) is a [[Bollywood films of 1979|1979]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Bollywood]] [[romantic drama film]] directed by [[Basu Chatterjee]]. The film was loosely inspired by the Bengali film ''[[Akash Kusum]]'' (1965). ''Manzil'' stars [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and [[Moushumi Chatterjee]] in pivotal roles. The film won critical acclaim for its story, while Bachchan was praised for his performance, although, the film did only average business at the box office. The song ''Rimjhim Gire Saawan'' is a chartbuster.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://m.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/manzil-1979/article7586502.ece|title=Manzil (1979)|first=VIJAY|last=LOKAPALLY|newspaper=The Hindu|date=27 August 2015|publisher=}}</ref> The movie was reported to be the only Hindi movie to have [[galvanometer]] in its core plot.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/bollywood-features/basu-chatterjees-gentle-middle-of-the-road-cinema-was-that-of-the-people-next-door-baradwaj-rangan/amp/|title = Basu Chatterjee's Gentle, Middle-Of-The-Road Cinema Was That of the People Next Door|date = 4 June 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
The story of the movie starts with Ajay Chandra, a young man (Amitabh Bachchan) having big dreams. He falls for Aruna Khosla, a rich girl (Moushumi Chaterjee). She falls for him as well. He pretends to be rich not to disappoint her and takes help from his friend Prakash Mariwalla who was a <br />
Chartered Accountant, for suit, car and flat, claiming all as his own. He wants to start a galvanometer business by buying old ones and refurbishing them to workable ones with the help of Anokhelal. Unfortunately, the big cats try to buy him out, but Ajay doesn't budge. So, they buy Anokhelal by bribing him with money for his daughters wedding. This leads to a big failure for Ajay, whose mother Mrs. Chandra (Lalita Pawar) has to give the insurance money to her son to bail him out. It still doesn't work and Ajay is taken to court by Mr. Khosla, a lawyer. Mrs. Chandra encourages her son to repair the galvanometers himself and when he falls short of money, sells her gold jewellery. The prosecutor withdraws the case as the galvanometers are now repaired. His friend C.A Prakash Mariwalla also helps him with ten thousand rupees in disguise of an order.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Ajay Chandra<br />
* [[Moushumi Chatterjee]] as Aruna Khosla<br />
* [[Rakesh Pandey]] as Prakash Mariwala<br />
* [[Satyen Kappu]] as Mr. Khosla<br />
* [[Urmila Bhatt]] as Mrs. Khosla<br />
* [[Lalita Pawar]] as Mrs. Chandra <br />
* [[Shreeram Lagoo]] as Mr. Kapoor<br />
* [[A. K. Hangal]] as Anokhelal<br />
* [[C. S. Dubey]] as Tolaram Chhaganmal<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
The Music of the movie was given by [[R. D. Burman]] and the lyrics are written by the legendary lyricist [[Yogesh (lyricist)|Yogesh]].<br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
! Song !! Singer<br />
|-<br />
| "Tum Ho Mere Dil Ki Dhadkan"<br />
| [[Kishore Kumar]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Rimjhim Gire Sawan" (Male) <br />
| [[Kishore Kumar]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Rimjhim Gire Sawan" (Female) <br />
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Man Mera Chahe"<br />
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0079526}}<br />
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{{Basu Chatterjee}}<br />
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[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1979 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Basu Chatterjee]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by R. D. Burman]]<br />
[[Category:1979 romantic drama films]]<br />
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