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{{short description|1973 Hindi film directed by Gulzar}}
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{{Infobox film
| name =
| image = AchanakFilmPoster.jpg
| caption = Achanak film poster
| director = [[Sampooran Singh Gulzar|Gulzar]]
| producer = [[Raj N. Sippy]] [[Romu N. Sippy]]
| writer = [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]] [[Sampooran Singh Gulzar]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Vinod Khanna]] [[Lily Chakravarty]] [[Asrani]]
| music = [[Salil Chowdhury]]
| cinematography = [[K. Vaikunth]]
| editing = [[Waman B. Bhosle]] [[Gurudutt Shirali]]
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=y|1973|10|5}}
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = Hindi
| budget =
}}

'''''Achanak''''' ({{lang-hi|अचानक}}, [[translation]]: Suddenly) is a 1973 Indian [[Hindi film]], directed by [[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]], written by [[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]], and starring [[Vinod Khanna]]. Gulzar received a [[Filmfare]] nomination as Best Director for this film. Even though Gulzar is an accomplished [[lyricist]], this film did not have any songs in it.<ref name=Desai>{{cite book|last=Gavankar|first=Nilu N.|title=The Desai trio and the movie industry of India|year=2011|publisher=AuthorHouse|location=Bloomington, IN|isbn=978-1-4634-1941-7|pages=236|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gGAyEpXtK3UC&q=gulzar+achanak+no+songs}}</ref> [[K.A. Abbas]] earned a [[Filmfare]] nomination for best story.<ref>[http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953]</ref> It is inspired by the real-life sensational 1958 murder case [[KM Nanavati v State of Maharashtra]].<ref>[http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/proj_tabloid/inspired1.shtml Achanak] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018155408/http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/proj_tabloid/inspired1.shtml |date=18 October 2012 }} [[Hindustan Times]]</ref>

1963 movie ''[[Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke]]'' was also based on the same case.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/Yeh-Rastey-Hain-Pyar-Ke-1963/article16129233.ece|title=Yeh Rastey Hain Pyar Ke (1963)|first=Gargi|last=Parsai|date=12 August 2010|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref> Akshay Kumar starrer 2016 movie [[Rustom (film)|Rustom]] is based on the same case as well.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cinestaan.com/articles/2016/jun/30/1208/rustom-is-not-the-first-film-inspired-by-nanavati-case|title=Rustom is not the first film inspired by Nanavati case - Cinestaan.com|website=www.cinestaan.com|access-date=30 June 2016}}</ref>

The film had no songs, the background score is composed by [[Salil Chowdhury]].

==Plot==
Major Ranjeet Khanna ([[Vinod Khanna]]) is in love with his wife Pushpa ([[Lily Chakravarty]]), who seems to love him as well. His commanding officer, also his father-in-law Lt Col Bakshi, is played by [[Iftekhar]]. Ranjeet is happy with his marriage, until he finds out about his wife's affair with his best friend. He kills them both and turns himself in to the police. Then, he escapes from the police to find the Ganges River, because he wanted to fulfill his wife's wish of dropping her wedding necklace (mangalsutra) into the river. However, the police shoot him first and he is hospitalized, where he becomes emotionally attached to the doctors ([[Om Shivpuri]], [[Asrani]]) and the nurse ([[Farida Jalal]]), who are also devastated when he is sentenced to hang to death.

==Credits==
;Cast

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Character
! Actor
|-
| Major Ranjeet Khanna
| [[Vinod Khanna]]
|-
| Dr Chaudhary
| [[Om Shivpuri]]
|-
| Mrs Pushpa Khanna
| [[Lily Chakravarty]]
|-
| Nurse Radha
| [[Farida Jalal]]
|-
| Dr Kailash
| [[Asrani]]
|-
| Colonel Bakshi
| [[Iftekhar]]
|-
| Mr Gupta, Supdt of Police
| Kamal Deep
|}

Also featuring in the cast are Ravi Raaj, Baby Pinky, Inderjeet, Bihari Khare, Somender, Shridhar Naik, Vijay Sharma and Keshto Mukherjee (in a friendly appearance).

;Crew
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Director
| [[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]]
|-
| Producer
| Romu N.Sippy & Raj N. Sippy
|-
| Script
| [[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]]
|-
| Music
| Vasant Desai
|}

==Production==

The entire film production was completed in 28 days.<ref name="In28Days">Chatterjee, Saibal: "Echoes & Eloquences: The Life and Cinema of Gulzar", page 95. Rupa & Co, 2007. {{ISBN|978-81-291-1235-4}}</ref> Achanak was based on a Khwaja Ahmed Abbas story, ''The Thirteenth Victim'', which had appeared in the magazine called Imprint.<ref name="OrigStory">Chatterjee, Saibal: "Echoes & Eloquences: The Life and Cinema of Gulzar", page 93. Rupa & Co, 2007. {{ISBN|978-81-291-1235-4}}</ref> In 1973 N.C Sippy's sons, Romu Sippy and [[Raj Sippy]] collaborated with partner [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] to produce ''Achanak'' and they approached Gulzar to direct it. Gulzar approached Vasantrao, a [[Marathi people|marathi]] background score composer to compose the score for this film since it would have no songs otherwise.<ref name=Desai />

==Soundtrack==
Background music was composed by [[Vasant Desai]].
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! # !! Song Title !! Singer
|-
|1 || "Sun Mere Bandhu Re" || [[S D Burman]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
*{{IMDb title|id=0215466|title=Achanak}}

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[[Category:1973 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Gulzar]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas]]

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