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{{short description|1983 film by Mohan Kumar}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Avtaar
| image = Avtaarfilm.jpg
| caption =
| director = [[Mohan Kumar]]
| producer = [[Mohan Kumar]]
| writer =
| starring = [[Rajesh Khanna]] [[Shabana Azmi]] [[Sujit Kumar]] [[AK Hangal]] [[Gulshan Grover]] [[Shashi Puri]] [[Priti Sapru]] [[Sachin (actor)|Sachin]] [[Yunus Parvez]]
| music = [[Laxmikant Pyarelal]]
| cinematography = [[K. K. Mahajan]]
| editing =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1983|3|11}}
| studio = Emkay Pictures
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language =
}}

'''''Avtaar''''' is a 1983 drama film starring [[Rajesh Khanna]] and [[Shabana Azmi]]. It was directed by [[Mohan Kumar]], and the music was by [[Laxmikant Pyarelal]], and lyrics by [[Anand Bakshi]]. ''Avtaar'' was a commercial hit, and was critically acclaimed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actors|title=BoxOffice India.com|publisher=BoxOffice India.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029191201/http://boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actors|archivedate=2013-10-29|url-status=dead|accessdate=2010-07-12}}</ref> The film earned several [[Filmfare]] award nominations.<ref>[http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953]</ref> Rajesh Khanna achieved success with ''[[Amar Deep (1979 film)|Amardeep]]'' and ''[[Prem Bandhan]]'' onwards, but this was [[Rajesh Khanna]]'s biggest film in terms of box office collections since 1973. However, Rajesh Khanna lost the Best Actor award to [[Naseeruddin Shah]] for ''[[Masoom (1983 film)|Masoom]]''. In 1986, [[Mohan Kumar]] made ''[[Amrit (film)|Amrit]]'' with Rajesh Khanna in the lead as an old man, but with a different story line. Rajesh Khanna received an All-India Critics Association (AICA) Best Actor Award for his performance in this film in 1983.<ref name="hindustantimes">{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/happy-birthday-rajesh-khanna-his-top-15-films/story-xZ8WYc2v7LYVftj6D7lWHP.html|publisher=hindustantimes.com|title=Happy birthday Rajesh Khanna: His top 15 films | bollywood | Hindustan Times|accessdate=2017-02-24}}</ref>

The film was later remade into the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film ''O Thandri Theerpu'' (1985), starring [[Murali Mohan]] and [[Jayasudha]]; in Kannada as ''Kaliyuga'', starring Rajesh and Aarthi; in Malayalam as ''Jeevitham'', starring [[Madhu (actor)|Madhu]]; and in Tamil as ''[[Vaazhkai (1984 film)|Vaazhkai]]'', with [[Sivaji Ganesan]]. ''[[Baghban (2003 film)|Baghban]]'' in 2003, starring [[Amitabh Bachchan]] and [[Hema Malini]] was partially inspired by this film.

==Plot==

The film starts with wife Radha Kishen ([[Shabana Azmi]]) garlanding her husband Avtaar Kishen's ([[Rajesh Khanna]]) bust while she mourns his death, then flashes back thirty years. Radha, is the only daughter of Seth Jugal Kishore ([[Madan Puri]]), and is in love with Avtaar, a poor boy. Her father disapproves, so the two elope and marry.

After various hardships, the couple ultimately succeed; after three decades, Avtaar is owner of a small house and fortune. they have two sons, Chander ([[Gulshan Grover]]) and Ramesh ([[Shashi Puri]]). Chander is married to Renu (Rajni Sharma), while Ramesh is married to Sudha ([[Priti Sapru]]). Avtaar also has a servant named Sewak ([[Sachin (actor)|Sachin]]).

Chander marries the only daughter of Seth Laxmi Narayan ([[Pinchoo Kapoor]]) and becomes a [[Gharjamai]]. Meanwhile Ramesh registers the house under his wife's name instead of Radha's. This enrages Avtaar and he leaves his home, accompanied by Radha and Sewak. With help of a moneylender Bawaji ([[Sujit Kumar]]), Avtaar starts his own garage.

Avtaar faces an uphill task, since he has no money to buy equipment, is aged and his right hand was paralysed in an accident. Sewak helps his master by illegally donating blood to arrange funds, but when Avtaar assumes Sewak has resorted to robbery, Bawaji tells the truth. Moved, Radha and Avtaar come to regard him as a true son.

Meanwhile, Avtaar's best friend Rashid Ahmed is also suffering under his cruel son Anwar and his cruel daughter-in-law, Zubeida. His son was in Dubai and he always shows before the panwaala shop run by Ram dulare (Shivraj) that his daughter-in-law is very good but in reality she is horrible. Rashid works like a servant and suddenly becomes sick and his son expels him from the house. Avtaar sees this and opens a center for people who are suffering from their cruel relatives and he names it "Apna Ghar".

Meanwhile, both Ramesh and Chander are enjoying their lives. Avtaar's luck changes and the carburetor he is working on gives a successful result. Avtaar starts manufacturing the engine parts, and creates an industrial empire headed by himself, his wife and Sewak.

Avtaar's success takes a toll on Laxmi Narayan's business and he holds Chander responsible. Ramesh commits bank fraud and is arrested. Shobha comes to Avtaar for help, but he rebukes her and sends her away. Radha becomes angry, but remains silent. Avtaar secretly gives Bawaji the bail money on the condition that he tells no one; Bawaji bails Ramesh.

Meanwhile, holding Chandar responsible for the loss in business, Laxmi Narayan throws him out of the house. Ramesh, Chandar and Sudha go to Radha for assistance, but Avtaar disagrees. Next day, Avtaar goes to the office and does not return. Radha calls him and late at night, tries to convince him to help their children, but he refuses to listen. Emotionally, Radha accuses him of having become heartless. Bawaji meets Radha, who tells him the whole story. Bawaji confesses the truth to her as he cannot bear Avtaar being ill thought of. Meanwhile, Zubeida learns that Rashid is having a lot of money by working in Apna Ghar. So Anwar and Zubaida come with their son Saddu to Ahmed Rashid. Zubeida and Anwar act a drama in front of Rashid so they can get money from him but he asks them to leave.

After learning the truth, Radha realizes her mistake and tries to call Avtaar. Sewak informs her that Avtaar has had a heart attack, so the family goes to the hospital. Avtaar has already written his will. He hands it to Radha and dies. He gave 2 lakhs to both of his sons only because of their mistreatment that led to him becoming a successful businessman in the fire of agony and considered Sewak as his actual son who does his final rites. The story comes to the present, where Radha decorates Avtaar's bust because he developed the Apna Ghar center.

==Cast==
*[[Rajesh Khanna]] as Avtaar Kishan
*[[Shabana Azmi]] as Radha Kishan/Radha Kishore (Avtaar's Wife)
*[[Madan Puri]] as Seth Jugal Kishore (Radha's Father)
*[[Sujit Kumar]] as Bawaji (Avtaar's Mentor)
*[[A. K. Hangal]] as Rashid Ahmed (Avtaar's Best Friend)
*[[Sachin (actor)|Sachin]] as Sewak (Avtaar's Servant and adopted son)
*[[Gulshan Grover]] as Chander Kishan (Avtaar's Younger Son & Renu's Husband)
*[[Shashi Puri]] as Ramesh Kishan (Avtaar's Elder Son & Sudha's Husband)
*[[Priti Sapru]] as Sudha Kishan (Ramesh's Wife)
*[[Rajni Sharma]] as Renu C. Kishan/Renu Narayan (Chander's Wife .)
*[[Ranjan Grewal]] as Anwar R. Ahmed (Rashid's Son)
*[[Madhu Malini]] as Zubeida Anwar Ahmed (Anwar's Wife)
*[[Pinchoo Kapoor]] as Seth Laxmi Narayan (Renu's Father)
*[[Yunus Parvez]] as Ram Dulare Paanwala (Avtaar's Friend)
*[[Shivraj]] as Gopal (Avtaar's Servant)

==Soundtrack==
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Song !! Singer
|-
| 1
| "Uparwale Tera Jawab Nahin"
| [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| 2
| "Yeh Saari Duniya Hai Aati Jaati"
| [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| 3
| "Yaaron Utho, Chalo, Bhaago, Daudo"
| [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Mahendra Kapoor]]
|-
| 4
| "Din, Maheene, Saal Guzarte Jayenge"
| [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| 5
| "Chalo, Bulaawa Aaya Hai, Maata Ne Bulaaya Hai"
| [[Mahendra Kapoor]], [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Narendra Chanchal]]
|-
| 6
| "Zindagi Mauj Udaane Ka Naam Hai"
| [[Mahendra Kapoor]], [[Suresh Wadkar]], [[Alka Yagnik]]
|-
|}

==Filmfare Nominations==
*Best Picture
*Best Director-[[Mohan Kumar]]
*Best Actor-[[Rajesh Khanna]]
*Best Actress-[[Shabana Azmi]]
*Best Story-[[Mohan Kumar]]
*Best Dialogue Writer - Mushtaq Jalili

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0233264}}

[[Category:1983 films]]
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]

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