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{{Infobox film
| name = Awaaz
| image = Awaaz.jpg
| caption = Promotional Poster
| director = [[Shakti Samanta]]
| producer = [[Shakti Samanta]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Rajesh Khanna]] [[Jaya Prada]] [[Rakesh Roshan]] [[Amrish Puri]] [[Suresh Oberoi]] [[Madan Puri]] [[Prem Chopra]]
| music = [[R D Burman]] [[Anand Bakshi]] (Lyrics)
| cinematography = [[Alokedas Gupta]]
| editing = [[Bijoy Chowdhary]]
| distributor =
| released = 23 November 1984
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''Awaaz''' (transl. '''''Voice''''') is a [[Bollywood films of 1984|1984]] Hindi [[action crime film]] directed by [[Shakti Samanta]] with [[Rajesh Khanna]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Awaaz |title=Awaaz – Starring Rajesh Khanna, Rakesh Roshan, Jayaprada, Leena Das, Madan Puri, Monty, Prem Chopra, Supriya Pathak, Suresh Oberoi, Amrish Puri. Awaaz's box office, news, reviews, video, pictures, and music soundtrack |publisher=Ibosnetwork.com |date=23 November 1984 |accessdate=12 July 2010}}</ref> in the lead role and supported by [[Jaya Prada]], [[Rakesh Roshan]], [[Suresh Oberoi]], [[Supriya Pathak]], [[Iftekar]], [[Prem Chopra]], [[Madan Puri]] and [[Amrish Puri]].<ref name="gaeatimes">{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.gaeatimes.com/2009/06/12/kaka-to-be-felicitated-with-life-time-achievement-at-iifa-2009-8960/|title=Kaka to be felicitated with Life Time Achievement at IIFA 2009|publisher=entertainment.gaeatimes.com|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="msn">{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.in.msn.com/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=4155691&page=4|title=Rajesh Khanna - Remembering Rajesh Khanna|publisher=entertainment.in.msn.com|accessdate=27 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718220056/http://entertainment.in.msn.com/gallery.aspx?cp-documentid=4155691&page=4|archive-date=18 July 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The music is by [[R.D.Burman]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Solgama |first=Divya |url=http://www.gomolo.in/Movie/Movie.aspx?mid=5644 |title=Awaaz movie review, story, videos, stills, songs, trivia |publisher=Gomolo.in |date=23 November 1984 |accessdate=12 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817204150/http://www.gomolo.in/Movie/Movie.aspx?mid=5644 |archive-date=17 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The songs are sung by [[Kishore Kumar]] for Rajesh, and by [[Asha Bhonsle]] for the females.
This film marked the first return of the Shakti-Rajesh team after ''[[Anurodh]]'' in 1977

==Plot==
Advocate Jayant (Rajesh Khanna), a criminal lawyer, believes that a lawyer's duty is to do service to his client alone and to bail him out of his trouble, even if his client is in reality a criminal. His close friend Amit is an honest police inspector who brings many of the goons that are part of gang of smugglers led by Mulchand Malhotra, but they are let off by the court when he uses his skills and knowledge about the loopholes in law. Jayant helps Mulchand in setting his workmen free from jail. Amit Gupta asks Jayant to be more responsible when he defends criminals, who are repeat offenders. Later Amit is killed and this motivates Amit's brother Vijay to join the police force. Meanwhile, Priya (Jayant's sister) falls in love with Vijay and both decide to marry. But one day while going on a picnic Anu (Jayant's wife) and Priya get into trouble as their car tire gets punctured on a road near a jungle. There, a drunkard who happens to be Mulchand's son rapes Anu and injures Priya. On being humiliated, Anu commits suicide. Jayant also gets a clue that the death of his friend Amit was not accidental, but was a deliberate attempt by some goons and that the rapist is a person known to Mulchand and his gang members. Jayant tries enlisting the help of his clients Mulchand and Meerchandani in finding the real culprits, but realises that they are not responsive. Jayant vows to find the assailants, but before he can attempt anything his daughter, Nandita, is kidnapped. The kidnappers want Jayant to represent Mulchand's son in a criminal case, and get him acquitted. Mulchand says his daughter is with them and would be left once his son is let off in a court of law. Jayant gets his client out on bail. Jayant does not know that his client is the one who had raped his wife and sister, and when Jayant does find out there is nothing he can do since his daughter is still under the control of her kidnappers. The rest of the story is how he single-handedly brings all of them to justice.

==Reception==
''Awaaz'' was well appreciated by audience and critics alike. It received three stars in the Bollywood guide ''Collections''. It also became a box office "Hit".<ref>{{cite book|title=Collections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ|year=1991|publisher=Update Video Publication}}</ref> Awaaz fetched Rs. 3.60 crores in the year 1984 at the box office.<ref name="ibosnetwork">{{cite web|url=http://www.ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Awaaz|title=Awaaz - Starring Rajesh Khanna, Rakesh Roshan, Jayaprada, Leena Das, Madan Puri, Monty, Prem Chopra, Supriya Pathak, Suresh Oberoi, Amrish Puri. Awaaz's box office, news, reviews, video, pictures, and music soundtrack|publisher=ibosnetwork.com|accessdate=27 May 2014}}</ref>

==Cast==
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*[[Rajesh Khanna]] as Advocate Jayant<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film25226.htm |title=AWAAZ – Film / Movie |publisher=Citwf.com |accessdate=12 July 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whereincity.com/movies/bollywood/5477 |title=Awaaz Hindi movie, movie reviews, cast, song lyrics and photos – bollywood |publisher=Whereincity.com |accessdate=12 July 2010}}</ref>
*[[Rakesh Roshan]] as Police Inspector Vijay Gupta
*[[Jaya Prada]] as Anu wife of Jayant
*[[Suresh Oberoi]] as IPS Inspector Amit Gupta,elder Brother of Vijay Gupta
*[[Amrish Puri]] as Mulchand Malhotra
*[[Prem Chopra]] as Gagan Bihari Lal
*[[Madan Puri]] as Mirchandani
*[[Supriya Pathak]] Priya,sister of Jayant/Wife of Vijay Gupta
* [[Mac Mohan]] as Rustam
* [[Sudhir (Hindi actor)|Sudhir]] as Symond Perreira
* [[Beena Banerjee]] as Beena Gupta
* [[Monty Nath]] as Suresh Malhotra,son of Mulchand Malhotra
* [[Iftekhar]] as Police Commissioner
* [[Manik Irani]] as Gurunath Police Informer
* [[Anirudh Agarwal]] as Changezi, Malhotra Henchman
* [[Amarnath Mukherjee]] as Judge who gives Death Sentence Advocate Jayant at last scene of Movie
{{div col end}}

==Music==
*"Zindagi Sau Baras Ki" – [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
*"Bolo Pyar Karogi" – Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
*"Aa Jaaneman Aaj Tujhe" – Kishore Kumar
*"Ankhon Ki Zuban Ne" – Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
*"Zindagi Awaaz Deti Hai" – Asha Bhosle
*"Zindagi Sau Baras Ki" – Kishore Kumar
*Theme Music – [[Manohari Singh]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0268160}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.in/Movie/MovieSynopsisUser.aspx?mid=5644&synID=1429523|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218050053/http://www.gomolo.in/Movie/MovieSynopsisUser.aspx?mid=5644&synID=1429523|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-02-18|title=Awaaz story (plot)|author=Divya Solgama|date=23 April 2008|work=Gomolo.in|accessdate=15 July 2010}}

[[Category:1984 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Shakti Samanta]]
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of police departments in India]]
[[Category:Films scored by R. D. Burman]]
[[Category:Indian rape and revenge films]]

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