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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Awam<br />
| image = Awam.jpg<br />
| image_size =<br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[B. R. Chopra]]<br />
| producer = [[B. R. Chopra]]<br />
| writers =<br />
| narrator =<br />
| starring = [[Ashok Kumar]]<br />[[Rajesh Khanna]]<br />[[Raj Babbar]]<br />[[Smita Patil]]<br />[[Poonam Dhillon]]<br />[[Nana Patekar]]<br />
| music = [[Ravi (music director)|Ravi]]<br />
| cinematography =<br />
| editing =<br />
| distributor =<br />
| released = {{release date|df=y|1987|08|31}}<br />
| runtime = 160 minutes<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
| budget =<br />
| gross =<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Awam''''' ({{translation|''the Public''}}) is a 1987 Indian [[Hindi]]-language film directed by [[B. R. Chopra]]. It starred [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Raj Babbar]], [[Smita Patil]], [[Poonam Dhillon]], [[Nana Patekar]] and [[Shafi Inamdar]] in pivotal roles.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Captain Amar Kumar of the Indian army lives with his father, Ram, and mother, Saraswati. Ram has been associated with top [[freedom fighters]] during India's struggle for independence from the British. Almost all of these freedom fighters had taken advantage of their involvement and have taken up important positions in India's administration, and these include Jagrathan and Mohanlal, while others like Vaisakh Ansari and Ram have chosen not to. Amar goes to Delhi and meets Mohanlal, who offers him the position of personal secretary with Jagrathan. Then a chain of events leads to the death of Jagrathan's pilot son, Surender, resulting in Jagrathan threatening to expose the powers-that-be unless they come clean and admit their involvement. Then Jagrathan is killed in a vehicle accident. Before dying, he asks Dr. Shabnam to hand over a key to Amar. Before Shabnam could do so, she is attacked by two unknown men, and wounded. Together with Amar and Rafiq Sayed Jaffrey, they locate the key - but do not know where to locate the lock. Then Shabnam is attacked again, but Amar rescues her. Amar's world is turned upside down when he is accused of treason, court-martialed, and dishonorably discharged from the army. Disillusioned by this, he decides to join the very forces that are involved in treason. And when he does he finds out that he is not amongst strangers at all.<br />
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==Reception==<br />
The film did not meet expectations of the director who expected it to be a blockbuster, meaning the highest grosser of the year. Instead it became a platinum jubilee hit.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
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*[[Ashok Kumar]] as Veshat Ansari<br />
*[[Rajesh Khanna]] as Captain Amar Kumar<br />
*[[Raj Babbar]] as Rafiq Jaffrey<br />
*[[Smita Patil]] as Dr. Shabnam<br />
*[[Poonam Dhillon]] as Sushma<br />
*[[Nana Patekar]] as Colonel Mustafa Ali Zahidi<br />
*[[Vijay Arora]] as Thakur Suryabhan Singh<br />
*[[Shafi Inamdar]] as Mohanlal<br />
*[[Iftekhar]] as Ram Kumar <br />
*[[Ashalata Wabgaonkar]] as Saraswati <br />
*[[Om Shivpuri]] as Jagratan<br />
*[[Sushma Seth]] as Durga <br />
*[[Deepak Parashar]] as Surendra <br />
*[[Shreeram Lagoo]] as Minister / Lawyer<br />
*[[Saeed Jaffrey]] as Defence Lawyer<br />
*[[Ram Mohan]] as Judge<br />
*[[Satish Shah]] as Triloki Prasad "T.P."<br />
*[[Rajesh Puri]] as Taxi Driver Baldev Singh<br />
*[[Chandrashekhar (actor)|Chandrashekhar]] as Army Retired General Shiv Kumar<br />
*[[Dalip Tahil]] as Army Officer<br />
*[[Dan Dhanoa]] as Dayal<br />
*[[Puneet Issar]] as Dayal's Associate<br />
*[[Arun Bakshi]] as Air Chief Marshall Vasudevan<br />
*[[Gufi Paintal]] as Mr. Agarwal<br />
*[[Huma Khan]] as Mrs. Suryabhan Singh<br />
*[[Manisha Kohli]] as Princess Saloni<br />
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==Soundtrack==<br />
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! Song !! Singer<br />
|-<br />
| "Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram, Patitpavan Seeta Ram" <br />
| [[Mahendra Kapoor]], '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''' <br />
|-<br />
| "Teri Aankhon Mein Dhundh Li Maine Pyar Ki Duniya"<br />
| [[Mahendra Kapoor]], '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''<br />
|-<br />
| "Yeh Raat, Yeh Barsaat, Yeh Tanhaai Ka Aalam"<br />
| [[Mahendra Kapoor]], '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''<br />
|-<br />
| "Kaise Murli Bajaye Ghanshyam"<br />
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''<br />
|-<br />
| "Mast Jawani Allah Hi Allah"<br />
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id= 158477|title=Awam}}<br />
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[[Category:1987 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by B. R. Chopra]]<br />
[[Category:Fictional portrayals of police departments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Ravi]]<br />
[[Category:Indian political films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian political drama films]]<br />
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