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{{Infobox film
| name = Bairaag
| image = Bairaag.jpg
| image_size =
| caption =
| director =[[Asit Sen (director)|Asit Sen]]
| producer = [[Mushir Alam|Mushir-Riaz]]
| writer = [[Abrar Alvi]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Dilip Kumar]]<br />[[Saira Banu]]<br />[[Leena Chandavarkar]]<br />[[Helen (actress)|Helen]]<br />[[Nazir Hussain]]
|music = [[Kalyanji Anandji]]
| cinematography =[[Kamal Bose]]
| editing =Tarun Dutta
| studio = M. R. Productions
| distributor =
| released = October 15, 1976
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = Hindi
| budget =
}}

'''''Bairaag''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1976|1976]] [[Hindi-language|Hindi]] language [[masala film|masala]] film. Produced by the duo Mushir-Riaz, it is directed by [[Asit Sen (director)|Asit Sen]]. The film stars [[Dilip Kumar]], who received a [[Filmfare]] nomination for Best Actor for playing a triple role. ''Bairaag'' also stars [[Saira Banu]], [[Leena Chandavarkar]], [[Ruma Guha Thakurta]], [[Prem Chopra]], [[Helen Jairag Richardson|Helen]], [[Sujit Kumar]], [[Madan Puri]], [[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]], [[Kader Khan]], [[Asit Sen (actor)|Asit Sen]] and [[Sachin (actor)|Sachin]]. Its music is by the duo [[Kalyanji Anandji]], who received a [[Filmfare]] nomination for Best Music. The film received a [[Filmfare Award for Best Sound]] for [[P. Harikishan]].<ref>[http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953]</ref> According to one source, the film did not do well at the box office.<ref>http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=182&catName=MTk3Ng== {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922021147/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=182&catName=MTk3Ng%3D%3D |date=22 September 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{YouTube|vO48FV-E_Fw|Bairaag is available on Youtube, through its movies offering}}.</ref>

==Plot==
Kailash ([[Dilip Kumar]]) loses his eyesight after a car accident. His wife gives birth to twin boys, one of them blind. Before his wife gains consciousness, he asks the doctor to get rid of the blind baby, because he doesn't want his son to live a life where he can't see at all. The doctor's wife leaves the blind baby in a Hindu temple, where he is discovered by the temple priest who raises the boy, now called Bholenath ([[Dilip Kumar]]). Kailash feels guilty about what he did to the blind baby and confesses it to his wife several years later. She becomes so distraught that she dies.

Kailash raises his other son Sanjay ([[Dilip Kumar]]), who turns into a spoiled rich boy. Although Sanjay is engaged to Sonia ([[Leena Chandavarkar]]), he continues to have an affair with Lucy ([[Helen Jairag Richardson|Helen]]), who has a rich dangerous boyfriend Grasco ([[Madan Puri]]). Sonia's greedy brother Kunwal ([[Prem Chopra]]) agrees to marry a country girl Tara ([[Saira Banu]]) but wants a Rs. 3,00,000 dowry. She doesn't want to marry him, because she is in love with Bholenath, even though he is poor and blind.

Bholenath thinks that his status is beneath hers and that she deserves a rich suitor. He steals the money from the Hindu temple to give to Kunwal for her dowry. His pet snake tries to stop him from giving the money by biting him. He regains his sight and vows to the temple priest ([[Nazir Hussain]]) and Tara to bring the money back from Kunwal. Once he reaches the city, people mistake him for Sanjay, who in turn, is hiding out with Lucy after she leaves Grasco along with Rs. 15,00,000. She is found dead with the money missing. Sanjay is the suspect. The film is resolved with the real culprit getting caught, the two brothers reunited with their father, and then marrying their sweethearts.

==Cast==
*[[Dilip Kumar]] as Kailash / Bholenath 'Bhola' / Sanjay (Triple Role)
*[[Saira Banu]] as Tara
*[[Leena Chandavarkar]] as Sonia
*[[Prem Chopra]] as Kunwar Pratap Singh
*[[Sujit Kumar]] as
*[[Madan Puri]] as Grasco
*[[Helen (actress)|Helen]] as Lucy
*[[Kader Khan]] as Superintendent Of Police
*[[Nasir Khan (actor)|Nasir Khan]] as Dr. Mishra
*[[Nazir Hussain]] as Priest
*[[Paintal (comedian)|Paintal]] as
*[[Ruma Guha Thakurta]] as Pushpa
*[[Kumari Naaz]] as Vimla
*Purnima as Saraswati Chandrabhan
*[[Leela Mishra]] as Tara's Aunty
*Praveen Paul as Mrs. Mishra

==Reception and Release==
''Bairaag'', released in 1976, was the last film of [[Dilip Kumar]] as hero, after which he took a five-year break from films and returned to play character roles thereafter. Although it failed at the box office, the critics appreciated it. Dilip Kumar was acclaimed for his triple role and received a [[Filmfare]] nomination for [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]].

His next films were ''[[Kranti]]'' directed by [[Manoj Kumar]], ''[[Shakti (1982 film)|Shakti]]'' (directed by [[Ramesh Sippy]]) and ''[[Vidhaata]]'' (directed by [[Subhash Ghai]]), where Kumar played role of mature characters, leaving romantic roles for younger artists.

==Soundtrack==
The music was composed by [[Kalyanji-Anandji]] and all songs of the film were memorable numbers. The lyrics were by [[Anand Bakshi]].
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "O Shankar Mere" - 1
| [[Mahendra Kapoor]]
|-
| "O Shankar Mere" - 2
| [[Mahendra Kapoor]]
|-
| "Chhoti Si Umar Mein Hi Lag Gaya Rog"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| "Main Bairaagi Naachun Gaaun"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| "Saare Shaher Mein Aap Sa Koi Nahin"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Peete Peete Kabhi Kabhi Yun Jaam Badal Jaate Hai"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0371558|Bairaag}}

[[Category:1976 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Kalyanji Anandji]]

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