Aap Ki Kasam
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Aap Ki Kasam is a 1974 Hindi film produced by J. Om Prakash
J. Om Prakash
J. Om Prakash is a famous Indian film producer. His daughter is married to Rakesh Roshan, making him Hrithik Roshan's maternal grandfather.-Director:*Afsana Dilwalon Ka *Aadmi Khilona Hai *Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh...

, which also marks his directorial debut. The film stars Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna is an Indian actor of from Hindi films, and has been Hindi film producer and an Indian politician....

, Mumtaz
Mumtaz (actress)
Mumtaz , fondly called Mumu, is a famous Bollywood actress, best remembered for her roles in Tere Mere Sapne and Khilona . Her performance in Khilona got her the Filmfare Best Actress Award, while the film itself won the Filmfare Best Movie Award...

, Sanjeev Kumar, Rehman
Rehman
Rehman was an Indian film actor whose career spanned from late 1940s through to late 1970s. He was an integral part of the Guru Dutt team, and most known for his roles in films, like Pyaasa , Chaudhvin Ka Chand , Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam and Waqt...

, Asrani
Asrani
Govardhan Asrani , popularly known simply as Asrani, is an actor in Indian films whose Bollywood career has spanned over 35 years. His wife Manju Bansal is an actress.-Early life:...

 and A. K. Hangal
A. K. Hangal
Avtar Kishan Hangal , popularly known as A. K. Hangal, is a well known Indian character actor in Hindi language films. His most notable roles are as the Inder Sen in Shaukeen, as Rahim Chacha in Sholay and as Ram Shastri in Aaina...

. The music is by R.D. Burman, who received the only Filmfare
Filmfare
Filmfare is an English-language tabloid-sized magazine about Indian cinema. Published by The Times Group, India's largest media services conglomerate, in Mumbai , it highlights the doings of the Bollywood film scene...

 nomination for the film. The film became a "semi-hit" at the box office.

The film is a remake of a Malayalam film, Vazhve mayam where the ending was different. The film was later also remade in Telugu, retaining the original ending, by director Dasari Narayana Rao
Dasari Narayana Rao
Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao B.A. is a politician, film director, and film producer. Narayana Rao directed about 150 films, produced 53 films and worked in more than 250 films as a dialogue writer and as a lyricist.Beside graduating with a BA degree, he used to take part in scores of drama competitions...

 as Edadugula Bandham (1985) starring Mohan Babu
Mohan babu
Mohan Babu is an actor & producer in Telugu Cinema. He is a former Member of Parliament - Rajya Sabha and Educationist from Andhra Pradesh...

 and Jayasudha
Jayasudha
Jayasudha is an Indian film actress-turned-MLA for the Congress in Secunderabad. She was a famous South Indian actress from the 1970s and 1980s, with most of her films being Telugu films. She has also worked in Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, and three Hindi films....

.

Plot

Kamal Bhatnagar (Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna is an Indian actor of from Hindi films, and has been Hindi film producer and an Indian politician....

) is a jealous husband who begins to doubt the fidelity of his wife Sunita (Mumtaz
Mumtaz (actress)
Mumtaz , fondly called Mumu, is a famous Bollywood actress, best remembered for her roles in Tere Mere Sapne and Khilona . Her performance in Khilona got her the Filmfare Best Actress Award, while the film itself won the Filmfare Best Movie Award...

) when his best friend Mohan (Sanjeev Kumar) enters their lives. Sunita is unable to convince Kamal that she loves only him. He leaves her, not knowing that she is pregnant with his child. Depressed and confused, Kamal becomes a homeless wanderer, while Sunita remarries to provide a secure home for her child. Many years later, the truth dawns on him as he turns up, a broken man, at his own daughter's wedding.

Cast

  • Rajesh Khanna
    Rajesh Khanna
    Rajesh Khanna is an Indian actor of from Hindi films, and has been Hindi film producer and an Indian politician....

     - Kamal Bhatnagar
  • Mumtaz
    Mumtaz (actress)
    Mumtaz , fondly called Mumu, is a famous Bollywood actress, best remembered for her roles in Tere Mere Sapne and Khilona . Her performance in Khilona got her the Filmfare Best Actress Award, while the film itself won the Filmfare Best Movie Award...

     - Sunita Bhatnagar
  • Sanjeev Kumar - Mohan
  • Rehman
    Rehman
    Rehman was an Indian film actor whose career spanned from late 1940s through to late 1970s. He was an integral part of the Guru Dutt team, and most known for his roles in films, like Pyaasa , Chaudhvin Ka Chand , Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam and Waqt...

     - Sunita's Father
  • Dina Pathak
    Dina Pathak
    Dina Pathak or Deena Pathak was a veteran actor and director of Gujarati theatre and also a film actor. She was also a woman activist and remained the President of the 'National Federation of Indian Women'...

     - Sunita's Mother
  • Jayshree T.
    Jayshree T.
    Born in Marathi family, Jayshree T is a Bollywood Actress/Dancer, who is still active in the bollywood movies and some Marathi movies.-Career:...

     - Sunita's friend
  • Ranjeet
    Ranjeet
    Gopal Bedi is an actor in Indian films and television, born in Jandiala Guru near Amritsar . He has played mostly character roles, with roles as the villain dominating his over 200 Hindi films...

     - Suresh
  • A. K. Hangal
    A. K. Hangal
    Avtar Kishan Hangal , popularly known as A. K. Hangal, is a well known Indian character actor in Hindi language films. His most notable roles are as the Inder Sen in Shaukeen, as Rahim Chacha in Sholay and as Ram Shastri in Aaina...

     - Kamal's Father
  • Brahm Bhardwaj - Kamal's Laywer
  • Murad
    Murad (actor)
    Murad was an Indian character actor who appeared more than 100 Bollywood films from the early 1940s through to the end of the 1980s playing character roles ranging from a father, uncle, police officer, courtroom judge or an emperor. His son Raza Murad is also an actor in the Bollywood industry who...

     - Kamal's Employer
  • Mehmood Jr. - Kalua (as Jr. Mehmood)
  • Ruby Mayer - Girl's Hostel Superintendent (as Ruby Sulochana)
  • Asrani
    Asrani
    Govardhan Asrani , popularly known simply as Asrani, is an actor in Indian films whose Bollywood career has spanned over 35 years. His wife Manju Bansal is an actress.-Early life:...

     - Dr. Ghad-Ghad Singhwala
  • Satyendra Kapoor - Dr. Harish
  • Sunder - Dhandu Ram
  • Keshto Mukherjee
    Keshto Mukherjee
    Keshto Mukherjee was an Indian actor. He specialised in comic drunkard roles in the Hindi films. Though he was famous for his drunkard typecast role in Hindi films, he used to share a very good relation with the iconic Ritwik Ghatak and had very tiny but important roles in the maestro's films...

     - Kanhaiya Lal

Crew

  • Director - J. Om Prakash
    J. Om Prakash
    J. Om Prakash is a famous Indian film producer. His daughter is married to Rakesh Roshan, making him Hrithik Roshan's maternal grandfather.-Director:*Afsana Dilwalon Ka *Aadmi Khilona Hai *Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh...

  • Producer - J. Om Prakash
    J. Om Prakash
    J. Om Prakash is a famous Indian film producer. His daughter is married to Rakesh Roshan, making him Hrithik Roshan's maternal grandfather.-Director:*Afsana Dilwalon Ka *Aadmi Khilona Hai *Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh...

  • Executive Producer - Jagdish Kumar
  • Editor - Pratap Dave
  • Cinematographer - V. Babasaheb
  • Art Director - Sudhendu Roy
  • Costume Designer - Mani J. Rabadi, Padma Rani
  • Choreographer - Suresh Bhatt
  • Music Director - Rahul Dev Burman
    Rahul Dev Burman
    Rahul Dev Burman commonly known as R. D. Burman and nicknamed Pancham da or simply Pancham, was an influential Bollywood music composer. He was the only son of singer and Bollywood music composer Sachin Dev Burman and his wife Meera...

  • Lyricist - Anand Bakshi
    Anand Bakshi
    Anand Bakshi was a popular Indian poet and lyricist.-Early days:Anand Bakshi was born in Rawalpindi, now in Pakistan, on 21 July 1930. His ancestors were from Kurree, near Rawalpindi, and had origins in Kashmir. His mother, Sumitra, died 1940, when he was 10...

  • Playback Singers - Kishore Kumar
    Kishore Kumar
    Kishore Kumar , born Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was an Indian film playback singer and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.Kishore Kumar was one of India's greatest performers of the late 20th century...

    , Lata Mangeshkar
    Lata Mangeshkar
    Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...


Music

R.D. Burman's songs for the film include "Karwaten Badalte Rahen", "Paas Nahin Aana" and "Zindagi Ke Safar Mein Guzar Jaate Hain".
  • Song "Jai Jai Shiv Shankar" was 'second' topmost song in Binaca Geetmala annual list 1974
    Binaca Geetmala annual list 1974
    The following is an annual list of the year-end chart toppers of the Radio Ceylon radio show Binaca Geetmala for 1974. Binaca Geetmala was a very popular radio show that counted down the popular film songs from Indian cinema on a weekly basis, listened to by millions of Hindi music lovers...

  • Song "Karvaten badalte rahe" was listed at #17 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1974
    Binaca Geetmala annual list 1974
    The following is an annual list of the year-end chart toppers of the Radio Ceylon radio show Binaca Geetmala for 1974. Binaca Geetmala was a very popular radio show that counted down the popular film songs from Indian cinema on a weekly basis, listened to by millions of Hindi music lovers...

    Song Title Singers Time
    "Zindagi Ke Safar Mein" Kishore Kumar 6:39
    "Karwaten Badalte Rahe" Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar 4:56
    "Jai Jai Shiv Shankar" Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar 5:38
    "Suno Kaho Kaha Suna" Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar 4:20
    "Paas Nahin Aana" Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar 3:50
    "Chori Chori Chupke Chupke" Lata Mangeshkar 4:44
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