Insaaniyat

Insaaniyat (1974)

Raghuvir is a career criminal, and one day he is arrested by the Police, tried in Court, and sentenced to a long prison term. Shortly thereafter, he breaks out of prison, goes to the Judge who sentenced him, kills him, his wife, three sons, and two daughters. The Police chase, shoot him, wounded, he falls into a river and is believed to be dead. Twenty years later, Dilip, who lives a wealthy and care-free lifestyle with his widowed dad, Karamchand, is told that he has been adopted, and the person responsible for killing his dad, mom, and siblings, is Raghuvir whose body has never been found. Dilip gives up his care-free existence, takes the assistance of his friend, Ram, and goes to look for Raghuvir. What Dilip does not know is that Raghuvir is none other than Ram's father, who has been missing for 20 years. Watch what happens when Ram finds out that Dilip is going to kill his dad, and the impact this has on their friendship.

Date of release
1974-05-16
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 14m
Genres
Drama
Director
Prayag Raj

Casting

Interesting facts

Insaaniyat is a 1974 Bollywood drama film directed by Prayag Raj. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Madhu, Sujit Kumar in pivotal roles with Jayant, Jagdeep, Durga Khote, Krishan Dhawan, Roopesh Kumar, Kamal Kapoor in other supporting roles.

Production

The children of three brothers, Bhagwan Das Varma, Munshiram Varma and Santram Varma (founders of Varma Films that had made box-office hits like Suhaag Raat, Patanga and Badal), pooled their resources in producing Insaaniyat. Jagdish Varma and Satpal Varma, sons of Bhagwan Das Varma, were producers of the film. Sunil Varma, son of Munshiram Varma, was the film's executive producer.

Madhu Makkar (a.k.a. Madhu), née Madhu Varma, daughter of Munshiram Varma, was cast as Leena in one of the three pivotal roles on Insaaniyat opposite veteran actor Shashi Kapoor, who was cast in another pivotal role. The third pivotal role in Insaaniyat was played by Sujit Kumar, who had recently married Kiran Singh, née Kiran Varma, daughter of Santram Varma.

The producers had originally signed up Manmohan Desai, leading director of the 1970s, to direct Insaaniyat . When conflicts arose between the producers and Manmohan midway through the making of the film, he was replaced by Prayag Raj.

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