# Faraar (1975 film)

Faraar (transl. Absconding) is a 1975 Bollywood crime film drama. The film is produced by Alankar Chitra and directed by Shanker Mukherjee. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Sharmila Tagore, Sanjeev Kumar, Sulochna, Sajjan, Agha and Bhagwan Dada. The music is by Kalyanji Anandji. The movie was remade in Malayalam by Priyadarshan as Parayanumvayya Parayathirikkanumvayya. The rights & IPR of this film are now owned by Ruchi Pictures.

## Plot

The film is about a middle-class man, Rajesh (Bachchan) living with his sister. He is in love with a young woman and intends to marry her once he has found a potential husband to take care of his sister. However, one day the sister is raped and murdered and the police are unable to find any clues and it is left to Rajesh to find the murderers and avenge her death. He traces the murderer and kills him, and is therefore now on the run from the police himself. Rajesh abducts a child as a hostage and seeks refuge in a house only to later learn that the child is the son of his former lover, who is now married to a Police Inspector. Rajesh is torn — whether to release the child or to use him to escape. He uses the child and invades their home, but soon finds affection towards the child. However, Inspector Sanjay, Rajesh's former lover Asha (now Mala), is always trying to arrest him police and even pleads with Rajesh to hand over himself to the police, so that if he is not guilty then he will be proven innocent in court. But Rajesh, who has already lost faith in law, refused to hand over himself to the police. Despite several attempts to arrest him, Sanjay fails. When one day Sanjay beats him and tries to catch him, Mala intervenes, and thus Sanjay starts suspecting Mala, and soon learns about the relationship between Rajesh and Mala, who has changed her name from Asha to Mala so that nobody suspects her. Sanjay starts abusing her, and in the meantime, the child gets lost. Rajesh, who had fled from the house for another shelter, found the child but soon an accident occurred. Rajesh, who has the same blood group as the child, donates blood and leaves with a message to Sanjay not to suspect Mala, for what she did was to save her child only. At this, Sanjay feels pity for Rajesh and with his force, tries to stop him. He asks Rajesh to come out from his hideout, but Rajesh refuses. He then orders Mala to bring him. But Rajesh said he now has no relationship with her. But suddenly Mala falls, Rajesh comes out of his hideout screaming, and two police officers shoot him in his chest. A dying Rajesh falls in Sanjay's lap and asks not to grieve for him because he sacrificed his life to ensure a better life for the other human beings who suffered for his revenge. The film ends with everybody standing around Rajesh's pyre.

## Cast

* Amitabh Bachchan as Rajesh (Raj)
* Sharmila Tagore as Mala / Asha
* Sanjeev Kumar as Inspector Sanjay
* Sulochana Latkar as Raj's Mother
* Rajan Haksar as Tarun Kumar
* D.K. Sapru as Defence Lawyer
* Bhagwan as the Constable
* Murad as the Police Commissioner
* Irrfan khan as young Rajesh Kumar Srivastav

## Soundtrack

Lyrics: Rajendra Krishan
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
| 1 | "Humra Yeh Dil Jaani" (version 1) | Usha Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle |
| 2 | "Main Pyaasa Tum Sawan (Duet)" | Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar |
| 3 | "Main Pyaasa Tum Sawan (Male)" | Kishore Kumar |
| 4 | "Main Pyaasi Tum Sawan (Female)" | Lata Mangeshkar |
| 5 | "Yeh Zindagi Kya Hai" | Mukesh |
| 6 | "Humra Yeh Dil Jaani" (version 2) | Usha Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle |