Armaan (1981)

Armaan is a Hindi film directed by Anand Sagar, starring Raj Babbar, Shakti Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Ranjeeta Kaur, Dev Kumar, Deepak Parashar and as a guest star Kalpana Iyer and Prema Narayan in song "Mere Jaesi Haseena". It is loosely based on the 1942 American film Casablanca.

Plot

This film tells the story of the Indian freedom struggle against the Portuguese occupation in Goa.

Deepak Parashar plays a freedom

fighter, Raj Babbar a bar owner,

Ranjeeta Kaur the shared love interest,

Shammi Kapoor the bar piano player

and Shakti Kapoor the freeloading

Portuguese Captain Gomes. Starts off in

Dharampur then migrates to Goa which

is then under Portuguese occupation.

The banter between Shammi Kapoor

and Shakti Kapoor, referring to Captain

Gomes as HK - Holy King to his face,

Haram Khor (freeloader) behind his

back, lends a comedic touch.

Cast

Shammi Kapoor

Ranjeeta Kaur

Raj Babbar

Deepak Parashar

Shakti Kapoor

Dev Kumar

Kalpana Iyer

Prema Narayan

Soundtrack

All the songs in this film were composed by Bappi Lahiri, and the lyrics were written by Indeewar, Anjaan, and Kulwant Jani. The Bollywood disco song "Ramba Ho Ho Ho Samba Ho Ho Ho" was listed at #21 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1981. Another popular song was "Mere Jaesi Haseena", a song in the Indian-Trinidadian hybrid style known as Chutney.

Accolades

Nomination Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Bappi Lahiri

Nomination Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Usha Uthup for the song "Ramba Ho Ho Ho Samba Ho Ho Ho"

Nomination Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Sharon Prabhakar for the song "Mere Jaesi Haseena"

References

External links

Armaan (1981) at IMDb