Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974)
159 min
After his father's retirement, the onus is on Bharat to look after his Delhi-based family. He has two younger college-going brothers, Deepak and Vijay, and a sister of marriage age, Radha. Bharat is a graduate, but is unable to secure any employment, much to the frustration of his girlfriend, Sheetal. Vijay takes step to secure his own future, by turning to crime, which is strongly opposed by Bharat, and as a result Vijay leaves the house. Mohan is Sheetal's boss, and finds her very attractive. When he proposes marriage, she accepts, and soon both are married. This leaves Bharat devastated, unable to deal with life, and unable to afford the basic needs of Roti (food), Kapada (clothing), and Makaan (shelter), he must now decide to carry on honestly, or otherwise
- Release date
- January 1, 1974
- Country of origin
- India
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Cast
- Shashi Kapoor as Mohan Babu
- Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay
- Manoj Kumar as Bharat
- Zeenat Aman as Sheetal
- Moushumi Chatterjee as Tulsi
- Madan Puri as Nekiram
- Aruna Irani as Poonam (Malika-E-Nekiram)
- Premnath Malhotra as Harnam Singh
- Dheeraj Kumar as Deepak
- Kamini Kaushal as Bharat's mother
- Krishan Dhawan
- Sulochana Latkar
- Raj Mehra
- Agha
- Asit Kumar Sen
- C.S. Dubey
- Birbal
- Brahm Bhardwaj
- Lalita Kumari
- Harbans Darshan M. Arora
- Kamaldeep
Crew
- Manoj Kumar · Director
- Manoj Kumar · Writer
- Manoj Kumar · Producer
- Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar · Composer
- Pyarelal Ramprasad Sharma · Composer
- Nariman A. Irani · Cinematographer
- Manoj Kumar · Editor