The Ungrateful

– Somnath (Somu) lives in a shanty house in a Delhi slum with his widowed mom, and unmarried sister, S..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.30 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 26 Minutes
Release Year:
1973
Original Name:
Namak Haraam
The Ungrateful (1973) - Also known as Namak Haraam

Somnath (Somu) lives in a shanty house in a Delhi slum with his widowed mom, and unmarried sister, Sarla. He is friendly with Calcutta-based wealthy Vikram (Vicky) Maharaj. When Vicky's dad, Damodar, has a heart attack and is advised to take bed-rest for two months, Vicky fills in his father's shoes, has a confrontation with a senior employee and union leader, Bipinlal Pandey, which results in a strike.. Damodar starts a chain of events that get out of control, events that may well see the death of one of the friends at the hands of the other. Will Vicky's and Somu's friendship see them through or will it also be a casualty?

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Release Date:

23 Nov 1973

Language:

Hindi

MPAA Content-Rating:
UNRATED

Director:

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Writer:

Biresh Chatterjee (associate screenplay), Biresh Chatterjee (story associate), Gulzar (dialogue), Gulzar (screenplay), D.N. Mukherjee (screenplay), Hrishikesh Mukherjee (story), Chandra Kanta Singh (associate screenplay), Chandra Kanta Singh (story associate), Mohini N. Sippy (associate screenplay), Mohini N. Sippy (story associate)

Main Actors:

Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Simi Garewal, Rekha

Plot:

Somnath (Somu) lives in a shanty house in a Delhi slum with his widowed mom, and unmarried sister, Sarla. He is friendly with Calcutta-based wealthy Vikram (Vicky) Maharaj. When Vicky's dad, Damodar, has a heart attack and is advised to take bed-rest for two months, Vicky fills in his father's shoes, has a confrontation with a senior employee and union leader, Bipinlal Pandey, which results in a strike. His father intervenes, asks Vicky to apologize to Bipinlal, which Vicky does, and everything returns to normal. Vicky confides about his humiliation with Somu, and both conspire to teach Bipinlal a lesson. As a result, Somu accompanies Vicky to Calcutta, gets a job as a laborer in his mill, befriends his fellow-workers, gets some monetary relief to injured workers, amongst other benefits, is elected as the union leader replacing Bipinlal. With Somu as the union leader and Vicky as the boss there is no stopping these two - until Damodar finds out and decides to put a stop to Vicky being influenced by Somu's middle-class ideas and ideals. Damodar starts a chain of events that get out of control, events that may well see the death of one of the friends at the hands of the other. Will Vicky's and Somu's friendship see them through or will it also be a casualty?

Awards:

2 wins.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.3/10