The Great Gambler

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The Great Gambler
File:The Great Gambler 1979.jpg
Film poster
Directed byShakti Samanta
Produced byC.V.K. Shastri
Written byC.J. Pavri (adaptation)
Vrajendra Gaur (dialogue)
Screenplay byShakti Samanta
Ranjan Bose
Story byVikramaditya (novel)
StarringAmitabh Bachchan
Zeenat Aman
Neetu Singh
Music byRahul Dev Burman
CinematographyAloke Dasgupta
Edited byR.P. Bapat
Pran Mehra
Release date
  • 15 March 1979 (1979-03-15)
Running time
163 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹4.5 crores[1]

The Great Gambler is a 1979 Indian action thriller film, known in Hindi as Sabse Bada Zuari (Hindi: सबसे बड़ा जुआरी). It was directed by Shakti Samanta and starred Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, Neetu Singh and Prem Chopra.

This film is an action thriller, and its story is based on international gangsters, spies, and secret agents of different countries' intelligence agencies and their undercover operations. This film had high production costs with a significant portions of it being shot in international locations including Cairo, Lisbon, Venice and Rome, and in India, many scenes were shot in Goa. The film was a box office failure on the initial release but has been widely appreciated for its action, direction, and cinematography.

Plot[edit]

Jai is an expert gambler, has been for as long as he can remember, and has never lost a game. These skills bring him to the attention of the underworld don Ratan Das, who is interested in hiring him to win large amounts of money from rich people and then influencing them into doing whatever he wants. Jai agrees to do so, and plays successfully, though unknowingly to entrap Nath, who works for the government. After losing large amounts of money, he is blackmailed into revealing the blueprints of a top-secret military laser weapon that can hit any target within 50 miles and is wanted by an underworld don named Saxena. When the Indian police come to know of this, they assign the case to Inspector Vijay, who is a lookalike of Jai.

Jai and Vijay's paths are soon intertwined when they both travel to Rome with separate missions. Vijay is sent to retrieve the evidence against underworld don Saxena by one of his former henchman, and Jai is onto a money-making scheme where he would marry Mala to inherit her money. Mala, however, meets Vijay at the Rome airport, and Vijay decides to go along with this to find out who his lookalike is. Jai meets Shabnam, a club dancer who mistakes him for Vijay, and was sent by Saxena to stop him on his mission to discover Saxena's plans. It is later revealed that Jai and Vijay are actually long-lost twin brothers, and together they team up to stop Saxena from retrieving the laser weapon.

Cast[edit]

Music[edit]

All lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi. Music was composed by R. D. Burman.

Song Singer
"O Deewanon, Dil Sambhalo" Asha Bhosle
"Tum Kitne Din Baad Mile" Asha Bhosle
"Raqqasa Mera Naam, Ae Sahib Sabko Salaam" Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi
"Pehle Pehle Pyar Ki Mulaqaten Yaad Hai" Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar
`"Do Lafzon Ki Hai Dil Ki Kahani" Asha Bhosle, Sharad Kumar

Notes :- 1) The song "Do Lafzon Ki Hai Dil Ki Kahani" was shot on a Gondola in Venice's Grand Canal[2].

References[edit]

  1. "The Great Gambler". Best of the Year. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
  2. Pandya, Sonal. "40 years of an Italian romance with 'Do Lafzon Ki Hai Dil Ki Kahaani'". Cinestaan. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

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