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Chowkidar is a film of genre Drama with Sanjeev Kumar
Chowkidar (1974)
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Rating55%
Chowkidar is a 1974 Bollywood drama film directed by Shyam Ralham. The film stars Sanjeev Kumar, Vinod Khanna and Yogeeta Bali in lead roles and Om Prakash in supporting role.
Synopsis
Shambhu (Om Prakash) is a village Chowkidar (night watchman), who is helpful to poors oppressed by Lala Dinanath (Jeevan). He has a sister, who is missing for about a year. One night during the patrol, he finds his sister coming from the house of village chief Thakur Ranvir Singh. It turns out that his sister had a love afair with Thakur and went into hiding once she got pregnant and now the Thakur is not accepting the girl child. Sambhu's sister hand him the baby and commit suicide by jumping into a nearby river. Shambhu first takes the baby girl to Thakur who again rejects the baby and die accidentally in an attempt to shoot at Shambhu. Shambhu raises the girl child on his own. Meanwhile Lala Dinanath has a son, whom he sent to city for higher education and become a doctor. Expecting that his doctor son will help him in earning more money by exploiting the poor villagers. Thakur also has a son, whom he also sent to city for better education. After few years Dinanath's son Shyam (Sanjeev Kumar), now a doctor, returns to village and is appalled by the condition of village and find out his father to be the main reason. He decides to stay in village and nurse them to wipe his father's sin. Dr. Shyam's kindness toward the village people earns his respect and praise all around, but makes his father angry as he is not earning any money. He subsequently forms a romantic relationship with Shambhu's grown up niece Radha (Yogeeta Bali).Actors
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