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Achanak

Hindi · 1973 · 96 min · action, drama

Directed by Gulzar — Farida Jalal · Vinod Khanna · Om Shivpuri · Govardhan Asrani · Lily Chakravarty · Iftekhar · Kamaldeep · Ravi Raaj · Baby Pinky · Vimal Sahu · Bihari Khare · Somender · Shridhar Naik · Vijay Sharma · Asrani · Keshto Mukherjee · Ravi Kumar

Achanak follows an army major whose contentment with his wife unravels when he learns of her involvement with his closest friend, leading him to violent retaliation and a subsequent flight from the authorities. Wounded during his escape, he ends up in a hospital where his interactions with the medical staff form a central part of the story. Directed by Gulzar and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, the 1973 Hindi film stars Vinod Khanna, features no musical numbers, and draws on a real-life 1958 murder case for its narrative.

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