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Zabak (1961)

Zabak poster
Directed by
Homi Wadia
Genre
historical film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 36m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A middle-class man falls in love with a princess. He joins a group of bandits to get revenge for his father's death.

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What happens

Zabak is a 1961 Hindi/Urdu action costume drama film produced and directed by Homi Wadia for his Basant Pictures under the Wadia Productions banner. The story and dialogue were by C. L. Cavish, with screenplay by JBH Wadia. The music composer was Chitragupta, with lyrics by Prem Dhawan. The cast of the film included Shyama, Mahipal, Sahira, Achala Sachdev, Manhar Desai, Muzaffar Adeeb and Krishna Kumari. The film was a costume drama about a middle-class man in love with a princess. He joins the dacoits to avenge his father's death. This film was remade in Tamil with the title Arabu Naattu Azhagi. Tamil version movie's music was composed by Vijayabaskar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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