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Aitbaar (1985)

Aitbaar poster
Directed by
Mukul S. Anand
Genre
crime thriller film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 15m
Rated
UA
Rating
5.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A wealthy man plots to kill his wife for her money. He hires an old acquaintance to carry out the murder in their apartment.

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What happens

Aitbaar (transl. 'Trust') is a 1985 Indian Hindi-language thriller film directed by Mukul Anand. It stars Raj Babbar, Dimple Kapadia, Suresh Oberoi, Danny Denzongpa, Sharat Saxena in pivotal roles. It was a remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 thriller Dial M For Murder. It was further remade in Tamil in 1985 as Saavi and in Malayalam in 1989 as New Year. The film's music is by Bappi Lahiri with lyrics by Hasan Kamaal and Farooq Kaiser. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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