Aitbaar

Aitbaar
Directed byMukul Anand
Written byVinay Shukla
Produced byRomesh Sharma
StarringRaj Babbar
Dimple Kapadia
Suresh Oberoi
Danny Denzongpa
CinematographyPravin Bhatt
Music byBappi Lahiri
Release date
  • 22 March 1985 (1985-03-22)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

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.[1]

The film's music is by Bappi Lahiri with lyrics by Hasan Kamaal and Farooq Kaiser, who gave "Kisi Nazar Ko Tera Intezar Aaj Bhi Hai", a memorable ghazal duet by Asha Bhosle and Bhupinder Singh.[2] The film was classified A by the censor board.[3]

  1. ^ Neale, Steven (2017). Screening the Stage: Case Studies of Film Adaptations of Stage Plays and Musicals in the Classical Hollywood Era, 1914-1956. John Libbey Publishing. p. 193. ISBN 9780861969296.
  2. ^ Notable Films of 1985 Archived 19 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Aitbaar (Celluloid) | Movies & Lyrics". Movies.syzygy.in. 28 February 1985. Retrieved 23 June 2021.