| Roti Kapada Aur Makaan | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Manoj Kumar |
| Written by | Manoj Kumar |
| Produced by | Manoj Kumar |
| Starring | Manoj Kumar Shashi Kapoor Amitabh Bachchan Zeenat Aman Moushumi Chatterjee |
| Cinematography | Nariman A. Irani |
| Edited by | Manoj Kumar |
| Music by | Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | V.I.P. Films Digital Entertainment Eros Entertainment Shiva Films Spark Worldwide |
Release date |
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Running time | 161 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹5.25 crore (equivalent to ₹157 crore or US$19 million in 2023)[1] (Nett) |
Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (transl. Food, Cloth and Shelter; occasionally written as Roti Kapda Aur Makaan) is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language action drama film written, directed, and produced by Manoj Kumar, who also acts in the film. The title of the movie is based on the Hindi phrase, which refers to the bare necessities of life, popularized in the late 1960s by former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, ahead of the 1967 general elections.[2]
The film is about a family that Bharat (Manoj Kumar) attempts to provide for after falling into a financial struggle. The film also stars Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay, the brother of Bharat, and stars Zeenat Aman as Sheetal, Bharat's love interest, Moushumi Chatterjee as Tulsi, a friend of Bharat in poverty, and Shashi Kapoor as Mohan Babu, a wealthy businessman. It has been remade into the Telugu film Jeevana Poratam, and is still considered to be highly influential, and one of the best Bollywood films of its era.[3]
- ^ "Top Earners 1970-1979", Box Office India.com
- ^ Kumar, Surendra; Kapur, Pradeep Kumar (2008). India of My Dreams. Academic Foundation. ISBN 9788171886890. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
- ^ Hungama, Bollywood (14 June 2012). "Roti Kapada Aur Makaan: Is it still relevant? : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 25 January 2020.