Alaap 1977 - A Heart-Touching Family Drama Starring Amitabh Bachchan And Rekha

A film by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and N C Sippy productions, written by Biren Tripathy, Rahi Masoom Raza and Jehan Nayyar, Screenplay by Bimal Dutta.  Starring Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha in the lead pair. Vijay Sharma, Asrani, Farida Jalal, A K Hangal and Om Prakash in a supporting role in the musical drama film. Yes friends we bring you the story of Alaap, another great film released in 1977 in which Amitabh Bachchan plays a pivotal role.

Alaap which means prelude, a short piece of music as the name suggests is a story based on music. Widowed Triloki Prasad, an advocate is essayed by Om Prkash. He is wealthy and has two sons, Advocate Ashok (Vijay Sharma) and Alok his second son yet to settle down essayed by Amitabh Bachchan who is yet to settle down in the family law firm. But Alok has different plans and he enrols in classes run by Pandit Jamuna Prasad essayed by A K Hangal. On the pretext of attending office he goes to the slum areas and starts visiting the courtesan Sarju Baai Banarasiwali and battling all contradictions with his respectful father and at the end forces his father to  reconsider his decisions which were not in favour of Alok as the father and son duo continue to sort out their differences. 

Alok a gentle heart is reaching out to homeless in the slum when they lose their possession with the court’s decision, a case handled by his father’s law firm. He stands up with the slum against his father and the new property owner. Mr. Gupta essayed by Yunus Parvez. Rekha has a small role in the film. Here we end one more episode on Amitabh Bachchan’s filmy journey.