Today we welcome you to another new episode on
Amitabh Bachchan’s filmy journey and we will talk about his action thriller
film released in 1973. The film is produced and directed by C V Sridhar and the
name of the film is Gehri Chaal.
Released under the banner of Chitrakala Pictures banner starring Amitabh
Bachchan, Jeetendra, Hema Malini, and the music is composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The film was later remade in
Tamil in the year 1975.
The story goes as this, Dharamchand is the
chairman of Olympic Bank which is due for its audit. His daughter essayed by
Hema Malini finds him dead in his bedroom just before the last date of the
audit. Her brother finds the suicide
note that he had embezzled 20 lakhs from the bank and as he is not able to
repay he is killing himself. Ratan, her
brother does not disclose this suicide note to the family. Days later Ratan is blackmailed by the
blackmailer Shekhar who threatens to expose his father’s secret of money
embezzled and says if he doesn’t help him in the bank robbery and the money
should be robbed before the final date of the audit.
A story of crime, robbery and mystery revolves
around money robbed from the bank and a suspect with the police who may be able
to expose Ratan. The main suspect is not
Ratan but his friend Madan. Also with
a lot of drama, it is revealed that Dharamchand didn’t commit suicide but was
killed by Madan and he was made to write his suicide note and it was not Dharmachand
but Madan who had embezzled the 20 lakhs.
The film didn’t do too
well at the box office either but Amitabh Bachchan and Hema Malini paired in
this film together on screen. Rest we
set out to our next episode shortly. Stay tuned to more interesting stories.
