Karm (1977)
Retired Judge Shyamlal Kumar lives in a palatial home with his wife and only son, Arvind, who is now studying law and is on his way to become a lawyer, and after that a judge just like his dad. Arvind meets with beautiful Asha Shastri, both fall in love and would like to get married. Asha introduces Arvind to her astrologer dad, Chintamani, who instantly approves of Arvind; while both Shyamlal and his wife give their blessings and approval to Asha. But when Chintamani, whose predictions always prove to be accurate, sees a dark future for the young couple, withdraws his blessings and asks them not to marry each other. Spooked by this, Shyamlal and his wife also ask Arvind to marry someone else. But both Arvind and Asha believe that nothing bad will befall them, and they start living together without getting married. This raises ire in their conservative community and both are blacklisted.
Director: B.R. Chopra
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Rajesh Khanna as Arvind Kumar |
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Vidya Sinha as Asha Shastri / Sadhana |
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Shabana Azmi as Neelam Kumar |
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Asrani as Dafaa so & so / Kammo's husband |
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Kumari Naaz as Kammo |
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Iftekhar as Judge Shyamlal Kumar |
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Prema Narayan as Savitri Kumar |
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Achala Sachdev as Mrs. Shyamlal Kumar |
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Om Shivpuri as Priest |
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Roopesh Kumar as Premnath |
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Dinesh Thakur as |
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Master Bittoo as Ajay Kumar |
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Jankidas Mehra as Hotel Manager |
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Pinchoo Kapoor as Supreme Court Advocate Kantaprasad Shukla |
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Manmohan Krishna as Chintamani Shastri |
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Nana Palsikar as Shivlal / Premnath's father-in-law |
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Jagdish Raj as Khanna |
| Writing | Gajendra Kumar Mitra | Story |
| Directing | B.R. Chopra | Director |