Songs of Roti
Famous film director, Manmohan Desai directed movie ‘Roti‘ was released under the banner of Aashirwad Pictures on October 11th, 1974. The movie is full of family drama, thrill and romance whereas the lead roles in the movie were played by Rajesh Khanna, Mumtaz and Pinchoo Kapoor whereas the supporting roles were played by Nirupa Roy, Sujit Kumar, Jagdeep, Shyam Kumar, Viju Khote, Om Prakash, Paintal, Asrani, Vijay Arora, Master Ravi, Master Avinash, Praveen Paul etc. The movie was produced by Raj Bhatija, Rajni Desai and K.K. Talwar whereas the songs of the movie were rendered by Kishore Kumar and legendry Lata Mangeshkar. The music of the movie was given by famous Laxmikant-Pyarelal and the story was given by Smt. Jeevanprabha M. Desai. Screenplay and dialogues were given by Prayag Raj and Akhtar-Ul-Iman respectively. The movie was a hit at the box office.
The movie is based on a wanted criminal who very well knows the value of food in a man’s life as he is also an orphan. In the begining of the movie, a young and strong guy named Mangal Singh (Rajesh Khanna) gets involved in a fight with a local criminal because of a piece of a bread. At last he wins and nw has the right to have that piece. Mangal is a wanted criminal, having criminal records in the police. But he is a criminal of a different type, having soft corner for helpless and poor people and always ready to help them. He better knows what a poor and hungry man feels like as he is also an orphan and started doing criminal activities in his childhood. He is a free man but soon police captures him and he is tried in court where he gets the sentence to be hanged. But he dramatically escapes from there with the help of a don named Suraj (Pinchoo Kapoor).
Later he runs away from police and catches a bus to run away. On the way he meets with a lady who is mindly disturbed. He witnesses the torture on that lady and decides to rescue her. Later he goes in a train where he meets with a stranger named Shravan (Vijay Arora). But he accidentally kills him and also escapes from there. Later he moves to a village where he tries to steal a piece of bread but is caught by the owner of the hotel named Bijli (Mumtaz). Then he moves to a house where he again sees bread and tries to have it. But again the owner of the house named Lalaji (Om Prakash) comes and he gets scared. But soon he is shocked to know that Lalaji is blind therefore he helps him and moves in the house. There he meets Lalaji’s wife, Malti (Nirupa Roy) who is also blind and ironically they are the parents of Shravan. Mangal is shocked to know that and decides to stay there to help these blind old people.
Hit songs of the movie are :
1. Gore Rang Pe Na Itna Gumaan Kar
2. Naach Meri Bulbul Phir Paisa Mile Ga
3. Phoolon Ke Saath Dil Bhi Khil Jaate
4. Yaar Hamari Baat Suno
5. Yeh Public Hai Ye Sab Jaanti Hai
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