Roti Kapada Aur Makaan
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| Directed by | Manoj Kumar |
| Produced by | Manoj Kumar |
| Written by | Manoj Kumar |
| Starring |
Manoj Kumar Shashi Kapoor Zeenat Aman Moushumi Chatterjee Aruna Irani Amitabh Bachchan |
| Music by | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | Nariman A. Irani |
| Edited by | Manoj Kumar |
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| Distributed by |
V.I.P. Films Digital Entertainment Eros Entertainment Shiva Films Spark Worldwide |
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Release date
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18 October 1974 |
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Running time
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161 mins |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Roti Kapda Aur Makaan (English: Food, Clothing and Shelter) is a 1974 Indian Bollywood Hindi-language film. It was written, produced, directed by and stars Manoj Kumar, alongside Shashi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman and Moushumi Chatterjee in the main lead roles and had Amitabh Bachchan, Prem Nath and Madan Puri in supporting roles. Laxmikant Pyarelal were the music directors. It was released on 18 October 1974 with films like Roti and Benaam.
The title is based on the Urdu phrase referring to the bare necessities of life, which was popularized in the late 1960s by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto ahead of the Pakistani general election, 1970. It was the highest grossing Indian film of 1974 and one of the biggest blockbusters of Manoj Kumar.
The Telugu movie Jeevana Poratam, starring Sobhan Babu, Rajinikanth, Kaikala Satyanarayana, Naresh, Vijayashanti, is a remake.
After the retirement of his dad (Krishan Dhawan), the responsibility is on Bharat (Manoj Kumar) to look after his Delhi-based family. He has two younger college-going brothers, Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) and Deepak (Dheeraj Kumar) and a sister of marriagable age, Champa (Meena T.). Although Bharat is a college graduate, the only work he can find is as a low-paid singer, much to the frustration of his girlfriend, Sheetal (Zeenat Aman). Meanwhile, Vijay has turned to crime as a last resort to provide for the family, but after an argument with Bharat, he leaves home to join the army.
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