Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin

• Film Director: Nasir Husain
• Year: 1977
• Main Cast: Ravindra Kapoor, Kamal Kapoor
• Music Director: R D Burman

Movie Synopsis

Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin is a 1977 Indian Hindi movie. The 1977 was movie produced and directed by Nasir Hussain. It became a "super hit" and took the third top spot at the box office in 1977. The movie stars Rishi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Kaajal Kiran, Tariq , Amjad Khan, Om Shivpuri, Jalal Agha and Tom Alter. Rishi Kapoor plays a cabaret singer, Rajesh, whose father has a heart attack while transporting the family's wealth, which has been converted into diamonds and hidden in a leather belt, from Africa to Delhi. The diamond-filled belt disappears and Rajesh is approached by two mysterious men who tell him that the diamonds are being held by a wealthy man named Seth Kishorilal. They propose that he kidnap Kishorilal's daughter and hold her hostage in exchage for the diamonds. Tariq has a subplot where he plays the Kaajal's childhood love. Although Tariq earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Supporting Actor, he and Kaajal Kiran never had such a big hit ever again. This was Kaajal Kiran's film debut, and a critic commented that she was "no Asha Parekh." and became a huge star.) The music of this film was given by Rahul Dev Burman for which he received a Filmfare Nomination for Best Music. The music dominated the year's charts. The movie's main claim to fame then is the resurgence of Mohammed Rafi as a top male playback singer. His singing for "Kya Hua Tera Wada" won him the National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer and the Filmfare Best Male Playback Award. In 1970, Kishore Kumar had taken the top spot from Rafi, and R.D. Burman used him nearly exclusively, for all of his films. But with "Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin," Hussain insisted on equal distribution of songs between Kishore Kumar and Rafi, so each got four songs. Kishore Kumar rendered the famous number "Bachna ae Haseeno" in this movie for Rishi Kapoor. Years later, Rishi Kapoor's son Ranbir Kapoor acted in a movie named "Bachna ae haseeno". For Nasir Hussain also, this was the height of his success, he had at that time an unbroken string of huge hits strecthing back to the 1950s, but as a director he never had such a big hit ever again. It was only with Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak directed by his son that his production house had a hit again.