Kaala Patthar

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Kaala Patthar (transl. Black Stone) is a 1979 Indian Hindi-language action drama produced and directed by Yash Chopra, with a screenplay written by Salim–Javed. Based on the Chasnala mining disaster, it is the fourth collaboration between director Chopra and actors Shashi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan, succeeding the films Deewaar (1975), Kabhie Kabhie (1976) and Trishul (1978).^[2]

The film was a box office hit and received several Filmfare Award nominations.^[3][4] Amitabh Bachchan was much appreciated for his portrayal of an ex-Navy captain turned coal mine worker.

Vijay Pal Singh is a disgraced Merchant Navy captain who is branded a coward, humiliated by society and disowned by his parents for abandoning his ship and risking the lives of over 300 passengers. Feeling guilty over his cowardice, he starts working as a coal miner to forget his past. He meets and becomes friends with Ravi, an engineer in charge of the mines. He also makes an enemy in another co-worker named Mangal who is an escaped convict working in the mines to avoid the police. Vijay's past comes to haunt him every time he tries to get some sleep. He sees Mangal causing trouble for the coal miners, Vijay tries to defend the miners against Mangal, there are a couple of fights between them and then one day Mangal is injured in an incident and Vijay carries him to Dr. Sudha's surgery and gives his own blood to save Mangal's life, they eventually become friends. The one person who supports Vijay is Dr. Sudha Sen, who tries to make Vijay face up to his past and move on. Ravi and Mangal have their own romances with Anita and Channo, respectively.

Seth Dhanraj is a greedy boss who makes life difficult for the coal miners by giving them poor equipment, less than sufficient medical supplies and lack of facilities, Vijay, Ravi, and Mangal come together to fight for justice against Dhanraj. Water floods the mines, endangering the lives of hundreds of workers trapped underground. Ravi, Vijay, and Mangal succeed in saving the miners, although Ravi injures his leg and Mangal dies.

Actor	Character	Notes
Shashi Kapoor	Ravi Malhotra	Coal Mine Engineer
Amitabh Bachchan	Vijay Pal Singh	Ex-Merchant Navy captain/ Coal mine worker
Rakhee Gulzar	Sudha Sen	Doctors
Shatrughan Sinha	Mangal Singh	Runaway prisoner, coal mine worker
Parveen Babi	Anita	Press reporter/photographer
Neetu Singh	Channo	Bangle seller
Sanjeev Kumar	Doctor Mathur	Guest appearance
Poonam Dhillon		Guest appearance
Prem Chopra	Dhanraj Puri	Coal mine owner
Parikshit Sahni	Jagga	Truck driver
Yunus Parvez	Maneklal Saxena	Chief Engineer
Manmohan Krishna		Dhaba owner
Vikas Anand	Ram Singh	Supervisor
Mac Mohan	Rana	Coal mine workers
Sharat Saxena	Dhanna
Mohan Sherry	Shankar
Satyendra Kapoor	Raghunath
Gita Siddharth	Mrs Raghunath
Romesh Sharma	Vikram
Madan Puri		Vikram's Dad
Iftekhar	Mr. Singh	Retd. Army person/Vijay's dad
Sudha Chopra	Mrs Singh
Jagdish Raj		Police inspector
Suresh Oberoi		Naval Officers
Gautam Sarin

The film score was composed by Salil Chowdhury and the music for the songs was composed by Rajesh Roshan with lyrics written by Sahir Ludhianvi

27th Filmfare Awards:

Nominated

• Best Film – Yash Chopra
• Best Director – Yash Chopra
• Best Actor – Amitabh Bachchan
• Best Supporting Actor – Shatrughan Sinha
• Best Supporting Actress – Neetu Singh
• Best Music Director – Rajesh Roshan
• Best Male Playback Singer – Kishore Kumar for "Ek Raasta Hai Zindagi"
• Best Story – Salim–Javed

• Kaala Patthar at IMDb