Zanjeer is one of the best movies in Amitabh’s career. Before this movie, he was considered as a romantic hero. But with his role as a cop in this movie, he became the angry young man. Actually Dev Anand had to act in this movie instead of Amitabh.
Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) is a sincere police officer. Teja (Ajit) a gangster sends Vijay to jail with a plan. After he is released from jail, Vijay plans to take revenge on Teja. He finds Teja killed his parents 20 years back. Finally he takes revenge on Teja and marries Mala (Jaya Bhaduri).
Pran appeared in a positive role as Amitabh‘s friend Sher khan. Prakash Mehra was the director for this movie. Kalyanji-Anandji bagged the Filmfare award for their music for this movie.
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