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Cast: Neetu Singh, Sudha Chopra, Parveen Babi, Raakhee Gulzar, Raj Verma, Annu Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Poonam Dhillon, Amitabh Bachchan, Iftekhar, Sanjeev Kumar, Parikshat Sahni ...MORE
Cast: Neetu Singh, Sudha Chopra, Parveen Babi, Raakhee Gulzar, Raj Verma, Annu Kapoor, Shatrughan Sinha, Poonam Dhillon, Amitabh Bachchan, Iftekhar, Sanjeev Kumar, Parikshat Sahni, Prem Chopra, Shashi Kapoor ...LESS
Categories: Thriller, Action/Adventure, World cinema, Action, Action Thrillers, Musical, Bollywood Kaala Patthar (English: Black Stone) is a 1979 Indian Bollywood action/drama film. It was produced and directed by Yash Chopra. The story was written by Salim-Javed. This film is the fourth collaboration between Amitabh Bachchan and director Yash Chopra after the hugely successful Deewaar (1975), Kabhie Kabhie (1976) and Trishul (1978). However, this film did average business at the box office, but did good business in the big cities. Despite its many Filmfare nominations, it failed to win any awards. While Rajesh Roshan provided music for the lyrics penned by Sahir, the background score... MORE
Kaala Patthar (English: Black Stone) is a 1979 Indian Bollywood action/drama film. It was produced and directed by Yash Chopra. The story was written by Salim-Javed. This film is the fourth collaboration between Amitabh Bachchan and director Yash Chopra after the hugely successful Deewaar (1975), Kabhie Kabhie (1976) and Trishul (1978). However, this film did average business at the box office, but did good business in the big cities. Despite its many Filmfare nominations, it failed to win any awards. While Rajesh Roshan provided music for the lyrics penned by Sahir, the background score was done by Salil Chowdhary who is known for his impressive background score in films like 'Madhumati', 'Ittefaq', Poonam ki Raat, etc.
The words " Kaala Patthar" refers to coal. This movie was inspired by Chasnala mining disaster. However the main plot is very similar to Joseph Conrad's novel Lord Jim.
Vijay Pal Singh (Amitabh Bachchan) is a disgraced Merchant Navy captain who is branded a coward, humiliated by society and disowned by his parents for abandoning ship risking the lives of over 300 passengers (perhaps inspired by Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim). Feeling guilty over his cowardice and with LESS
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