Gambler

Gambler

1971

Raja (Dev Anand) has been abandoned by his biological mother at a very young age, and grows up with Master (Jeevan), a criminal don and card-sharp, who would like Raja to continue working with him on a commission basis. Raja learns all that could be learned about playing cards, quits work with Master, and starts work on his own. He succeeds considerably, and soon gets rich and wealthy. He falls in love with beautiful Chandra Gangaram (Zaheeda), and would like to marry her. But her father would like her to marry U.K. settled Ram Mehta(Sudhir), before Raja could do or say anything against this alliance, he is charged with the cold-blooded murder of Master. The climax in Raja's life is in the Court Room where he will find out about his past, and about his parents - while he awaits the outcome of the trial. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler_(film)

Gambler

Storyline

Raja (Dev Anand) has been abandoned by his biological mother at a very young age, and grows up with Master (Jeevan), a criminal don and card-sharp, who would like Raja to continue working with him on a commission basis. Raja learns all that could be learned about playing cards, quits work with Master, and starts work on his own. He succeeds considerably, and soon gets rich and wealthy. He falls in love with beautiful Chandra Gangaram (Zaheeda), and would like to marry her. But her father would like her to marry U.K. settled Ram Mehta(Sudhir), before Raja could do or say anything against this alliance, he is charged with the cold-blooded murder of Master. The climax in Raja's life is in the Court Room where he will find out about his past, and about his parents - while he awaits the outcome of the trial. From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambler_(film)
Cast
Dev Anand
Dev Anand
Raja
Zaheeda
Chandra Gangaram
Shatrughan Sinha
Shatrughan Sinha
Banke Bihari
Mumtaz Begum
Mumtaz Begum
Seeta Devi
Kishore Sahu
Kishore Sahu
Public Prosecutor
Sudhir
Sudhir
Acting
Manorama
Manorama
Ram's aunt
Jeevan Dhar
Jeevan Dhar
Master (as Jeevan)
Tabassum
Tabassum
Chandra's Friend
Iftekhar
Iftekhar
Police Commissioner (as Iftikhar)
Sachin Pilgaonkar
Sachin Pilgaonkar
Georgy (as Master Sachin)
Rashid Khan
John
Jagdish Raj
Jagdish Raj
Inspector Ranade
Ravikant
Acting
Keshav Rana
Keshav Rana
Doctor
Sabina
Banke Bihari's Girl Friend (as Sabeena)
Ratan Gaurang
Ratan Gaurang
Horse trainer and jocky
Dhanna
Acting
Umakant
Acting
Khanna
Acting
Birbal
Birbal
Waiter
D.K. Sapru
D.K. Sapru
Gangaram (as Sapru)
Sudarshan Sethi
Acting
Naseema Rana
Acting
Harbans Darshan M. Arora
Harbans Darshan M. Arora
Man in club (uncredited)
Saul George
Party guest (uncredited)
Fardoon Irani
Master's Henchmen (uncredited)
Firdaus Irani
Man in club (uncredited)
Surendra Rahi
In the crowd (uncredited)
Chinu Rajput
Dancer (uncredited)
Robert
Robert
Dancer (uncredited)
Kedarnath Saigal
In the crowd (uncredited)
Ratna Shetty
In the crowd (uncredited)
Surjeet Soni
Party guest (uncredited)
Sopariwala
Party Guest (uncredited)
Jennifer Stone
Party Guest (uncredited)
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