Roti Kapda Aur Makaan

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Roti Kapda Aur Makaan
Directed by	Manoj Kumar
Produced by	Manoj Kumar
Written by	Manoj Kumar
Starring	Manoj Kumar Shashi Kapoor Zeenat Aman
Music by	Laxmikant Pyarelal
Release date(s)	1974
Country	India
Language	Hindi
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Roti Kapda Aur Makaan is a 1974 Indian Bollywood Hindi-language film directed by Manoj Kumar who also wrote, produced and starred in the film. The film also stars Shashi Kapoor, Zeenat Aman, Amitabh Bachchan, Moushmi Chatterjee, Premnath and Madan Puri in pivotal roles. Laxmikant Pyarelal were the music directors. The film's title literally means, Food, Clothing and Shelter. The film was one of the highest grossing films of 1974 [1]

The film is a mix of social drama and romance that focuses on the problems of unemployment and follows the struggles of a young man and other members of his family. It also has a love triangle sub-plot which involves the characters Bharat (Manoj Kumar), Mohan Babu (Shashi Kapoor) and Sheetal (Zeenat Aman).

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After the retirement of his dad, the responsibility is on Bharat to look after his Delhi-based family. He has two younger college-going brothers, Deepak and Vijay, and a sister of marriage age, Champa. Although Bharat himself is a college graduate, the only work he can find is as a low-paid singer, much to the frustration of his girlfriend, Sheetal. Elsewhere, Vijay has turned to crime as a last option to provide for the family, but after an argument with Bharat, he leaves home to join the army.

Sheetal starts working as a secetary for rich businessman Mohan Babu and Mohan becomes attracted to her. She too becomes attracted to Mohan Babu but is more interested in his wealth and luxury. She loves Bharat but cannot contemplate a life in poverty. Bharat finally finds a job as a builder but starts to realise that Sheetal is slowly drifting away from his life. After he loses that job too after the government takes over the building site currently being constructed, his financial problems increase further. When Sheetal's boss, Mohan Babu, proposes marriage, she accepts and soon both are engaged leaving Bharat heartbroken. After losing his love, Bharat also loses his father, devastating him and leaving him unable to deal with his life. Frustrated, Bharat burns his diploma on his father's funeral pyre.

Meanwhile, his sister Champa has found a suitor, but Bharat has no money to pay for the wedding and it cannot go ahead. Still depressed at the state of his life, Bharat soon finds salvation by helping a poor girl, Tulsi, who also lives in poverty but gets by. He soon recieves an offer from a corrupt businessman Nekiram. Nekiram persuades Bharat to do his illegal activities and he and his family will finally come out of poverty and be rich. After seeing no other option, he agrees to work for Nekiram. However his long absent brother Vijay returns from the army and makes him realise that despite calling himself a patriot, he has betrayed his own country for working with corrupt people like Nekiram for money. After trying to cut all his ties with Nekiram, Nekiram frames him for all his illegal activities and Bharat is forced to go on the run to prove his innocence with the help of Vijay. The police officer in charge of the case against Bharat is his younger brother Deepak who recently became a police officer after graduating.