Ranked #6 of 100
Deewaar
दीवार · 1975
Two brothers: one takes the badge, one takes the docks. Salim–Javed's cleanest thesis on what poverty does to loyalty.
- Director
- Yash Chopra
- Year
- 1975
- Genre
- Crime · Drama
- Cast
- Amitabh Bachchan, Shashi Kapoor, Nirupa Roy
Why it's at number 6
'Mere paas maa hai' is the most quoted exchange in Hindi cinema. The Angry Young Man arrives fully formed.
Two brothers: one takes the badge, one takes the docks. Salim–Javed's cleanest thesis on what poverty does to loyalty.
Deewaar sits in the 1970s alongside Sholay and Anand — a decade this canon treats as foundational.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Yash Chopra — also responsible for Darr, Kabhi Kabhie, Silsila.
- Released in 1975, in the 1970s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Crime, Drama.
- Read more on Wikipedia, check the full crew on IMDb, or find a legal stream via JustWatch.
Film record Wikipedia — Deewaar (1975) · data last revised 9 August 2026 · title, year, director and cast are read from that article; this site keeps no independent print record and does not claim one
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