The Extended Canon
Namak Haraam
नमक हराम · 1973
A mill owner's son infiltrates his own workers' union to break it, and is changed by the friend he was sent to betray.
- Director
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee
- Year
- 1973
- Genre
- Drama
- Cast
- Rajesh Khanna, Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha
Why it's in the canon
Class politics staged as a friendship, with two of the era's biggest stars on opposite sides.
A mill owner's son infiltrates his own workers' union to break it, and is changed by the friend he was sent to betray.
Namak Haraam sits in the 1970s alongside Sholay and Deewaar — a decade this canon treats as foundational.
The Bollywood 100The essentials
- Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee — also responsible for Anand, Chupke Chupke, Golmaal.
- Released in 1973, in the 1970s — see everything else from that decade.
- Filed under Drama.
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Film record Wikipedia — Namak Haraam (1973) · 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
Editorial Inclusion in the extended canon, unranked — not a measurement · last revised 9 August 2026 · signed by Amit Sharma · the scoring is published in full so the machinery can be argued with, not just the result
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