Fella_shibby My dad made me see this when i was a kid. Even as a kid i hated those bollywood films with unnecessary songs. It is an intense n awesome film with solid performance by Bachan. Those who love Hindi cinema for its extravagant song and dance routines, its mix of romance, comedy, action and melodrama, and its over-the-top stuff may be surprised to learn that this 1975 movie is devoid of such characteristic elements. Yet Deewaar is an awesome bollywood film. Mr. Bachchan was terrific.

Jackson Booth-Millard I had for a long time heard about the most famous actor in India, possibly one of the most famous in the world, but I had never seen any of his films, so I was looking forward to seeing this Hindi language film featured in the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die book. Basically the Verma brothers Ravi (Shashi Kapoor) and Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) follow different life choices and career paths, Vijay becomes a criminal expert in smuggling and Ravi becomes a police inspector assigned to locate lawbreakers. They are the son of trade unionist Anand Verma (Satyendra Kapoor) who used his family as bait going against the management of his firm, and it resulted in being defeated and disgraced, and unable to cope with public humiliation he deserts the family. The two sons are raised by mother Sumitra Devi (Nirupa Roy) and taken to Bombay City, but as time goes by the two individually cause her, as a single mother, terrible trials and tribulations because of their choices. Vijay, the older of the brothers, has grown up aware of his father's humiliation and is victimised by those who know of it as well, he did start well in his youth as a simple boot polisher and dockland worker, but turns to a life of crime and a leading figure in the underworld. Ravi gets a good reputation for bringing law and order to the city, and his next assignment is to find a big name in the smuggling ring, he gets a terrible shock when he finds out it is his own brother, so he has no courage to arrest him and bring more shame to the family, despite his numerous opportunities. Also starring Parveen Babi as Anita, Neetu Singh as Leena Narang, Manmohan Krishna as DCP Narang, Madan Puri as Samant and Iftekhar as Mulk Raj Dhabaria. Bachchan as the young man who follows the wrong path is great at creating a both hateful and sympathetic character, and as his law abiding Kapoor does very well also, the story is just about easy to follow, a brother going bad and the other good and not stopping the law breaking due to the family bond and wanting to avoid disgrace, it is certainly a worthwhile drama. Good!

rahul332 One of the best movies of Indian Cinema. This is a must see for all Bollywood movies lover. What a performance from Amitabh Bachchan!! I don't have words for it. I doubt anybody could make such a movie in future or anybody could act like Amitabh, God of Indian Cinema.Loosely based on Haji Mastan's life, this movie portrays the life of Vijay from a dockyard worker to an underworld don. Legend is Amitabh Bachchan met Haji Mastan in a race course in Bombay before the shooting of Deewar started. He saw the moist eyes of Haji Mastan and was quite impressed with them. In an interview he said he tried his best to make his eyes look moist to add life to the character. Amazing script by Salim Javed and direction by Yash Chopra.

Simon Booth Amitabh Bachchan plays Vijay Verma, brother of a righteous police officer, who comes to resent society for the suffering it has brought upon his mother (and himself). After his dad abandons the family, Vijay and his Mum have to work like slaves to earn a little money to send brother Ravi to school. Ravi becomes a top student and joins the police as a top officer. Meanwhile, Vijay becomes increasingly bitter about the indignities inflicted by him & his mother because they are poor. When he gets a chance to earn some more money he can't say no, even though it involves working for a known smuggler. He quickly rises to become the smuggler's right hand man and becomes rather wealthy as a result. But Vijay's new career creates a rift with his brother that inevitably leads to conflict... but of course it's poor mum that suffers the most.Deewar was made close to the start of the Amitabh Bachchan phenomenon, and contributed no small amount to it. His performance as the angry young man who drifts to the wrong side of the tracks is brilliant - balancing turbulent fury with his charisma and cool.Yash Chopra and writer Salim Javed flood the movie with huge amounts of melodrama (not especially unusual in Bollywood), but take to extremes some things and scenes that would have been better left a little more subtle. The movie is quite complex and layered - something much easier to accomplish when you have 3 hours to explore and develop things, as with most Bollywood movies. The excess of melodrama becomes quite draining over such a length of time though.Quite a good movie, but definitely not as much fun as other Amitabh/Salim Javed pairings such as SHOLAY, SHAAN and the inimitable DON.