Movie: This song appeared in 1977 MKD Films’ Amar Akbar Anthony, which is another of the typical Manmohan Desai (producer and director) lost and found formula movie. The cast includes Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, late Vinod Khanna, Shabana Azmi, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, late Nazir Hussain, late Pran, late Jeevan, late Nirupa Roy, Ranjeet and Yusuf Khan.
Robert’s (Jeevan) chauffeur Kishanlal (Pran) takes the rap for a hit and run accident by his boss because Robert assures him that his family would be taken care of. But, when he returns from the jail, he finds that his wife Bharati (Nirupa Roy) has acquired tuberculosis and his 3 sons are starving. When he confronts Robert, he is humiliated and ridiculed. Then he turns back on Robert and tries to kill his former boss. Trying to escape, Kishanlal unintentionally takes a car with a shipment of gold biscuits. Robert’s henchmen follow him.
When Kishanlal goes home to salvage his family, he finds Bharati’s suicide note. Soon she fails in her attempt to die and becomes blind instead. This Kishanlal does not know. He leaves his sons at the foot of a Gandhi statue in a park, while he diverts the goons, who are chasing him. He crashes the car in the chase to fall away from the wreck and then discovers the gold. However, when he returns to the park with the gold, his children are nowhere in sight.
Amar is the oldest child and he is adopted by a Hindu policeman. The youngest boy is found by a Muslim tailor and he starts calling him Akbar. While the other boy is found asleep by a Catholic Priest (Nazir Hussain) on the steps of a church, he picks him up to foster him and calls him Anthony.
Kishanlal wants to avenge the loss of his family and kidnaps Robert’s daughter Jenny to raise her as his niece. He also uses the gold to destroy Robert’s illegal business and sets himself up as another criminal mob head.
Cut to many years later. Amar (Vinod Khanna) is a police officer. Akbar (Rishi Kapoor) is a singer and the other brother Anthony (Amitabh Bachchan) is an affable socially conscious rogue, running quasi-legal activities. He has made God his ‘partner’ and donates half his income to charity. The 3 brothers meet for the first time at a hospital. They donate their blood to an accident victim. But they do not know that they are related and that they are donating blood to their own mother, Bharati.
Akbar has fallen in love with Dr. Salma Ali (Neetu Singh). Salma’s father (Mukri) is against the match. Amar has fallen for a petty thief troubled by circumstances Laxmi (Shabana Azmi).
Anthony falls in love with Jenny (Parveen Babi) and finds her in a club during Easter. He sings a song to attract her. She also falls in love with him. She comes to the church he lives in and confesses her love for him. By chance, he is present inside the confession box, not the father. He is cleaning the box at that time. He comes out and tells her to go with him for a date. But, her bodyguard Zibisko (Yusuf Khan) is present outside the church waiting for her.
Anthony takes her through a different exit and they sing this song. Amar, Laxmi, Akbar and Dr. Salma Ali also join in the song.
Song: Music is by Lakshmikant-Pyarelal and lyrics by Anand Bakshi.
The gist of the song is the 3 pairs confess to each of their beloved that they are in love with them.
Video: Cinematography is by Peter Pereira. Dance choreography is by Kamal.
The video opens with Amitabh Bachchan and Parveen Babi on a rapidly moving powerboat. He begins the song. They go into a yacht and she climbs up to the terrace. He follows her. She performs a few dance steps. They go to a beach and take a ride on a horse carriage to continue singing the song.
Cut to Vinod Khanna’s home. Shabana Azmi picks up his picture and begins singing. She goes to remove the dried clothes from the clothesline. Vinod Khanna also joins her in the song. He is lying on a hammock. Cut to Sanjay Gandhi National Park where Rishi Kapoor runs to the just leaving small train.
Neetu Singh is inside and when Rishi Kapoor begins the song, she turns with surprise. He gets into the already moving train. Neetu Singh also joins him in the song. Mukri gets up from another bogie and is almost upset that Rishi Kapoor has come. Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh begin to dance and clap to the tune of the song.
Mukri tries to reach their bogie. But, the children there stop him. Rishi Kapoor disentangles the connection between the 2 bogies so that Mukri is left behind. The bogie gets disconnected and Mukri is left fretting and fuming. When the train passes through a small tunnel, Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh climb up to the roof of their bogie and dance there.
The main lines are sung again by all the 3 lead pairs from their own locations. The song peters out and the video ends there.
Artists: Singers are Kishore Kumar, Mohammad Rafi, Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar while the onscreen performances are by Amitabh Bachchan, Parveen Babi, Rishi Kapoor, Neetu Singh, Vinod Khanna, Shabana Azmi, Mukri and others.
Cultural influence: This typically filmi song is a confession of love between the 3 heroes and the 3 heroines. The song and the artists are good. The video is watchable for the above.
