Gehri Chaal

Gehri Chaal

Year: 1973

Runtime: 140 mins

Language: Hindi

Director: C. V. Sridhar

ThrillerAction

Dharamchand, chair of Olympic Bank, faces a final audit when his daughter Hema discovers his corpse. A suicide note reveals he embezzled 20 lakhs and killed himself. Brother Ratan hides the note to protect the family’s reputation. Blackmailer Shekhar coerces Ratan into a robbery two days before the audit; the gang loots the bank, burns the records and escapes.

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Timeline & Setting – Gehri Chaal (1973)

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Olympic Bank

The story centers on the Olympic Bank, a bustling financial institution where the final audit and embezzlement become the driving forces of the plot. Its offices, vaults, and corridors serve as the stage for the robbery, cover-ups, and confrontations. The bank's reputation and the family’s name are deeply intertwined with the institution itself.

🏦 Banking 💼 Finance 🏙️ City

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Main Characters – Gehri Chaal (1973)

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Ratan (Amitabh Bachchan)

Ratan is a protective brother who chooses to shield his family from scandal. He becomes entangled in a bank robbery to preserve the family’s reputation, steering himself into moral compromise. His calm, calculating approach hides a willingness to bend the rules for a greater perceived good.

🧭 Loyalty 💼 Family duties 🔎 Investigation

Madan (Prem Chopra)

Madan is Ratan's best friend and the principal architect of the bank embezzlement. He is suave and calculating, using deception to avoid repayment and to frame others. His actions trigger the chain of events that leads to Shobha's death and the unraveling of the plot.

💰 Greed 🗝️ Secrets 🕵️ Betrayal

Hema (Hema Malini)

Hema is Dharamchand's daughter who uncovers crucial details about the crime. She witnesses the robbery and identifies Shobha, making her a key witness in the quest for truth. She balances family loyalty with a drive to bring justice, even as danger closes in.

👩‍💼 Family 🕵️ Investigation 🗝️ Secrets

Sagar (Jeetendra)

Sagar is Ratan's Delhi-based friend who turns out to be a CBI officer tasked with gathering evidence. His arrival binds the personal and official investigation together, escalating the pressure on everyone involved. He embodies the tension between friendship and duty.

🕵️ Detective 🧭 Duty 🧩 Mystery

Shobha Shankar (Bindu Desai)

Shobha is the woman Hema sees during the bank robbery who becomes a focal point of the investigation. She is ultimately killed by Madan, but her confession about Dharamchand's murder reveals the deeper crime. Her presence drives the turning points in the plot.

👩 Identity 🗝️ Secrets 🕯️ Tragedy

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Major Themes – Gehri Chaal (1973)

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🧭 Loyalty vs Honor

The plot tests family loyalty when Ratan chooses to protect his family’s reputation over exposing the suicide note. Personal duty collides with moral clarity as characters decide how far they will go to preserve a name. The tension between loyalty to kin and honesty drives the narrative forward.

🔎 Truth and Deceit

Secrets unravel through a web of deception: a blackmailer, a bank robbery, and a cover-up that hides the real culprit. Hema's discovery and Sagar's investigation push the truth into the open. The film examines how far people will go to keep the truth buried and what happens when it surfaces.

💰 Greed and Embezzlement

The central crime revolves around embezzlement of 20 lakhs and a bank robbery that follows. Madan's motive to hide the debt and the ripple effects on relationships show how greed corrodes trust. The pursuit of money becomes a catalyst for violence and betrayal.

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