---
title: 'Zanjeer (1973)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Prakash Mehra'
released: '1973-05-11'
runtime_minutes: 147
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/zanjeer-1973'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070947/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Zanjeer (1973)

1973 · 147 min · Drama, Action, Music · India

Original title: ज़ंजीर

## Synopsis

Zanjeer (transl. Shackles) is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed and produced by Prakash Mehra and written by Salim–Javed. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Pran, Ajit Khan, Om Prakash and Bindu. The music was composed by Kalyanji-Anandji, while cinematography and editing were handled by N. Satyen and R. Mahadik.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Prakash Mehra](https://cinepixo.com/people/prakash-mehra)
- **Screenplay:** [Javed Akhtar](https://cinepixo.com/people/javed-akhtar), [Salim Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/salim-khan)
- **Producer:** [Prakash Mehra](https://cinepixo.com/people/prakash-mehra)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Anandji Virji Shah](https://cinepixo.com/people/anandji-virji-shah), [Kalyanji Virji Shah](https://cinepixo.com/people/kalyanji-virji-shah)
- **Director of Photography:** [N. Satyen](https://cinepixo.com/people/n-satyen)

## Cast

- [Bindu](https://cinepixo.com/people/bindu)
- [Ajit Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/ajit-khan)
- [Jaya Bachchan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaya-bachchan)
- [Om Prakash](https://cinepixo.com/people/om-prakash)
- [Keshto Mukherjee](https://cinepixo.com/people/keshto-mukherjee)
- [Amitabh Bachchan](https://cinepixo.com/people/amitabh-bachchan) as Vijay Khanna
- [Yunus Parvez](https://cinepixo.com/people/yunus-parvez)
- [Iftekhar](https://cinepixo.com/people/iftekhar)
- [Gulshan Kumar Mehta](https://cinepixo.com/people/gulshan-kumar-mehta)
- [Randhir](https://cinepixo.com/people/randhir)
- [Pran](https://cinepixo.com/people/pran)
- [Ram Sethi](https://cinepixo.com/people/ram-sethi)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/zanjeer-1973
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