Dilip Kumar

BIOGRAPHY :

The film is set in post-independence India where Industrialization is slowly creeping in. The movie is based on Tangawallahs who earn their living transporting people from place to place on Tangas(horse - carts).

Shankar is a Tangawalla. He lives in a remote village in rural India with his mother and sister, Manju. Shanker and Krishna are very good friends. But things take a bad turn when both of them fall in love with the same girl- Rajani .Krishna suspects Shankar to use unfair means in winning the heart of Rajni and as a result their friendship suffers.

The main employer in the region is a kind-hearted businessman Maganlal. When Maganlal announces that he would like to undertake a religious pilgrimage, his son, Kundan, takes over the business . But Kundan was not like his father.The livelihood of the poor Tangawallas is threatened when the Kundan begins operating a bus service in the town,which he subsidizes heavily with the sole intention of first driving the Tangawallahs out of the down and then making profits.

This angers the community and they ask Kundan to reconsider,but he refuses. Kundan proposes a competition to decide which service was the best - The Bus or the Tanga.He suggests that there should be a race between both the vehicles. If the Bus wins the race, the Tangawallahs would not complain further and if the Tanga wins, the Bus service would stop.

Nobody could even dream that a horse cart could beat a machine operated bus. Shanker, however, accepts the challenge to everybody's surprise. His logic is that they would anyway be driven to starvation if the Bus Service continues. This race at least gives them an opportunity to try and do something.

However, the rest of the Tangawallahs do not agree with Shankar.Everyone blame Shankar for his foolishness. Shankar is left alone with nobody's support except his sweetheart, Rajni. As the movie unravels,a hopeless situation begins to turn around because of the way the people come together. Problems occur one after another but nothing can deter the determined Shankar from his firm determination.

Watch the action unfold as Shankar unites a divided village, and how he sets about to keep his faith in winning this race between man and machine.

HIS MOVIES WITH SUPER STAR RAJESH KHANNA:

1) Guddi - 1971 (Guest Appearance)
2) Ram Tere Kitne Naam - 1985 (Guest Appearance)