Chhupa Rustam

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Chhupa Rustam
Poster
Directed by	Vijay Anand
Written by	Vijay Anand Suraj Sanim
Produced by	Vijay Anand
Starring	Dev Anand Ajit Bindu Prem Chopra A.K. Hangal Hema Malini
Cinematography
Edited by	Vijay Anand
Music by	Sachin Dev Burman
Distributed by	Navketan Films Shemaroo Video Pvt. Ltd.
Release date	7 May 1973 (1973-05-07)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Chhupa Rustam (transl. Dark horse) is a 1973 Hindi film produced and directed by Vijay Anand. The film stars Dev Anand, Hema Malini, Premnath, Ajit, Vijay Anand, Bindu and Prem Chopra. The music is by S. D. Burman.

Plot[]

The Government of India granted Rs.50,000/- to Prof. Harbanslal (A. K. Hangal) to conduct a study in the mountains bordering Tibet with India, called the Nangla Project. Harbanslal is sure that within these ice-capped mountains lies an entire temple made of pure gold. When Vikram Singh (Ajit) and his son, Bahadur (Prem Chopra), find out about the Nangla Project, they abduct Harbanslal in order to force him to reveal the exact location of this temple, in vain though and end up killing him. Having failed in this venture, they kidnap the wife and son of multi-millionaire Rajendra Jain (Sajjan) and demand that he get Bahadur married to his daughter, Ritu (Hema Malini). Rajendra discusses this matter with Ritu, and Ritu is ready and willing to do anything for her mother and brother. Rajendra hesitates, and soon he receives his wife's thumb in the mail. Losing no time, Rajendra and Ritu make arrangements for the marriage and communicate accordingly with the kidnappers. Soon a wedding date is fixed, however, things do not go as planned as Ritu is abducted by a man called Natwarlal (Dev Anand) and taken to his hideout. While driving there, their car breaks down and they are forced to take a lift from Jimmy Fernandes (Vijay Anand), albeit at gunpoint. Jimmy drops them off at an isolated spot, leaving Natwarlal to work out the details of getting the ransom money from Rajendra. Before that could happen, Jimmy shows up and abducts Ritu. With his wife and son still held captive with Vikram and his son, Rajendra is at his wits' end as to whose life he should give priority to. Watch as events unfold to show what exactly was the motive in Ritu's multiple abductions, who is benefit by these incidents, and its connection with the Nangla Project.

Cast[]

• Dev Anand as Ashwini Kumar / Natwarlal / Chhupa Rustam
• Hema Malini as Ritu Rajendra Jain
• Vijay Anand as Jimmy Fernandes
• Premnath as Williams
• Prem Chopra as Bahadur Singh
• Ajit as Vikram Singh
• Bindu as Vikram's Assistant
• Sajjan as Rajendra Jain
• Veena as Mrs. Rajendra Jain
• A. K. Hangal as Professor Harbanslal
• Sudhir as Lawrence

Crew[]

• Director - Vijay Anand
• Writer - Vijay Anand, Kaushal Bharati, Suraj Sanim
• Editor - Vijay Anand, Babu Sheikh (associate), Ashok Bandekar (assistant), Achyut Gupte (color)
• Producer - Vijay Anand
• Cinematographer - V. Ratra
• Art Director - T. K. Desai
• Assistant Director - Premnath Junior, Prem Prakash, Somnath Rangroo
• Assistant Art Director - Shankar Chougle, Bhaskar Deokar
• Makeup - Vasant Desai, Hariram Sharma
• Music Director - S. D. Burman
• Associate Composer - Meera Dev Burman
• Lyricists - Gopaldas Neeraj, Vijay Anand
• Playback Singers - Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey

Music[]

• The song "Dheere Se Jaana Khatiyan Mein" was listed at #9 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1973

External links[]

• Chhupa Rustam at IMDb
• Chhupa Rustam songs on Raaga.com