Phandebaaz
| Phandebaaz | |
|---|---|
 Film Poster | |
| Directed by | Samir Ganguly |
| Written by | Kaushal Bharati |
| Produced by | Surjit Aujla |
| Starring | Dharmendra Moushumi Chatterjee Prem Chopra |
| Narrated by | Kaushal Bharati |
| Cinematography | N.V Srinivass |
| Edited by | V.K Naik |
| Music by | R. D. Burman |
Release date | 7 July 1978 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Phandebaaz is a 1978 Bollywood action comedy romantic film directed by Samir Ganguly. Starring Dharmendra (in double role), Moushumi Chatterjee, Prem Chopra.[1]The actual heroine was Leena Chandavarkar in this movie but producer replaced Moushumi Chatterjee because she was unable to attend the shooting and she was telling to delay. Hema Malini had a guest appearance in one song. The film had commercial success at the box office.[2]
Plot[]
Rajkumar Kakkar (Dharmendra), a poor young man, visits to city and meets a lookalike rich person named Rana Shantidas (again Dharmendra) and impersonates him. He falls in love with a rich girl named Shanti (Moushumi Chatterjee) and discloses his true identity to her. Her father Diwan Bunny (Prem Chopra) refuses to accept him, but Rajkumar and Shanti both get married. Rana is blackmailed by Diwan, and him and Rajkumar gate swap and exchange places, but Rajkumar finds himself the target of a bloody pot, and will have to fight against all odds to defeat Diwan.
Cast[]
- Dharmendra as Rajkumar Kakkar/Rana Shantidas (double role)
- Moushumi Chatterjee as Shanti (Rajkumar's wife)
- Prem Chopra as Diwan Bunny (Shanti's Dad)
- Ranjeet as Jaggi Dada
- Bindu as Tony
- Satyendra Kapoor as Hukumat Rai
- Jagdish Raj as Police Inspector
- Kumari Naaz as Princess Ratna
- as Bawji (Restaurant Owner)
- Helen as Club Dancer
- Bhagwan as Film Director
- Tun Tun as Rosie
- as Mohan
- Mac Mohan as Mac
- Hema Malini as Herself (guest appearance in song)
Songs[]
Music's were given by R. D. Burman and recorded by Rajkamal Kamalmandir. Audiography was done by Mohinder Singh.[3] Some of the music had scored well.
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Abhi Gyarah Nahi Baje | Kishore Kumar |
| 2 | "Tera Dimag Aur Mera Shabab" | Asha Bhosle |
| 3 | "Duniya Me Paise Bina Kaise Ham Jiyenge" | Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar |
| 4 | "Bade Bade Logo Ke Yaar Bade Bade Hai Raaz" | Mohammed Rafi, Amit Kumar |
| 5 | "Mohabbat Me Aji Kya Aap Apna Imtihaan Lenge" | Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar |
Box office[]
Film was released on 7 July at (₹1.5 cr) budget.
Opening day it collected (₹50,000) and first weekend it collected (₹13 lk). First week it collected (₹27 lk) and in india lifetime collection's were (₹2.1 cr) and overseas gross collections were (US$253.84). Total netgross collections were (₹4.2 cr) and it was labelled as Semihit.
References[]
External links[]
- Phandebaaz at IMDb
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