''Ek Phool Char Kante'' () is a 1960

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film directed by

Bhappi Sonie Bhappi Sonie (31 July 1928 – 5 September 2001) was an Indian film director and producer, in Hindi cinema. He is best known for Shammi Kapoor and Dharmendra hit films, ''Janwar (1965 film), Janwar'' (1965) and ''Brahmachari (Hindi film), Brahma ...

in his directorial debut. The film stars

Sunil Dutt Sunil Dutt (born Balraj Raghunath Dutt; 6 June 1929 – 25 May 2005) was an Indian actor, film producer, director, and politician known for his work in Hindi Cinema. He acted in more than 80 films over a career spanning five decades and was t ...

Waheeda Rehman Waheeda Rehman (born 3 February 1938) is an Indian actress. Regarded among the most accomplished actresses of Hindi cinema, she has worked in more than Waheeda Rehman filmography, 90 feature films, in a career spanning over five decades. Her ac ...

, Johnny Walker,

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and

Tun Tun Uma Devi Khatri
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. The film included the famous songs "Beautiful Baby of Broadway", "Bombshell Baby of Bombay" sang by (Iqbal Singh Sethi) and Matwali Naar Thumak Thumak Chali Jaaye".

Plot

The film is a light-hearted comic love story, wherein Sunil Dutt falls in love with a "phool" Sushma(Waheeda Rehman) but has to impress her four uncles, the "kante" (thorns) of the title. Each uncle has a different idiosyncrasy and Sunil Dutt pretends to be an expert in that field in order to impress that particular uncle. First Uncle Dhumal a religious fanatic he pretends as a religious scholar (Vidyartthi). Second Uncle David an acting fanatic he impresses as a versatile Actor. The four uncles select their protégé for their niece, not knowing that each is selecting the same boy. When the boy whom they have approved disappears, they agree to marry their niece off to her choice, who is Sunil Dutt again.

Cast

as Sanjeev *

as Sushma *

Krishan Dhawan Krishan Dhawan (1926 20 May 1994) was an Indian character actor in Hindi language films. Career Krishan Dhawan was an actor, known for Vidhaata (1982), Mujhe Jeene Do (1963) and Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1974). Personal life He was born in ...

as Shyam ( Sanjeev s friend) *

Mohan Choti Mohan Choti (1935 – 1 February 1992) was an Indian actor who worked as a comedian in Hindi films. The name Mohan Choti came from a fictional character of the same name from the 1957 film '' Musafir'', in which he plays a tea shop delivery boy ...

as Sanjeevs house servant. *

Tun Tun Uma Devi Khatri
Press Release, Sulochana Latkar Sulochana Latkar (born Rangu Diwan; 30 July 1928 – 4 June 2023), better known by her screen name Sulochana, was an Indian actress of Marathi and Hindi cinema, who acted in 50 films in Marathi and around 250 films in Hindi. She was most known ...

* Bir Sakuja as Sanjeevs father * Iqbal Singh Sethi * Mumtaz Begum as Sanjeev"s mother * David Abraham as Uncle No 1 (cinema fanatic) * Johnny Walker as Uncle - 2 (rock n roll fanatic) *

Rashid Khan Rashid Khan Arman (; born 20 September 1998) is an Afghan international cricketer and captain of the Afghanistan national team in the T20I format. In franchise leagues, he plays for Gujarat Titans in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Adelaide ...

as Uncle - 3 (yoga fanatic) * Dhumal as Uncle - 4 (religious fanatic) *

Bela Bose Bela Bose (1943 or 1944 – 20 February 2023) was an Indian dancer and actress who was active in Hindi films during the 1960s and 1970s. Early life Bela Bose was born in Calcutta on 1 January 1943 or 1944 into a well-to-do family. Her fathe ...

as Sushma s friend * Bindu as Sushma s friend

Soundtrack

References

External links

* 1960 films 1960s Hindi-language films 1960s Indian films Films scored by Shankar–Jaikishan 1960 directorial debut films Films directed by Bhappi Sonie {{1960s-Hindi-film-stub