''Chor Machaye Shor'' () is a 1974 Indian

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-language film directed by Ashok Roy and produced by N. N. Sippy. The film stars

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, Mumtaz, Danny Denzongpa,

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and Asit Sen in main roles. The music is by Ravindra Jain. Asrani earned a

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nomination for best performance in a comic role, the only nomination for the film. The film became a "superhit" and earned the second spot at the box office in 1974. It was filmed at the

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fort in

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. Producer (N. N. Sippy), cast (Shashi Kapoor, Danny Denzongpa, Asrani, Madan Puri) and music composer (Ravindra Jain) teamed up again for ''

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'' (1976), which also became a box office hit. "Le Jayenge, Le Jayenge Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge" is a very popular song from the film which ''

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'' (1995) later adopted it as its film title. The film was remade in Telugu as ''Bhale Dongalu'' (1976).

Plot

Vijay (

)ban engineer, is in love with a rich girl Rekha ( Mumtaz). Rekha's father disapproves because Vijay is not wealthy and arranges her to marry the son of an evil politician (

). Rekha's father and the politician frame Vijay for a crime that he didn't commit, and he goes to jail. There, Vijay becomes friends with three other prisoners and all four escape from the jail. Vijay reconnects with Rekha and they all go to save a small village Shantinagar, being terrorized by the evil politicians and bandits. The evil politician is arrested. Vijay and his prisoner friends go back to jail. Rekha's father feels remorse and accepts Vijay as his future son-in-law. The film ends on an optimistic note hinting that prison sentences of all four will be shortened.

Cast

as Vijay Sharma * Mumtaz as Rekha *

as Seth Jamunadas * Danny Denzongpa as Raju Ustad *

as Bhalua * Meena T as Chandramukhi *

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as Kalua *

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as Rekha's father * Asit Sen as Thanedar * Chaman Puri as Mukhiya * Sajjan as Amritlal *

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* Sajjan * Ram Mohan * Uma Dutt * Chandrima Bhaduri * Shyam Kumar * Master Chintu * Hangama

Soundtrack

The song of this movie was composed by the late Ravindra Jain. This was his third movie as music director. All songs are evergreen. The lyrics of "Le Jayenge, Le Jayenge Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge" and "Ek Dal Par Tota Bole, Ek Dal Par Maina" were written by Inderjeet Singh Tulsi. The remaining were written by Ravindra Jain. 'Ek Dal Par Tota Bole' was shot in Mahabaleshwar and the famous 'elephant head point' is seen in the background. 'Ghunghroo Ki Tarah' sung by Kishore Kumar, is a timeless classic.

Legacy

The title of the 1995 blockbuster film ''Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge'', was inspired by the song "Le Jayenge, Le Jayenge Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge" from this film.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0175530, Chor Machaye Shor Hindi films remade in other languages 1974 films 1970s Hindi-language films Films scored by Ravindra Jain Films shot in Maharashtra 1970s Indian films