''Do Phool'' () is a 1974 Indian

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directed by S. Ramanathan. The film stars

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and Mehmood. It is a remake of the

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-language film '' Anubavi Raja Anubavi''.

Plot

Diwan Bahadur Atal Rai lives a wealthy lifestyle in his mansion "Gulistan" in

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, along with his wife, Malti, and two sons, Pavitra and Charitra. Pavitra was adopted while Charitra is his biological son. They are irresponsible, spoiled, Matric-failed, and refuse to do any work. They humiliate their father when he decides to get Charitra married to Shaila, the daughter of Advocate Vardhraj, and he asks them to leave. Shortly thereafter, Charitra returns home claiming that he had an altercation with his Pavitra and knifed him to death. Subsequently, Police Inspector Madhusudan Apte gets enough evidence to arrest Charitra. He is let go with a warning after admitting that this was a prank. Then Charitra goes on the run after the Mahabaleshwar Police find a dead body and identify it as that of Pavitra. A frantic Atal and Malti attempt to make sense of this homicide, and are eventually relieved when Pavitra is brought home by Shaila and her friend, Poonam Apte. Hilarious chaos will soon prevail when Pavitra claims that his real name is Mani and he lives in Cochin with his widowed mother. Atal is convinced that Pavitra is playing another prank, but a number of questions remains unanswered: if Pavitra is alive - what of the dead body? and exactly when and why did Pavitra decide to change his name to Mani?

Cast

as Diwan Bahadur Atal Rai *

as Charitra Kumar Rai "Chuttan" * Mehmood as Pavitra Kumar Rai "Puttan" / Mani (Double Role) *

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as Shaila *

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as Poonam Apte *

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as Rukmini * Jeevan as Advocate Vardhraj *

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as Inspector Madhusudan Apte * Sunder as Pandit *

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as Mani's Mother *

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as Dancer

Soundtrack

The music for the film was composed by R. D. Burman and lyrics were penned by

Majrooh Sultanpuri Asrar ul Hassan Khan (1 October 1919 − 24 May 2000), better known as Majrooh Sultanpuri, was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist in the Hindi language film industry. He wrote lyrics for numerous Hindi film soundtracks. He was one of the dom ...

. The most popular song from the film "Muthukodi Kawadi Hada" is based on "Muthukulikka Vaareergala", composed by M. S. Viswanathan for ''Anubavi Raja Anubavi''.

References

External links

* 1974 films Films scored by R. D. Burman 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films 1974 comedy films Films directed by S. Ramanathan Hindi remakes of Tamil films {{1970s-comedy-film-stub