''Jhoothi'' () is a 1985 Indian

Hindi Hindi (Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of North India, northern, Central India, centr ...

-language

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

directed by

Hrishikesh Mukherjee Hrishikesh Mukherjee (30 September 1922 – 27 August 2006) was an Indian film director, editor and writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest filmmakers of Indian cinema. Popularly known as ''Hrishi-da'', he directed 42 films during his car ...

. The film stars

Rekha Bhanurekha Ganesan (born 10 October 1954), better known by her stage name Rekha, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Hindi films. Acknowledged as one of the finest actresses in Indian cinema, she has starred in more than 180 fil ...

, Raj Babbar, Amol Palekar,

Supriya Pathak Supriya Pathak (born 7 January 1961) is an Indian actress who works in Gujarati and Hindi films and television. She has received multiple awards including three Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Actress. She is mostly popular for playing th ...

and Deven Verma.

Plot

Kalpana, a tomboyish character, lives with her mother, sister Alpana and brother Kamal, a police inspector. Kalpana is a compulsive liar but always for a good cause, landing herself and others often, in peculiar situations and misunderstandings too. While she sets up her brother with Seema and helps her sister Alpana come closer to Rasik, she herself falls for Dr Anil.

Songs

Maya Govind wrote all the songs.

Cast

as Kalpana * Raj Babbar as Dr. Anil * Amol Palekar as Kamal *

as Seema * Deven Verma as Rasik Lal Sharma * Prema Narayan as Alpana *

Madan Puri Madan Puri (30 September 1915 – 13 January 1985) was an Indian actor of Hindi and Punjabi films. His brothers were actors Chaman Puri and Amrish Puri. As a character actor mainly in negative roles (villain), he acted in about 430 films in a ...

as Professor Puri *

Goga Kapoor Ravinder Kapoor (15 December 1940 – 3 March 2011), popularly known as Goga Kapoor, was an Indian actor, who appeared mostly in Bollywood films. He has acted in over 120 films, majorly known for playing supporting roles of that of villain's ...

as Babulal *

Shammi Shammi, Shammy or Shamy may refer to: People Given name * Shammi (actress) (1929–2018), Indian film actress *Shammi Akhtar (1957–2018), Bangladeshi playback singer * Shammi Iqbal (born 1975), English cricketer * Shammi Kapoor (1931–2011), I ...

as Shanti *

Dina Pathak Dina Pathak (née Gandhi; 4 March 1922 – 11 October 2002) was an Indian actress and director of Gujarati theatre and also a film actor. She was an activist and President of the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW). A doyenne of Hindi ...

as Seema's mother *

Suresh Chatwal Suresh Chatwal was an Indian film actor who has performed in films as well as television serials. He has acted in Hindi language, Hindi films. mainly as supporting actor. He has worked in movies like ''Mili (1975 film), Mili'', ''Phool Aur Ka ...

as Pancha

References

External links

* 1980s Hindi-language films 1985 films Films directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee Films scored by Bappi Lahiri Indian comedy-drama films {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub