''Rafoo Chakkar'' ( hi, रफ़ू चक्कर) is a 1975 Indian

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-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 ...

produced by Nadiadwala and directed by

Narender Bedi Narendra Bedi (1937–1982) was a Bollywood director and son of the writer Rajinder Singh Bedi. He is most known for hits movies like '' Jawani Diwani'' (1972) starring Randhir Kapoor and Jaya Bhaduri, Rajesh Khanna starrers '' Bandhan'' and ...

. The film was adapted from the 1959 American film ''

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''. The film stars

Rishi Kapoor Rishi Raj Kapoor (4 September 1952 — 30 April 2020) was an Indian actor, film director and producer who worked in Hindi films. He was the recipient of several accolades, including four Filmfare Awards and a National Film Award. Born into t ...

and

Neetu Singh Neetu Kapoor (born Harneet Kaur), is an Indian actress who is known for appearing in Hindi films throughout the late 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s. In 2012, Singh was inducted into the Walk of the Stars, an entertainment hall of fame at Bandra ...

, who were at the height of their popularity as an on-screen couple at the time of this film's release. Other actors include Paintal,

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and

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, along with

Rajindernath Rajendra Nath Malhotra (8 June 1931 − 13 February 2008) was an Indian actor and comedian in Hindi and Punjabi films. Early life and family Rajendra Nath was born on 8 June 1931 in Tikamgarh, which is now in Madhya Pradesh. His family was fr ...

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and Bhagwan. The music was composed by

Kalyanji Anandji Kalyanji Virji Shah (30 June 1928 – 24 August 2000) was the ''Kalyanji'' of the Kalyanji-Anandji duo. He and his brother Anandji Virji Shah have been famous Indian film musicians, and won the 1975 Filmfare Award for Best Music Director, ...

Plot

The plot follows the general outline of ''

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''. Two out-of-work musicians (Rishi Kapoor and Paintal) witness a murder and are spotted by the villains. In order to save themselves, they decide to disguise themselves as girls and hop on to a train to Kashmir with other girls in a singing band, where they met Neetu Singh, Bindoo and Asrani. The plot twists when band manager

falls in love with the 'girl' Paintal, and Rishi Kapoor tries to impress Neetu Singh by pretending to be an oil tycoon named Esso

Cast

as Dev / Devi *

as Ritu * Rajinder Nath as Salma's Admirer *Faryal">Rajendra Nath">Rajinder Nath as Salma's Admirer *Faryal as In-charge of girls' band *

as Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi * Paintal as Salim/Salma *Mumtaz Begum (actress)">Mumtaz Begum as Salim's Mother *

as Prakash *Viju Khote as Prakash's security guard *Anwar Hussain (actor), Anwar Hussain as Ranjit *Sulochana Latkar, Sulochana as Shanti *M. B. Shetty, Shetty as Raka * Bhagwan as S. Manglani's secretary *

Jankidas Jankidas Mehra (1910 – 18 June 2003) was an Indian actor of Hindi cinema, cyclist, production designer, and writer. He made over 1000 film appearances between the 1930s and 1997. Biography Sports Jankidas served as the only Indian member of ...

as Member of S. Manglani group *

Mohan Sherry Mohan Sherry is an Indian actor of Bollywood who is known for his role as villain's henchman. His best roles are in Ram Balram, Deewaar and Trishul Trishul may refer to: Film * ''Trishul'' (film), a 1978 Hindi film starring Sanjeev Kumar and ...

as Duo *

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*M. Rajan as Member of S. Manglani group *Hiralal as Member of S. Manglani group *Lalita Kumari as Ritu's Aunt *Narendra Nath as Himself *Bachan Singh as Watchman *Bhushan Tiwari as Police Informer

Crew

*''Director'' - Narendra Bedi *''Producer'' - I. A. Nadiadwala *''Story'' - Jayant Dharmadhikari *''Screenplay'' - K. K. Shukla *''Dialogue'' -

Kader Khan Kader Khan (22 October 1937 – 31 December 2018) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and film director. As an actor, he appeared in over 300 Bollywood films after his debut film in the 1973 film '' Daag'', starring Rajesh Khanna, in which he a ...

, Raj Bedi *''Cinematographer'' - Peter Pareira *''Editor'' - Babubhai Thakkar

Soundtrack

Trivia

In the eponymous

Feluda Feluda, or Prodosh Chandra Mitra

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is a fictional detective, Private investigator created by famous Indian director and writer Satyajit Ray. Feluda resides at 21 Rajani Sen Road, Ballygunge, Calcutta, West Bengal. Feluda first made his a ...

novel ''Joy Baba Felunath'', Feluda shares his plan of watching this movie on the ninth day (Nobomi) of Durgapuja.

Awards and nominations

, - , 1976 , ''

'' ,

Filmfare Best Comedian Award The Filmfare Best Comedian Award was given by ''Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise an actor who had delivered an outstanding performance in a comic role. Although the awards started in 1954, awards fo ...

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0155997 1975 films 1970s Hindi-language films Films directed by Narendra Bedi Films scored by Kalyanji Anandji Cross-dressing in Indian films Films set on trains Indian comedy films 1975 comedy films Hindi-language comedy films Indian remakes of American films