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film directed, produced, written & starred by

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, also stars

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, and Jaya Sudha in lead roles. The film was one of several collaborations between Kishore Kumar and his real-life son Amit, where the two played a father and son. The film did not get notice.

Cast

as Col. Chhaju Singh *

as Kamali *

as Chandar Singh * Jaya Sudha as Pinki *

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 ...

as Brig. Vishwambhar Nath * Mehmood as Dagdu Bajrang * Jayshree T. * Maruti as Yennababu Rangachari

Production

According to Rohit Mahajan from ''

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'', Kishore Kumar directed this film partly to launch his son in the movie industry.

Reception

Diptakirti Chaudhuri described the film as "zanily named, crazily plotted". Derek Bose described Kishore Kumar as "rather restrained as a retired army officer, Col Chhaju Singh who flips over a beautiful fisherwoman, even as he has a young eligible son at home".

References

External links

* 1979 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films Films directed by Kishore Kumar Films produced by Kishore Kumar Films with screenplays by Kishore Kumar Films scored by Kishore Kumar {{1970s-Hindi-film-stub