Chor Machaye Shor
| Chor Machaye Shor | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Ashok Roy |
| Written by | S. M. Abbas Dhruva Chatterjee Tarun Ghosh |
| Produced by | N.N. Sippy |
| Starring | Shashi Kapoor Mumtaz Asrani Danny Denzongpa |
| Cinematography | K.H. Kapadia |
| Edited by | Waman B. Bhosle Gurudutt Shirali |
| Music by | Ravindra Jain |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | N.N. Sippy Productions Ultra Distributors |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹3 crore[1] (Nett) |
Chor Machaye Shor (transl. The thief makes noise) is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Ashok Roy and produced by N. N. Sippy. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Mumtaz, Danny Denzongpa, Madan Puri, Asrani and Asit Sen in main roles. The music is by Ravindra Jain. Asrani earned a Filmfare nomination for best performance in a comic role, the only nomination for the film.[2] The film became a "superhit" and earned the second spot at the box office in 1974.[3] It was filmed at the Pratapgad fort in Maharashtra.
Producer (N. N. Sippy), cast (Shashi Kapoor, Danny Denzongpa, Asrani, Madan Puri) and music composer (Ravindra Jain) teamed up again for Fakira (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 Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) later adopted it as its film title.[4] The film was remade in Telugu as Bhale Dongalu (1976).
Plot
[edit]Vijay (Shashi Kapoor)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 (Madan Puri). 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
[edit]- Shashi Kapoor as Vijay Sharma
- Mumtaz as Rekha
- Madan Puri as Seth Jamunadas
- Danny Denzongpa as Raju Ustad
- Asrani as Bhalua
- Meena T as Chandramukhi
- Tarun Ghosh as Kalua
- Kamal Kapoor as Rekha's father
- Asit Sen as Thanedar
- Chaman Puri as Mukhiya
- Sajjan as Amritlal
- Moolchand
- Sajjan
- Ram Mohan
- Uma Dutt
- Chandrima Bhaduri
- Shyam Kumar
- Master Chintu
- Hangama
Soundtrack
[edit]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.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Le Jayenge, Le Jayenge Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge" | Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle | |
| 2. | "Ghunghroo Ki Tarah" | Kishore Kumar | |
| 3. | "Agre Se Ghaghro Manga De" | Asha Bhosle | |
| 4. | "Ek Dal Par Tota Bole, Ek Dal Par Maina" | Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammad Rafi | |
| 5. | "Paon Mein Dori, Dori Mein Ghunghroo" | Mohammad Rafi, Asha Bhosle |
Legacy
[edit]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.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20130115031359/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=124&catName=MTk3MC0xOTc5 [bare URL]
- ^ "1st Filmfare Awards 1953" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 12 December 2007.
- ^ BoxOffice India.com Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Agarwal, Mihika (20 October 2020). "15 cool facts about Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge that only die-hard fans will know". Vogue India. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ Uberoi, Patricia (November 1998). "The diaspora comes home: Disciplining desire in DDLJ". Contributions to Indian Sociology. 32 (2): 305–336. doi:10.1177/006996679803200208. ISSN 0069-9667. S2CID 146570568.