''Pheka Pheki'' (

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: ''Cheating'') is a

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-language

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written by

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, directed by

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, produced by Chelaram Bhatia and Laalchand Bhatia under the production banner of Glamour Films and distributed by Everest Entertainment. Released in

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on 28 December 1989, the film stars an

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, Nivedita Joshi Saraf, Chetan Dalvi, Pratibha Goregaonkar and

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. The music was composed by

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. The film was remade in

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as ''

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'' and itself core plot have been inspired by 1973

film ''

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''.

Plot

A married man, Rajan Pradhan (

), is stranded in a

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with an attractive young woman, Rekha ( Nivedita Joshi Saraf), due to a

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. He arrives home the next day, and meets his very suspicious wife, Vijaya (

), who is aware that he has been up to no good. She refuses to believe his story about the stalled giant wheel, forcing Rajan to invent a story about spending the night with his fictitious friend named Anthony Gonsalves. Vijaya, however, refuses to believe once again that he ever has a friend by that name, and decides to send Anthony a

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to come and visit her. Rajan then convinces his

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-returned friend, Sanjay Phadke (

), to act that he is Anthony, and thus convince Vijaya that he was indeed telling the truth. Sanjay agrees to do so, and everything goes according to plan, until a real and amorous Anthony Gonsalves (

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) shows up, resulting in hilarious chaos.

Cast

as Rajan Pradhan *

as Vijaya Pradhan *

as Sanjay Phadke / Anthony Gonsalves (fake) * Nivedita Joshi Saraf as Rekha Phadke *

as Anthony Gonsalves * Pratibha Goregaonkar as Rosie Gonsalves *

as Bagaram * Aradhana Deshpande as Rashmi (Vijaya's younger sister) *

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Prataprao Tophkhane (Rashmi's fiancée)

Release

Theatrical

The film was theatrically released on 28 December 1989.

Home media

The film is originally available on

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Reception

The film received 7 out of 10 critics rating at the

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Soundtrack

The music is composed by

and lyrics by Pravin Danve.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, id=2354560 1989 drama films 1989 films 1980s Indian films 1980s Marathi-language films Indian comedy films Marathi remakes of Hindi films