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film directed, produced, written & starred by

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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 Chhaju Singh *

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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".

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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-Hindi-film-stub