''Uljhan'' (Confusion) is a 1975 Hindi
suspense
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thriller film
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. Produced by Sudesh Kumar and directed by Raghunath Jhalani, it stars
Ashok Kumar,
Sanjeev Kumar,
Asrani
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,
Farida Jalal
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,
Aruna Irani
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,
Sulakshana Pandit, and
Ranjeet. The music is by
Kalyanji Anandji
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. It is a remake of 1959 murder mystery ''Kangan'' starring
Ashok Kumar and
Nirupa Roy
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with a twist about the identity of the killer.
''Uljhan'' was a suspense thriller revolving around a murder investigation conducted by a police officer (Sanjeev Kumar) who doesn't know that the killer is closer to home. The movie marked the acting debut of singer/actor Sulakshana Pandit.
Cast
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Ashok Kumar as Judge Kailash Chandra
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Sanjeev Kumar as Anand
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Sulakshana Pandit as Karuna
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Ranjeet as Brijbhushan
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Asrani
Govardhan Asrani (born 1 January 1940), popularly known simply as Asrani, is an Indian actor and director whose Bollywood career has spanned five decades. He has acted in over 350 Hindi films. Asrani has played the lead roles, character roles ...
as Vikram
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Farida Jalal
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as Kamla
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Aruna Irani
Aruna Irani (born 3 May 1946) is an Indian actress, who has acted in over 500 films throughout Hindi, Kannada, Marathi and Gujarati cinema, playing mostly supporting and character roles. She has won two Filmfare Awards for Best Supporting Ac ...
as Usha
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Pinchoo Kapoor as Police Commissioner
Soundtrack
The songs composed by the duo
Kalyanji–Anandji were popular in the mid-1970s, especially the title track sung by Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar.
Kishore also sang a duet with Sulakshana called "Aaj Pyaare Pyaare se Lagte Hain" which was popular.
Lyrics made by M.G. Hashmat.
External links
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1975 films
1970s Hindi-language films
Films scored by Kalyanji Anandji
Remakes of Indian films
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