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Rickshawala
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Wikipedia article
'Rickshawala' is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language film starring Randhir Kapoor, Neetu Singh and Mala Sinha and directed by K. Shankar and Produced by R M Veerappan under his noted Sathya Movies banner. It was Neetu Singh's first film in lead role. It was remake of the 1971 Tamil film 'Rickshawkaran'.
Cast
*Randhir Kapoor as Gopi
*Neetu Singh as Kiran
*Mala Sinha as Parvati
*Pran as Kailash
*Mohan Choti as Kabira Rickshaw driver
*Anwar Hussain (actor) as Madan
*Ranjeet as Murli
*Sujit Kumar as Manohar
* Lalita Desai (alias Ashoo) as Shanti
*Sunder (actor) as Chacha
*Poornam Viswanathan as Chief Justice
Production
'Rickshawala' is a remake of the 1971 Tamil film 'Rickshawkaran', and was Neetu Singh's first film as the lead heroine.
Soundtrack
The song 'Rampur ka vasi hoon main' is played by the band in wedding procession scene. This song is originally picturized on Randhir Kapoor, in the film 'Rampur ka Laxman (1972), music by RD Burman'
In another scene, the soundtrack of another RD Burman superhit 'Dum maro Dum' is played.
Trivia
The scene of Madras cycle rickshaw race was shot in Anna nagar area of Madras (now Chennai). The famous Tower of Anna Nagar Tower Park can be seen in the background.
Reception
Unlike the Tamil original, the remake was a flop.
References
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