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Rafoo Chakkar
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Wikipedia article
'Rafoo Chakkar' is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language comedy film produced by Nadiadwala and directed by Narender Bedi. The film was adapted from the 1959 American film 'Some Like It Hot'.
The film stars Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh, who were at the height of their popularity as an on-screen couple at the time of this film's release. Other actors include Paintal, Bindu and Madan Puri, along with Rajindernath, Asrani and Bhagwan. The music was composed by Kalyanji Anandji.
Plot
The plot follows the general outline of 'Some Like it Hot'. Two out-of-work musicians (Rishi Kapoor and Paintal) witness a murder and are spotted by the villains. In order to save themselves, they decide to disguise themselves as girls and hop on to a train to Kashmir with other girls in a singing band, where they met Neetu Singh, Bindoo and Asrani. The plot twists when band manager Rajindernath falls in love with the 'girl' Paintal, and Rishi Kapoor tries to impress Neetu Singh by pretending to be an oil tycoon named Esso [A popular oil marketing firm). At the end of the movie, the male musicians' real identities are revealed. However, the romantic pairs remain intact by the end credits, including Rajindernath and Paintal. The movie ends with the same line as 'Some Like it Hot': "Nobody's perfect!"
Cast
*Rishi Kapoor as Dev / Devi
*Neetu Singh as Ritu
*Rajinder Nath as Salma's Admirer
*Faryal as In-charge of girls' band
*Asrani as Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi
*Paintal as Salim/Salma
*Mumtaz Begum as Salim's Mother
*Madan Puri as Prakash
*Viju Khote as Prakash's security guard
*Anwar Hussain as Ranjit
*Sulochana as Shanti
*Shetty as Raka
*Bhagwan as S. Manglani's secretary
*Jankidas as Member of S. Manglani group
*Mohan Sherry as Duo
*Mac Mohan
*M. Rajan as Member of S. Manglani group
*Hiralal as Member of S. Manglani group
*Lalita Kumari as Ritu's Aunt
*Narendra Nath as Himself
*Bachan Singh as Watchman
*Bhushan Tiwari as Police Informer
Crew
*'Director' - Narendra Bedi
*'Producer' - I. A. Nadiadwala
*'Story' - Jayant Dharmadhikari
*'Screenplay' - K. K. Shukla
*'Dialogue' - Kader Khan, Raj Bedi
*'Cinematographer' - Peter Pareira
*'Editor' - Babubhai Thakkar
Soundtrack
Trivia
In the eponymous Feluda novel 'Joy Baba Felunath', Feluda shares his plan of watching this movie on the ninth day (Nobomi) of Durgapuja.
Awards and nominations
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| 1976
| 'Asrani'
| Filmfare Best Comedian Award
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References
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