Chupke Chupke (film)

Chupke Chupke
Directed by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Produced by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee N. C. Sippy
Written by	Shakeel Chandra Upendranath Ganguly Gulzar D. N. Mukherjee Biren Tripathy
Based on	Chhadobeshi by Upendranath Ganguly
Starring	Dharmendra Sharmila Tagore Amitabh Bachchan Jaya Bhaduri Om Prakash Usha Kiran David Abraham Cheulkar Asrani Lily Chakravarty
Music by	S. D. Burman
Cinematography	Jaywant Pathare
Edited by	Subhash Gupta Pandit Shridhar Mishra
Production company	Rupam Chitra
Distributed by	Shemaroo Entertainment
Release date	11 April 1975
Running time	127 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Budget	est. ₹9.91 lakh (est. ₹2.22 crore as of 2019)

Chupke Chupke (translation: Quietly) is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed and produced by Hrishikesh Mukherjee alongside N. C. Sippy. Based on Upendranath Ganguly's Bengali story Chhadobeshi and remake of the Bengali film Chhadmabeshi,, the film stars an ensemble cast of Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Amitabh Bachchan, Jaya Bhaduri, Om Prakash, Usha Kiran, David Abraham Cheulkar, Asrani and Lily Chakravarty. The music was composed by S. D. Burman. This film is highly remembered for Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan's comic act which came in the same year when the all-time blockbuster Sholay was released.

Plot

Dr. Parimal Tripathi (Dharmendra), a botany professor, is staying at a guesthouse in Shimla to conduct research. The grandson of the old guesthouse caretaker (Dev Kishan) has fallen sick, but the caretaker refuses to go to visit him as a group of students is about to arrive at the guesthouse for botany excursion. Parimal promises to cover the caretaker's work shift and enables him to leave to travel by walking to his village downhill, where his grandson resides. Meanwhile, Parimal disguises himself as the guesthouse caretaker in order to protect the real caretaker's job. The arriving group of students are all girls and include Sulekha Chaturvedi (Sharmila Tagore), who is also a botany student and has heard of Parimal as his books are part of their curriculum. Sulekha learns that Parimal too has been staying at the guesthouse, but Parimal (as the caretaker) informs Sulekha that "Parimal" is old and has gone to visit his sick grandson, and that he is expected to return after the girls have left. Sulekha is very much interested in "Parimal" and tries to know more about him from the "caretaker", while also learning that they are both from Ilahabad. When the real caretaker returns from his village the next day, Sulekha overhears him and Parimal and learns that it was Parimal who was posing as the caretaker secretly. She is charmed on seeing Parimal's real personality and leaves her address for him. Parimal too falls in love with Sulekha and asks her older brother, Haripad (David Abraham Cheulkar), for her hand in marriage.

During their marriage, Sulekha meets Sukumar Sinha (Amitabh Bachchan), a professor of English literature, who is Parimal's long-time friend and brother-figure. Sukumar is chosen by another of Parimal's long-time friend, Prashant Kumar Srivastava (Asrani), for marriage to Vasudha (Jaya Bhaduri), the younger sister of his wife, Lata (Lily Chakravarty), although Prashant has not discussed this matter with Sukumar yet. Parimal loves playing pranks and is the antithesis of regular professors. Sulekha, on the other hand, is in awe of Raghavendra Sharma, also known as Raghav (Om Prakash), the husband of her older sister, Sumitra (Usha Kiran). She considers her brother-in-law to be "highly intellectual" and looks upon him as her idol. Sulekha states to Parimal that after his retirement from a barrister, Raghav could have been a minister, but has built a soap factory instead, and is also apparently very handsome. Thanks to Sulekha's excessive praise of Raghav, Parimal develops an inferiority complex and decides to prove that he is in no way a lesser mortal and is as capable as Raghav. Meanwhile, Raghav has written a letter to Haripad, requesting him to send a driver who can speak pure Hindi because his present driver, James D'Costa (Keshto Mukherjee), uses improper dialect. This provides the perfect opportunity for Parimal to see and interact with Raghav and Sumitra, who both have seen him for being unable to arrive for his and Sulekha's marriage in Ilahabad.

As Raghav has invited Sulekha and Parimal to Mumbai for honeymoon, Parimal decides that he will arrive as a driver seeking employment with Raghav, while Sulekha will join him later telling that "Parimal" is visiting Patna for work. Haripad reluctantly agrees for the drama, while Sulekha is confident that Raghav will catch Parimal's lie in a moment as he has already seen his photograph, but fortunately Haripad had sent Parimal's photographs from his childhood to Raghav and Sumitra. Haripad decides to recommend Parimal as a driver to Raghav, and informs Raghav on a telephone call that the driver whom he is sending is a bit eccentric, but is of good heart and that Raghav should treat him well. Parimal disguises himself as "Pyare Mohan Ilahabadi", a motor-mouth driver, who pretends to hate the English language and so speaks only Hindi. Thus begins the comedy of errors as Pyare Mohan's excessively refined Hindi, his habit of correcting Raghav's usage of the language and his persistence in making Raghav teach him English all serve to anger Raghav to no end and provide for many laughs. Meanwhile, Prashant also becomes party to the drama after Parimal visits his office in Mumbai and takes him into confidence about it. Firstly, Pyare Mohan acts super-excited when Sulekha arrives in Mumbai and informs Raghav that he is extremely fond of her for having worked as a driver for her too during her marriage with "Parimal". Sulekha informs Sumitra that "Parimal" is a very serious person who hates any jokes or pranks. Secondly, they put across the impression that Sulekha is having an extramarital affair with Pyare Mohan. Sulekha and Pyare Mohan show unusually high interest in each other, and are even witnessed serenading each other in Mumbai parks as well as visiting each other's rooms at night by Raghav and Sumitra. Raghav grows very suspicious and confronts Sulekha and Pyare Mohan, who neither admit nor deny anything and just try to explain things away. Haripad is astounded that Parimal has been able to deceive the unsuspecting Raghav and Sumitra for so long.

One morning, Sulekha and Pyare Mohan escape from Raghav's house and the same day, Haripad arrives in Mumbai with Sukumar, who is acting as "Parimal" and a serious and boring lecturer, the complete opposite of the real Parimal's character. "Parimal" turns furious with Raghav on learning that Sulekha has escaped with Pyare Mohan. Instead, he goes to stay at Prashant's house, where "Parimal" meets Vasudha and grows close to her. Vasudha, who is also a botany student, wants "Parimal" to tutor her in botany as his books are part of her curriculum as well. As a result, the real Parimal has to train Sukumar in botany in order to help him fulfill Vasudha's wish. Eventually, "Parimal" confesses his love to Vasudha, but she is offended and suspects him of infidelity to Sulekha, for being under the impression that he is married to her. When things become out of control with Vasudha, Sukumar has no other option but to reveal her the real drama behind all this mix-up of situations, and Vasudha agrees to play along. Meanwhile, Lata, who is unaware of Sukumar's true identity, is also furious over the latest "extramarital" affair of "Parimal" with Vasudha. However, Sukumar and Vasudha escape from home and get married in a temple with Prashant's help. Elsewhere, Haripad deliberately arranges the situation of James finding Sulekha and Pyare Mohan and bringing them back to Raghav and Sumitra. Sulekha, Pyare Mohan, Raghav, Sumitra, Haripad and Lata arrive at the temple and confront "Parimal" over his polygyny to Sulekha and Vasudha. At the same time, Haripad coerces Pyare Mohan to "kill" himself in front of Raghav, so that the real Parimal could surface along with Sukumar. Thus, Raghav, Sumitra and Lata are able to comprehend the whole enactment, with Raghav finally admitting in front of everyone that he was indeed fooled. The film revolves around the resolution of these humourous mishaps.

Cast

• Dharmendra as Professor Parimal Tripathi / Pyare Mohan Ilahabadi (fake)
• Sharmila Tagore as Sulekha Chaturvedi Tripathi
• Amitabh Bachchan as Professor Sukumar Sinha / Professor Parimal Tripathi (fake)
• Jaya Bhaduri as Vasudha Kumar Sinha
• Om Prakash as Former Barrister Raghavendra Sharma (Sulekha's brother-in-law)
• Usha Kiran as Sumitra Chaturvedi Sharma (Raghavendra's wife and Sulekha's sister)
• David Abraham Cheulkar as Haripad Chaturvedi (Sulekha's brother)
• Asrani as Prashant Kumar Shrivastava (Parimal's long-time friend)
• Lily Chakravarty as Lata Kumar Shrivastava (Prashant's wife and Vasudha's sister)
• Keshto Mukherjee as James D'Costa (Raghavendra and Sumitra's senior driver)

Crew

• Director - Hrishikesh Mukherjee
• Producer - Hrishikesh Mukherjee, N. C. Sippy, Romu N. Sippy
• Presenter - N. C. Sippy
• Story - Upendranath Gangopadhyay (Bengali story Chhadobeshi)
• Screenplay - D. N. Mukherjee, Gulzar
• Dialogue - Biren Tripathi, Shakeel Chandra, Gulzar
• Cinematographer - Jaywant Pathare
• Editor - Subhash Gupta, Pandit Sridhar Mishra
• Art Director - Ajit Banerjee
• Costumes Designer - Meena R. Sippy

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Anand Bakshi; all music is composed by S. D. Burman.

Songs

No.	Title	Playback	Length
1.	"Ab Ke Sajan Saawan Mein"	Lata Mangeshkar	04:41
2.	"Baagon Mein Kaise Yeh Phool Khilte Hain"	Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar	04:31
3.	"Chupke Chupke Chal Re Purvaiya"	Lata Mangeshkar	05:04
4.	"Sa Re Ga Ma"	Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar	03:08

Home media

Numerous DVD editions entered the market by companies like "Digital Entertainment inc.", "Shemaroo Entertainment" and "Eagle Home Video". These were released as non-restored, non re-mastered editions and bare bones, void of supplementary features.

Eagle Home Video came out with a restored edition of this movie, preserving the original aspect ratio in 4:3 pillar box and a DTS Master Audio (HD) in 2.0. The restoration took place in Shemaroo studios.

External links

• Chupke Chupke on IMDb