Phandebaaz

Phandebaaz
Phandebaaz
	File:Phandebaaz.jpg Film Poster
Directed by	Samir Ganguly
Produced by	Surjit Aujla
Written by	Kaushal Bharati
Starring	Dharmendra; Moushumi Chatterjee; Prem Chopra
Narrated by	Kaushal Bharati
Music by	R. D. Burman
Cinematography	N.V Srinivass
Edited by	V.K Naik
Release date	7 July 1978
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Phandebaaz is a 1978 Bollywood action comedy romantic film directed by Samir Ganguly. Starring Dharmendra (in double role), Moushumi Chatterjee, Prem Chopra.^[1]The actual heroine was Leena Chandavarkar in this movie but producer replaced Moushumi Chatterjee because she was unable to attend the shooting and she was telling to delay. Hema Malini had a guest appearance in one song. The film had commercial success at the box office.^[2]

Plot[edit]

Rajkumar Kakkar (Dharmendra), a poor young man, visits to city and meets a lookalike rich person named Rana Shantidas (again Dharmendra) and impersonates him. He falls in love with a rich girl named Shanti (Moushumi Chatterjee) and discloses his true identity to her. Her father Diwan Bunny (Prem Chopra) refuses to accept him, but Rajkumar and Shanti both get married. Rana is blackmailed by Diwan, and him and Rajkumar gate swap and exchange places, but Rajkumar finds himself the target of a bloody pot, and will have to fight against all odds to defeat Diwan.

Cast[edit]

Dharmendra as Rajkumar Kakkar/Rana Shantidas (double role)
Moushumi Chatterjee as Shanti (Rajkumar's wife)
Prem Chopra as Diwan Bunny (Shanti's Dad)
Ranjeet as Jaggi Dada
Bindu as Tony
Satyendra Kapoor as Hukumat Rai
Jagdish Raj as Police Inspector
Kumari Naaz as Princess Ratna
Krishnakant as Bawji (Restaurant Owner)
Helen as Club Dancer
Bhagwan as Film Director
Tun Tun as Rosie
Brahmachari as Mohan
Mac Mohan as Mac
Hema Malini as Herself (guest appearance in song)

Songs[edit]

Music's were given by R. D. Burman and recorded by Rajkamal Kamalmandir. Audiography was done by Mohinder Singh.^[3] Some of the music had scored well.

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Abhi Gyarah Nahi Baje	Kishore Kumar
2	"Tera Dimag Aur Mera Shabab"	Asha Bhosle
3	"Duniya Me Paise Bina Kaise Ham Jiyenge"	Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
4	"Bade Bade Logo Ke Yaar Bade Bade Hai Raaz"	Mohammed Rafi, Amit Kumar
5	"Mohabbat Me Aji Kya Aap Apna Imtihaan Lenge"	Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar

Box office[edit]

Film was released on 7 July at (₹1.5 cr) budget.

Opening day it collected (₹50,000) and first weekend it collected (₹13 lk). First week it collected (₹27 lk) and in india lifetime collection's were (₹2.1 cr) and overseas gross collections were (US$253.84). Total netgross collections were (₹4.2 cr) and it was labelled as Semihit.