Kaamchor

1982 Indian film
  • 24 December 1982 (1982-12-24)
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Kaamchor (transl.: Idler) is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by K. Viswanath.[1] Produced by Rakesh Roshan, the film is a Hindi remake of Viswanath's Telugu film Subhodayam (1980).[2][3] The film stars Rakesh Roshan, Jaya Prada, Tanuja, Sujit Kumar, Suresh Oberoi, Shreeram Lagoo and Bhagwan Dada. The film's music is by the producer and lead actor's brother - Rajesh Roshan. The film became a superhit, along with the songs.[4] Rakesh Roshan's nephew in the film is played by a young Sonu Nigam, who later became a playback singer.[5][6][7]

Premise

Suraj has been an aimless and lazy slacker all his adult life, who has no goals for his future. He lives in Delhi with his brother, sister-in-law, and nephew. On one occasion, he gate-crashes into one of his brother's supervisor's friend's wedding ceremony and finds out that the would-be groom is to live with his In-laws. To Suraj's delight, he finds out that the bride has an unmarried sister. So he pursues her to marry her.

Cast

  • Rakesh Roshan as Suraj
  • Jaya Prada as Geeta Sanghvi
  • Suresh Oberoi as Suresh
  • Neeta Mehta as Roopa Sanghvi, wife of Suresh
  • Sujit Kumar as Sohan
  • Tanuja as Radha, Sohan's wife
  • Shriram Lagoo as Rai Bahadur Chunilal Sanghvi
  • Pinchoo Kapoor as Sohan's employer who attends the marriage of Roopa
  • Asrani as Astrologer
  • Bhagwan Dada as Accordion player (special appearance in song "Jogi O Jogi")
  • Sonu Nigam as Sonu - Sohan's & Radha's son (child artist) (as Master Sonu)

Music

Rajesh Roshan gave the music for this film. Songs were penned by Indeevar.

S.No. Song Singer(s)
1 "Tujh Sang Prit Lagaai Sajanaa" Kishore Kumar & Lata Mangeshkar
2 "Tum Mere Swami Main Tumhari Daasi" Kishore Kumar & Lata Mangeshkar
3 "Mal De Gulaal Mohe Aai Holi Aai Re" Kishore Kumar & Lata Mangeshkar
4 "Jogi O Jogi Bhag Mein Mere Likha Hai" Kishore Kumar
5 "Tum Se Badhkar Duniya Mein" (solo) Chandru Atma
6 "Tum se Badhkar Duniya mein" (duet) Kishore Kumar & Alka Yagnik

References

  1. ^ "मल दे गुलाल मोहे आई होली आई रे: इन्दीवर". 7 March 2023.
  2. ^ Pulugurtha, Nishi (1 January 2017). "Social Concerns and Human Relationships: The Cinema of K. Viswanath". Cafe Dissensus – via www.academia.edu.
  3. ^ Mary, S. B. Vijaya (3 February 2023). "In K Viswanath's films, the stars became actors" – via www.thehindu.com.
  4. ^ "The best of Rakesh Roshan". Rediff.com. 20 June 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  5. ^ Sen, Mriganka (30 July 2015). "Happy Birthday Sonu Nigam: 8 films you didn't know he acted in". Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  6. ^ "The filmmaker with the midas touch: Remembering the legendary K Viswanath" – via The Economic Times - The Times of India.
  7. ^ "Subhodayam" – via www.rottentomatoes.com.

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