Chor Machaye Shor

Chor Machaye Shor
Directed by	Ashok Roy
Produced by	N.N. Sippy
Written by	S.M. Abbas Dhruva Chatterjee Tarun Ghosh
Starring	Shashi Kapoor Mumtaz Asrani Danny Denzongpa
Music by	Ravindra Jain
Cinematography	K.H. Kapadia
Editing by	Waman B. Bhosle Gurudutt Shirali
Studio	Chandivali Studio Filmalaya Studio Filmistan Studios K. Asif Studios
Distributed by	N.N. Sippy Productions Ultra Distributors
Release date(s)	18 March 1974
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Chor Machaye Shor is a 1974 Hindi movie. Produced by N. N. Sippy, it is directed by Ashok Roy. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Mumtaz, Danny Denzongpa, Madan Puri and Asit Sen. Asrani earned a Filmfare nomination for best performance in a comic role, the only nomination for the film.^[1] The music is by Ravindra Jain. The film became a "superhit" and earned the second top spot at the box office in 1974.^[2] Because of the success, the film's producer (N.N. Sippy), cast (Shashi Kapoor, Danny Denzongpa, Asrani, Madan Puri), and music composer (Ravindra Jain) teamed together again for Fakira (1976), which also became a box office hit. "Le Jayenge Le Jayenge" is a very popular song from the film, which had a key tagline Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge turned into a later blockbuster film title.

The film was later remade in Telugu as Bhale Dongalu.

Plot

Vijay (Shashi Kapoor) is an engineer, who is in love with a rich girl named Rekha ( Mumtaz). Rekha's snobby father disapproves because Vijay is not wealthy, and so he has arranged for her to be married to a son of an evil politician. The evil politician is played by Madan Puri. Rekha's father and the politician frame Vijay for a crime that he didn't commit, and he goes to jail. When he's in jail, he becomes friends with three other prisoners. All four men escape from jail. After Vijay reconnects with Rekha, they all go to a small village called Shantinagar and help save the village from the evil politician and the bandits that terrorize the town. The evil politician is arrested. Rekha's father feels remorse and accepts Vijay. Vijay and his three prisoner friends go back to jail. However, the film ends in an optimistic tone indicating that their good deeds will be rewarded (i.e. that their prison sentences will be shortened and that they can be free again.)

Soundtrack

#	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1	"Ghungaroo Ki Tarah"	Kishore Kumar	04:45
2	"Ek Daal Par Tota Bole"	Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar	05:12
3	"Le Jayenge Le Jayenge"	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle	03:53
4	"Yeh Mera Jadoo"	Asha Bhosle	06:18
5	"Paon Mein Dori"	Mohammad Rafi, Asha Bhosle	03:55
6	"Agre Se Ghaghro Manga De"	Asha Bhosle	05:07

References

1. ^ 1st Filmfare Awards 1953
2. ^ BoxOffice India.com

External links

• Chor Machaye Shor at the Internet Movie Database