Chor Machaye Shor
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| Chor Machaye Shor | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ashok Roy |
| Produced by | N. N. Sippy |
| Written by | Dhruva Cahtterjee |
| Starring | Shashi Kapoor Mumtaz Madan Puri |
| Music by | Ravindra Jain |
| Cinematography | K. H. Kapadia |
| Editing by | Waman Bhosle Gurudutt Shirali |
| Release date(s) | 1974 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| IMDb profile | |
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]. "Lay jayenge" A very popular song of the film had it's key tagline Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge turned into a later film title.
[edit] 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. They help him 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.)
