Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya
Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya (transl. This is just amazing) is a 1982 Hindi language film directed by T. Rama Rao. It stars Kamal Haasan in a dual-role and is a remake of his own acted Tamil film Sattam En Kaiyil (1978).[1]
| Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | T. Rama Rao |
| Produced by | P. Mallikharjuna Rao |
| Written by | Rahi Masoom Reza (dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Jayant Dharmadhikar |
| Story by | T. N. Balu |
| Starring | |
| Music by | R.D. Burman |
| Cinematography | M. Kannappa |
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Production company | Bharati International |
Release date | 29 October 1982 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
Rashik Bihari Saxena (Om Shivpuri) a corrupt lawyer sends the child of thief Shankar Chander (Satyen Kappu) to juvenile-jail for doing murder. Shankar abducts one of Rashik's twin children from hospital after their birth. Shankar keeps this boy with him and names him Ratan (Kamal Haasan), Shankar's wife Shanta (Kumud Bole) nurtures Ratan. Shankar teaches Ratan how to steal money, good things etc. from people. On the other hand, Rashik's child is now adult and his name is Ajay Saxena (Kamal Haasan), he has studied in abroad and married a foreigner girl. Rashik didn't like the foreigner girl, seeing this by anger Ajay leaves home. Ajay is arrested for being guilty of killing a girl named Ruby Gupta. Knowing this, Shankar tells Ratan to go to Rashik's home and to pretend to be Ajay, Ratan abides by his father. In the end of this film Rashik's wife Lakshmi (Asha Lata) understands that both the same looking boys (Ratan and Ajay) are her own sons.
Cast
- Kamal Haasan .... Ratan Chander / Ajay Saxena (Dual Role)
- Poonam Dhillon .... Priya Singh
- Om Shivpuri .... Advocate Rashik Bihari Saxena
- Vijay Arora .... Advocate Mahesh Chander
- Satyen Kappu .... Shankar Chander
- Ranjeet .... Chandru Singh
- Asha Lata .... Mrs. Laxmi Saxena
- Kumud Bole .... Mrs. Shanta Chander
- Suresh Chatwal .... Auditorium Manager
- Raj Mehra .... Mohan Singh
- Dina Pathak .... Durga Singh
- Umesh Sharma
- Raj Baldevraj
- Hemasundar
- J. N. Anand
- Bedi
- Kiran
- Raghavaiah
- R. Kocher
- Sashi Kala (Guest appearance)
- Tun Tun (Guest appearance)
- Hannah Mitchell
- Reetika Singh
Crew
- Producer: P. Mallikharjuna Rao
- Production Company: Bharati International
- Director: T. Rama Rao
- Music: R.D. Burman
- Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
- Story: T. N. Balu
- Screenplay: Jayant Dharmadhikar
- Dialogues: Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza
- Art Direction: S. Krishna rao
- Editing: Krishnaswamy & Balu
- Choreography: Raghu - Seenu
- Cinematography: M. Kannappa
- Stunt: Pappu verm
- Makeup : S. P. Rajasekar, Sundaramurthy, Ramesh varadan, Harish, Geetha-laxhmi
- Studio : Vahini studio (Madras)
- Out-door unit: Sharada enterprise (Madras)
- Production controller: B. Lokanathan
Release
The film was released on 29 October 1982. It was a box office success and had a theatrical run of 175 days.[2]
Soundtrack
| Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya | |||||
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| Soundtrack album by R.D. Burman | |||||
| Released | 1982 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Language | Hindi | ||||
| Label | Echo | ||||
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| # | Song | Singer |
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| 1 | "Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |
| 2 | "Naujawanon Mein Bacha Tha" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |
| 3 | "Dug Dug Baj Uthi" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam |
| 4 | "Gol Gol Duniya" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Asha Bhosle |
| 5 | "Main Awara Banjara" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Asha Bhosle |
| 6 | "Hum Tum Hum Do Rahi" | S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Ursula |
References
- Ramachandran, T. M., ed. (1983). Film World. 20. p. 82.
- "கமல் 25 : பிறந்தநாள் ஸ்பெஷல்" [Kamal 25: Birthday Special]. Dinamalar (in Tamil). 7 November 2016. Archived from the original on 14 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.