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Charandas is a film of genre Drama with Dharmendra
Charandas (1977)
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Rating60%
Charandas is a 1977 Bollywood film directed by B.S. Thapa, starring Om Prakash, Urmila Bhatt, Lakshmi (actress), Vikram Makandar, Farida Jalal, Raj Mehra, in lead roles.
Synopsis
The entire plot is woven around Indian family values, entrepreneurship and meteoric rise in business of a workshop owning mechanic, Charandas, played by veteran actor Om Prakash. Charandas lives with his dutiful, religious wife Kamla, enacted by Urmila Bhatt, and two children, running a mechanic workshop. He has a good family friend Aslam played by Raj Mehra. His bank loan is sanctioned and in a time span of 10 years, he builds an engineering empire, becoming a rich tycoon. All through he shares family get togethers with his friends and their families and it is here, that Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan, make a special appearance in a famous Qawwali, "Han Dekh Lo Ishq Ka Martava", sung by Aziz Nazan Qawwal, Yesudas, on Aslam's birthday.Actors
Dharmendra
(Nazaqat Ali Qawaal)
Amitabh Bachchan
(Liyaqat Ali Quwwal)
Sunil Dutt
(Advocate Tondon)
Urmila Bhatt
(Mrs. Kamla Charandas)
Manorama
(Flora Smith)
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