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Rang Birangi is a film of genre Drama directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee with Parveen Babi
Rang Birangi (1983)
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Add to a movie listRang Birangi is a 1983 Hindi film, based on a story by noted Hindi writer, Kamleshwar, and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. This comedy classic is most remembered for the Utpal Dutt's role of Police Inspector Dhurindhar Bhatawrekar, which won him the Filmfare Best Comedian Award for the year.
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Ajay Sharma is a very successful entrepreneur who has now transformed into a workaholic and is seen ignoring his wife of seven years, Nirmala. Enter Ravi Kapoor, a friend of Ajay notices Nirmala's loneliness and decides to fix things by rekindling the spark in their life. Thus starts a hilarious comedy involving Ajay's secretary, Anita and her boyfriend, Jeet and a re-enactment of Pati, Patni aur Woh.Actors
Parveen Babi
(Nirmala Sharma)
Amol Palekar
(Ajay Sharma)
Deepti Naval
(Anita Sood)
Utpal Dutt
(Police Inspector Durendra Bhatavdekar)
Farooq Sheikh
(Prof. Jeet Saxena)
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