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Choree choree aiyyo Raadhe

Posted by: on: November 15, 2025


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 6329 Post No. : 19603

‘Safed Jhoothh’ (1977) was produced by Ashim Kumar and was directed by Basu Chatterjee. The cast included Ashok Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Mithu Mukherjee, Deven Verma, Manik Dutt, Aroop Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Geeta Kak etc. Pradeep Kumar and Amol Palekar made their guest appearances in the film. The film is a remake of Bengali film, ‘Chhutir Phandey’ (1975) with Soumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen and Utpal Dutt as main actors.

This film is one of the lesser known among the films directed by Basu Chatterjee who have directed many ‘middle of the road’ films. The Ajmer born and Mathura bred Basu Chatterjee (10/01/1927 – 04/06/2020) migrated to Mumbai in 1948 and worked as a cartoonist in ‘Current’ and ‘Blitz’ for about 18 years before venturing into Hindi films as Assistant Director under Basu Bhattacharya for ‘Teesri Kasam’ (1966) and under Govind Saraiya for ‘Saraswatichandra (1968). ‘Saara Aakaash’ (1969) was his first independently directed film which got him his first Filmfare Award for the Best Screenplay. The films which brought him accolades were ‘Rajanigandha’ (1974) followed by ‘Chhoti Si Baat’ (1975), ‘Chitchor’ (1976). Thereafter, he directed many films, most of which belonged to ‘middle of the road cinema’. In all, he directed 42 films and 8 TV serials during his career of four decades.
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Tere mere liye taaron ke diye

Posted by: on: January 10, 2024


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 5654 Post No. : 18152

Hullo Atuldom

“Safed Jhooth” (1977) was directed by Basu Chatterjee (10 January 1920- 4 June 2020) & produced by Ashim Kumar for Matrichhaaya, Bombay. It had a cast of Ashok Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Mitthu Mukherjee, Deven Verma etc. with Pradeep Kumar, Amol Palekar & Vidya Sinha in guest appearances. Yogesh Gaur was the lyricist for songs composed by Shyamal Mitra. K.J. Yesudas, & Asha Bhonsle were the playback singers used. The film had four songs of which only one is posted on the blog five years back on the occasion of singer K.J. Yesudas’s birthday with a post by Avinashji.
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