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Do Phool

1973 Indian film

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Do Phool (transl.Two Flowers) is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by S. Ramanathan. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Vinod Mehra and Mehmood. It is a remake of the Tamil-language film Anubavi Raja Anubavi.

01Plot

Diwan Bahadur Atal Rai lives a wealthy lifestyle in his mansion "Gulistan" in Malabar Hill, Bombay, along with his wife, Malti, and two sons, Pavitra and Charitra. Pavitra was adopted while Charitra is his biological son. They are irresponsible, spoiled, Matric-failed, and refuse to do any work. They humiliate their father when he decides to get Charitra married to Shaila, the daughter of Advocate Vardhraj, and he asks them to leave. Shortly thereafter, Charitra returns home claiming that he had an altercation with his Pavitra and knifed him to death. Subsequently, Police Inspector Madhusudan Apte gets enough evidence to arrest Charitra. He is let go with a warning after admitting that this was a prank. Then Charitra goes on the run after the Mahabaleshwar Police find a dead body and identify it as that of Pavitra. A frantic Atal and Malti attempt to make sense of this homicide, and are eventually relieved when Pavitra is brought home by Shaila and her friend, Poonam Apte. Hilarious chaos will soon prevail when Pavitra claims that his real name is Mani and he lives in Cochin with his widowed mother. Atal is convinced that Pavitra is playing another prank, but a number of questions remain unanswered: if Pavitra is alive - what of the dead body? and exactly when and why did Pavitra decide to change his name to Mani?

02Cast

03Soundtrack

The music for the film was composed by R. D. Burman, and the lyrics were penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri. The most popular song from the film "Muthukodi Kawadi Hada" is based on "Muthukulikka Vaareergala", composed by M. S. Viswanathan for Anubavi Raja Anubavi.

Song titlePerformer (s)LengthComposer
01 "Oh Latloosh" Mehmood 00:03:14 RD Burman
02 "Lailo Shabab Aayi" Lata Mangeshkar 00:03:10 RD Burman
03 "Maaf Karo Maaf Karo" Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Mehmood 00:03:27 RD Burman
04 "Muthukodi Kawadi Hada" Asha Bhosle, Mehmood 00:03:24 RD Burman
05 "Maaf Karo Maaf Karo (Part 2)" Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Mehmood RD Burman
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