Chitchor

Name: Chitchor
Director: Basu Chatterjee
Released: 1976-01-01

1976 Hindi romantic musical film directed by Basu Chatterjee

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Also known as Chit Chor

Released: 1976
Director: Basu Chatterjee
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Screenwriter: Basu Chatterjee
Producer: Tarachand Barjatya
Cast: Amol Palekar
, Zarina Wahab
Runtime: 105 min
Genre: musical film
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, drama film
, romantic comedy film
Country of origin: India

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Chitchor is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film, written and directed by Basu Chatterjee. The film is a Rajshri Productions film produced by Tarachand Barjatya. It is based on a Bengali story, Chittachakor by Subodh Ghosh. K. J. Yesudas and Master Raju won the National Film Awards 1976 for Best Male Playback Singer and Best Child Artist respectively. The film was remade in Telugu as Ammayi Manasu, in Malayalam as Minda Poochakku Kalyanam and in Tamil as Ullam Kavarntha Kalvan. It was also an inspiration for the 1997 Bengali film Sedin Chaitramas and the 2003 film Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon.

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Director of photography: K. K. Mahajan
Title: चितचोर
Color: color
Part of: Middle Cinema Films
Distribution format: video on demand

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