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Kirayadar ()


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Although scores of people migrate to Bombay, from all over India, most do not even have a roof to live under. Some who are lucky manage to find accommodations but pay very high rents, and others who find accommodations refuse to vacate... See more »

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Anil Choudhury
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Jaya Abhyankar
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Kundanlal Choudhury
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Mrs. Laxmi Abhyankar
Mrinalini ...
Padma (as Minalini)
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Anil's boss
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Advocate Farid
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Advocate (as Subiraj)
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Advocate Balwant B. Desai
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Advocate Ramniklal B. Parekh (as Paintal)
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Ghanekar (as Deepak Kejriwal)
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Jaya's Boss (as Mahesh Raj)
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Choudhury's servant
Ranjana Sachdev ...
Lata
Om Sharma
Kartik Dutt
U.S. Tiwari
Raj Anand
Dev Sharma
Banke Viswanath ...
(as Banke Vishwanath)
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Anil's Neighbor (uncredited)
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Jaya's Neighbor (uncredited)
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Jaya's Neighbor (uncredited)
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Lata (uncredited)

Directed by

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Basu Chatterjee ... (as Basu Chatterji)

Written by

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Mayah Balse ... (story)
 
Basu Chatterjee ... (dialogue) (as Basu Chatterji)
 
Basu Chatterjee ... (screenplay) (as Basu Chatterji)
 
Keka Chatterjee ... (associate screenplay) (as Keka Chatterji)

Produced by

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B.R. Chopra ... producer

Music by

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Bappi Lahiri

Cinematography by

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Ajay Prabhakar ... (photography)

Editing by

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Kamal Saigal

Editorial Department

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M. Bashir ... color consultant (as M. Basheer)
Satish Patankar ... chief assistant editor
V.S. Salvi ... assistant editor (as S.V. Salvi)

Art Direction by

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Jadab Bhattacharya

Makeup Department

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R.S. Anil ... assistant makeup artist
Mahendra Chaunker ... makeup artist (as Mahendra Chaunkar)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Raj Anand ... assistant director
Vijay Kumar ... chief assistant director
Rati ... assistant director

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Shankar Zade ... assistant art director (as Shankar Jade)

Sound Department

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Arun Chakraborty ... sound recordist
S. Rao ... assistant sound
Karan Arjun Singh ... foley artist

Special Effects by

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Vijay Bhalekar ... special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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H.N. Singh ... assistant camera
Dinesh Telkar ... chief assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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S. Pyarelal ... dressman (as Pyarelal)
Chandrakant Waradkar ... dress assistant (as Chandrakant Varadkar)

Music Department

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Mohammed Aziz ... playback singer (as Munna Aziz)
Asha Bhosle ... playback singer (as Asha Bhonsle)
Hasan Kamal ... lyricist (as Hasan Kamaal)
Mahendra Kapoor ... playback singer

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Luiza Barretto ... office manager
Sebastian D'Souza ... production assistant (as Sebstian)
Gopal ... production boy
Robin Gupta ... public relations officer
D.N. Joshi ... accounts officer
Saroj Khan ... choreographer (as Saroj)
R.S. Kulkarni ... office manager
Nandlal ... production boy
Rahi ... production boy
Ravie Sonie ... production controller
Oscar Unger ... choreographer (as Vijay-Oskar)
Vasant ... production boy
Vijay-Oscar ... choreographer
Francis Xavier ... production boy

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Plot Summary

Although scores of people migrate to Bombay, from all over India, most do not even have a roof to live under. Some who are lucky manage to find accommodations but pay very high rents, and others who find accommodations refuse to vacate under any circumstances. Two such tenants are Mrs. Laxmi Abhyankar and her employed daughter, Jaya, who live in a flat in Pali Hill area. They had rented this flat from Lucknow-based Kundanlal Choudhury 15 years ago and have been paying him the same amount of Rs.500/- since then. Kundanlal's son, Anil, comes to Bombay to seek employment, and does get employed. His dad wants him to go and live with the Abhyankars, which he does. He falls in love with Jaya and both plan to get married soon. While in Lucknow, Kundanlal misses his son and re-locates to Bombay, and would like the Abhyankars to vacate the flat. Jaya and Laxmi refuse to vacate, and ask Anil to leave, which he does. Now both Anil and his father reside in a small room, and file a complaint in the local court to arrange to evict the Abhyankars, who have also sworn to fight this matter right to the very end. Watch as lawyers take over their respective lives, get their fees, and get adjournment after adjournment - leaving the Abhyankars and the Choudhurys hanging in suspense as to what is going to happen next. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)

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Trivia After about 10 years B.R.Chopra and Basu Chatterjee came together to make a film. The last film they made together was Chhoti Si Baat (1976). See more »
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