Rang Birangi

Rang Birangi
Directed by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Produced by	Rajiv Pandya Rajvi Pictures
Written by	Ashok Rawat (dialogue)
Screenplay by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Story by	Kamleshwar
Starring	Parveen Babi Amol Palekar Deepti Naval Utpal Dutt
Music by	R.D.Burman Anand Bakshi (lyrics)
Cinematography	Jaywant Pathare
Edited by	Khan Zaman Khan
Distributed by	Shemaroo Video Pvt. Ltd. (2004, India, DVD)
Release dates	23 April 1983 (India)
Running time	180 minutes (approx) 129 minutes (DVD)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Rang 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 Dhurandhar Bhatawdekar, which won him the Filmfare Best Comedian Award for the year.

Synopsis

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.

Cast

• Parveen Babi as Nirmala Sharma 'Neema'
• Amol Palekar as Ajay Sharma
• Farooq Sheikh as Prof. Jeet Saxena
• Deepti Naval as Anita Sood
• Chhayadevi as Mrs. Bannerjee
• Utpal Dutt as ACP Dhurandhar Bhatawdekar
• Deven Verma as Ravi Kapoor, Ajay's friend
• Javed Khan as Ticket Seller in Kino
• Om Prakash - Retired Judge Ajit Bannerjee
• Raj Babbar - Himself (Guest Appearance)
• Bindiya Goswami - Herself (Guest Appearance)
• Moolchand as Actor
• Poonam as Urmi, Neema's sister
• Amol Sen as Havaldar

Crew

• Director – Hrishikesh Mukherjee
• Story – Kamleshwar
• Screenplay – Hrishikesh Mukherjee
• Dialogue – Ashok Rawat
• Producer – Rajiv Pandya
• Production Company – Rajvi Pictures
• Cinematographer – Jaywant Pathare
• Editor – Khan Zaman Khan
• Art Director – Ajit Banerjee
• Costume Designer – Xerxes Bathena
• Costume and Wardrobe – M.R. Bhutkar, Babu Ghanekar, Mohan Pardesi

Soundtrack

All music composed by Rahul Dev Burman.

Songs
No.	Title	Lyrics	Playback	Length
1.	"Duniyaa Rang Birangee Bhaiye"	Kaka Hathrasi	Manna Dey
2.	"Kabhi Kuchh Pal Jeevan ke"	Yogesh	Anuradha Paudwal, Aarti Mukherjee
3.	"O Mriganayanee Chandramukhee"	Yogesh	Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande, Faiyaz
4.	"Pyaar Karegaa Tujhe Pyaar"	Maya Govind	Sapan Chakraborty

Awards

Year	Recipient/Nominated work	Award	Result
1984	Utpal Dutt	Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role	Won

External links

• Rang Birangi at the Internet Movie Database
• Rang Birangi at Bollywood Hungama