Dillagi (1978 film)

Dillagi is a 1978 romantic comedy directed by Basu Chatterjee, based on the Bengali novella "Kalidas O Chemistry" by Bimal Kar. It stars Dharmendra as Swarn Kamal - a newly appointed Sanskrit professor in a girls' college. Hema Malini is a strict Chemistry lecturer (Phoolrenu) and warden of the same college.

Dillagi
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Directed by	Basu Chatterjee
Written by	Basu Chatterjee
Screenplay by	Basu Chatterjee, Keka Chatterjee
Story by	Bimal Kar
Produced by	Bikram Singh Dehal, Kanwar Ajit Singh
Starring	Dharmendra Hema Malini
Cinematography	K. K. Mahajan
Edited by	V. N. Mayekar
Music by	Rajesh Roshan Yogesh (lyrics)
Release date	1978 (1978) (India)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Synopsis

Phoolrenu has been nicknamed "carbon dioxide" and Swarnkamal is lovingly called "jijaji" by the girls. While for Swarnkamal it is love at first sight, Phoolrenu detests him due to his style of teaching the works of Mahakavi (Great Poet) Kalidas.

From the celebrations of the festival - Holi to the annual function, all attempts of Swarnkamal to win over Phoolrenu seem to be having an opposite effect. He then visits Phoolrenu during the summer vacations at her hometown of Kashipur and finally makes some headway, but Phoolrenu wants him to approach her through a proper channel by responding to her matrimonial advertisement in a newspaper.

But confusion reigns and Phoolrenu's marriage is fixed with someone else. Will Swarnkamal be able to make it to the wedding in time and clear the chaos. Watch this sublime comedy to find out.

Cast

• Dharmendra – Swarn Kamal
• Hema Malini – Phoolrenu
• Mithu Mukherjee – Geeta, English Lecturer
• Devan Verma – Gopal Krishan Choudhry
• Asrani – Ramesh
• Preeti Ganguly – Charu, Student
• Keshto Mukherjee – Tonga (horse-coach) driver
• Shatrughan Sinha – Advocate Shekhar
• Guffi Paintal – Ganesh
• Urmila Bhatt – Ramesh's mother
• Lalita Kumari – Principal
• Dulari – Ganga
• Brahmachari – Mini-bus driver
• Kajri – Usha
• Anjali Paigankar – Shobha
• Poornima Jairam

Credits

• Director – Basu Chatterjee
• Producer – Bikram Singh Dehal, Kanwar Ajit Singh
• Screenplay – Basu Chatterjee, Keka Chatterjee
• Dialogue – Basu Chatterjee
• Cinematographer – K. K. Mahajan
• Editor – V. N. Mayekar
• Art Director – Jadhav Bhattacharya
• Costumes Designer – Leena Daru, Tulsiram Nipane
• Action Director – Ravi Khanna
• Choreographer – Satyanarayan
• Music Director – Rajesh Roshan
• Lyricist – Yogesh
• Playback Singers – Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Nitin Mukesh, Suman Kalyanpur

Soundtrack

All lyrics are written by Yogesh; all music is composed by Rajesh Roshan

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Baadal To Aaye"	Lata Mangeshkar
2.	"Kar Gayi Mast Mujhe"	Kishore Kumar, Suman Kalyanpur
3.	"Main Kaun Sa Geet"	Lata Mangeshkar
4.	"Prem Hai Prem Hai"	Lata Mangeshkar, Nitin Mukesh
5.	"Rang Rejwa Tu Rang"	Kishore Kumar, Suman Kalyanpur

External links

• Dillagi at IMDb