Charandas Chor

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Charandas Chor
Directed by	Shyam Benegal
Produced by	Children's Film Society of India
Written by	Vijaydan Detha (org. story) Shyam Benegal & Shama Zaidi (Screen Adaptation)
Starring	Smita Patil, Lalu Ram, Sunder
Music by	Nand Kishore Mittal
Release date(s)	1975
Running time	156 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi
IMDb profile

Charandas Chor (Charandas the Thief) is 1975 children's film made by noted director Shyam Benegal, based of the famous play by Habib Tanvir, which itself was an adaptation of a classical Rajasthani folktale by Vijaydan Detha. Lyrics of the film were also by Habib Tanvir.

The film starred, Smita Patil, Lalu Ram, Madanlal and Habib Tanvir.

Contents 1 Synopsis 2 Cast 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Synopsis

The film is derived from a classic folk tale, originally narrated by Vijaydan Detha, and interpreted as folk play by Habib Tanvir. The film charts the tumultuous life of a petty thief, Charandas (Lalu Ram), who makes four vows to his Guru, that he would never to eat in a gold plate, never to lead a procession that is in his honour, never to become a king and never to marry a princess, thinking all of them are far out possibilities for him. Later, his guru adds a fifth one - never to tell a lie and sets him of on his life's journey which leads him to a kingdom, where the turn of events make him famous, and eventually he is offered the seat of political power which he has to refuse. Later, the local princess (Smita Patil) gets enchanted by him, and proposes to marry him. This is when his refusal costs him his life. As he is put to death, he illustrates the inherent paradox in human existence, where truthful existence becomes an impossiblilty, for the truthful and the accidentally truthfuls, alike.

[edit] Cast

• Lalu Ram
• Smita Patil
• Madanlal
• Sadhu Meher
• Habib Tanvir
• Sunder
• Baby Dass
• Babu
• Kemal Kar
• Raj ^[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Charandas Chor at the Internet Movie Database
• Charandas Chor FTVdatabase

v • d • e Films directed by Shyam Benegal Ankur  (1974) • Charandas Chor  (1975) • Nishant  (1975) • Manthan  (1976) • Bhumika  (1977) • Kondura  (1978) • Junoon  (1978) • Anugraham  (1978) • Kalyug  (1980) • Arohan  (1982) • Mandi  (1983) • Trikaal  (1985) • Susman  (1987) • Antarnaad  (1991) • Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda  (1993) • Mammo  (1994) • Sardari Begum  (1996) • The Making of the Mahatma  (1996) • Samar  (1999) • Hari-Bhari  (2000) • Zubeidaa  (2001) • Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose: The Forgotten Hero  (2005) • Mahadev Ka Sajjanpur  (2008)