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Shoukheen (in Bengali; ), also known as Shaukeen, is a 1982 Indian bilingual comedy film simultaneously shot in Bengali and Hindi languages, directed by Basu Chatterjee. Based on story Ram Nam Kewalam by Samaresh Basu and was loosely based on the 1962 American movie ''Boys' Night Out''. The movie stars Ashok Kumar, Utpal Dutt, A.K. Hangal, Rati Agnihotri and Mithun Chakraborty.

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Three friends, in their 60s, try to do everything that they couldn't do in their younger days - before death arrives.

Released: 1982-04-16127 minDir: Basu ChatterjeeComedy

Cast

  • A.K. Hangal as Indrasen
  • Utpal Dutt as Jagdishbhai
  • Rati Agnihotri as Anita
  • Mithun Chakraborty as Ravi Anand
  • Ashok Kumar as Om Prakash Chaudhary
  • Gita Siddharth as Anuradha Devi

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Ratings

IMDb

7.2/10

602 votes

Year
1982
Runtime
127 min
Genres
Comedy

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Plot
  • Cast
  • Songs
  • Awards
  • Remakes
  • References
  • External links

Shoukheen (in Bengali; ), also known as Shaukeen, is a 1982 Indian bilingual comedy film simultaneously shot in Bengali and Hindi languages, directed by Basu Chatterjee. Based on story Ram Nam Kewalam by Samaresh Basu and was loosely based on the 1962 American movie ''Boys' Night Out. The movie stars Ashok Kumar, Utpal Dutt, A.K. Hangal, Rati Agnihotri and Mithun Chakraborty.

Basu Chaterjee loved the song Nitol Paye Rinik Jhinik'' sung and composed by S. D. Burman since childhood and requested S. D.'s son R. D. Burman to compose song Jab Bhi Koi using same tune in the film.

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