Sulekha is in awe of her brother-in-law Raghavendra for his intelligence. Parimal, her husband, decides to take up the challenge of fooling Raghavendra and goes to work for him as a driver.
Acting
Dharmendra's dual performance — professor brain, driver chaos.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes Sanskrit and class anxiety.
Direction
Hrishikesh Mukherjee's surgical timing in crowded scenes.
Director
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Dharmendra
Dr. Parimal Tripathi / Pyare Mohan
Sharmila Tagore
Sulekha Chaturvedi
Om Prakash
Raghavendra Sharma
Usha Kiran
Sumitra Sharma
Amitabh Bachchan
Professor Sukumar Sinha
Asrani
Prashant Kumar Shrivastav
Jaya Bachchan
Vasudha
Lily Chakravarty
Lata Shrivastav
David Abraham Cheulkar
Haripad Chaturvedi
Keshto Mukherjee
James D'Costa
Lalita Kumari
Botany Teacher
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Dharmendra's transition from action hero to comedy lead — audiences initially rejected the idea of He-Man in spectacles.
Amitabh Bachchan was so insecure about comedy that he shadowed Om Prakash for weeks; their scenes together became masterclasses in reaction timing.
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