Two broke lovers fake-murder three wives to catch a real killer. Bollywood chaos, 1971 edition.
Peter (O. P. Ralhan) and Kitty (Helen) love each other, but due to Peter's poverty, they are unable to marry each other. One day, during a secret rendezvous, Peter accidentally overhear a conversation between one Mahesh Jetley and his paramour, where Mahesh tells her that he is soon going to bump off his wife on a certain date. Peter and Kitty decide to foil this man's plans. However, there are 2 problems: 1 - They have not seen Mahesh or his paramour's face. 2 - Even if they had, no one would believe their story. Hence, the lovers decide to do a little investigation on their own. They find three Mahesh Jetleys. On some snooping, they find that each man is married and each of them has a miserable married life. To find their suspect, they devise a plan whereby they will stage an attack on each man's wife. Whoever the culprit is, will freak out and his identity will be revealed.
Acting
Helen finally gets substantial screen time beyond cabaret numbers
Writing
Three identical names = comedy of errors structure with actual stakes
Costume
Peak early-70s Bombay fashion before disco fully hit
Director
O.P. Ralhan
Prem Chopra
Mahesh Jetley
Madan Puri
Mahesh Jetley
Gajanan Jagirdar
Padma's Father
Ramesh Deo
Dir. Kumar
Chandrashekhar Vaidya
Shekhar
Sonia Sahni
Seema
Helen
Kitty D'Costa
Chand Usmani
Shekhar's Wife
Tun Tun
Philomena D'Costa
D.K. Sapru
The Judge (as Sapru)
Amrish Puri
Public Prosecutor
Rammohan Sharma
Mohan (as Ram Mohan)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
O.P. Ralhan directed AND starred, casting himself opposite Helen after she'd appeared in his earlier productions strictly as dancer.
The 'three identical names' gimmick riffs on 1960s Bombay's actual upper-class naming conventions—Jetley was a real merchant caste marker.
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