In order to prevent honest Ramchandra from being elected as Mayor, Digvijay Singh alias Dharamdas sets his men upon him, his son, Ram Kumar, and his wife, all in vain, as Ramchandra wins. Shortly after his election, Ramchandra is framed and is forced to quit office after a scandal, and he hangs himself. Ram, his mom, and his sister, Chanda, re-locate and are not heard from again. Then a young man, Prince Chandrashekar from Johanneburg, South Africa, surfaces, claims he is a multi-millionaire, and would like to go into business with Digvijay Singh. This Prince also meets with Digvijay's sister and friend, Renuka, and Manju respectively and has an on-going affair with both at the same time. Digvijay is not happy with what's going on, and he asks his men to investigate the background of this Prince, and what they find will change Digvijay's life forever.
Acting
Bachchan's triple-role commitment to increasingly absurd disguises.
Costume
The South African prince aesthetic: safari suits and questionable accents.
Direction
Deven Verma's only directorial venture—pure unfiltered id.
Director
Deven Verma
Amitabh Bachchan
Ram Kumar Chandra / Prince Chandrashekar
Sharmila Tagore
Renuka / Monica
Bindu Desai
Manju
Amjad Khan
Digvijay Singh / Dharamdas
A.K. Hangal
Ramchandra
Nirupa Roy
Mrs. Ramchandra
Iftekhar
Police Commissioner
Imtiaz Khan
Tony
Jagdish Raj
Pandey
Jayshree Talpade
Rosie
Deven Verma
Laxman / Laxman's Father / Laxman's Mother
Urmila Bhatt
Rosy
Mohan Choti
Ram's Friend
Dhumal
Mukhiya
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Deven Verma, legendary comic actor, directed exactly ONE film in his entire career—and it's this glorious mess.
The 'foreign returned millionaire' trope peaked here—South Africa standing in for vague Western wealth and moral looseness that 70s Bollywood loved to exploit.
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