Chhupa Rustam

About the film

Chhupa Rustam (transl. Dark horse) is a 1973 Hindi romantic film produced and directed by Vijay Anand. The film stars Dev Anand, Hema Malini, Vijay Anand, Bindu, Premnath, Prem Chopra, Ajit in pivotal roles. The music is by S. D. Burman.

Plot

The Government of India granted Rs.50,000/- to Professor Harbanslal to conduct a study in the mountains bordering Tibet with India, called the Nangla Project. Harbanslal is sure that within these ice-capped mountains lies an entire temple made of pure gold. When Vikram Singh and his son, Bahadur, find out about the Nangla Project, they abduct Harbanslal in order to force him to reveal the exact location of this temple, in vain though and end up killing him. Having failed in this venture, they kidnap the wife and son of multi-millionaire Rajendra Jain and demand that he get Bahadur married to his daughter, Ritu. Rajendra discusses this matter with Ritu, and Ritu is ready and willing to do anything for her mother and brother. Rajendra hesitates, and soon he receives his wife's thumb in the mail. Losing no time, Rajendra and Ritu make arrangements for the marriage and communicate accordingly with the kidnappers. Soon a wedding date is fixed, however, things do not go as planned as Ritu is abducted by a man called Natwarlal and taken to his hideout. While driving there, their car breaks down and they are forced to take a lift from Jimmy Fernandes, albeit at gunpoint. Jimmy drops them off at an isolated spot, leaving Natwarlal to work out the details of getting the ransom money from Rajendra. Before that could happen, Jimmy shows up and abducts Ritu. With his wife and son still held…

Crew

Writer - Vijay Anand, Kaushal Bharati, Suraj Sanim

Editor - Vijay Anand, Babu Sheikh (associate), Ashok Bandekar (assistant), Achyut Gupte (color)

Assistant Director - Premnath Junior, Prem Prakash, Somnath Rangroo

Soundtrack

S. D. Burman held the role of music director, collaborating with associate composer Meera Dev Burman and working alongside lyricists Neeraj for four songs and Vijay Anand for three songs. The song "Dheere Se Jana Khatiyan Mein" was listed at #9 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1973.

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