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Directed by | Shakti Samanta |
Written by | Ranjan Bose Vrajendra Gaur Salil Sen Gupta |
Produced by | Shakti Samanta |
Starring | Shammi Kapoor Shakila Helen |
Cinematography | Dwarka Divecha |
Edited by | Dharamvir |
Music by | Ravi |
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Running time | 139 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
China Town is a 1962 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy thriller film directed and produced by Shakti Samanta. Written by Ranjan Bose and with music by Ravi. It is a black-and-white movie, starring Shammi Kapoor in a double role, as a gangster and his look-alike. Shakila is the leading lady, alongside Helen in a supporting role. The film was remade in Tamil as Kudiyirundha Koyil (1968), starring M. G. Ramachandran and in Telugu as Bhale Thammudu (1969), starring N. T. Rama Rao.[1] Prem Nazir 1981 Malayalam movie Theekkali was also loosely based on this movie.