| Chitchor | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Basu Chatterjee |
| Screenplay by | Basu Chatterjee |
| Based on | Chittachakor by Subodh Ghosh |
| Produced by | Tarachand Barjatya |
| Starring | Amol Palekar Zarina Wahab |
| Cinematography | K. K. Mahajan |
| Edited by | Mukhtar Ahmed |
| Music by | Ravindra Jain |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Ultra Distributors |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Chitchor (transl. Heart Stealer) is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film, written and directed by Basu Chatterjee. The film is a Rajshri Productions film produced by Tarachand Barjatya. It is based on a Bengali story, Chittachakor by Subodh Ghosh.[1] K. J. Yesudas and Master Raju won the National Film Awards 1976 for Best Male Playback Singer and Best Child Artist respectively. The film was remade in Telugu as Ammayi Manasu , in Malayalam as Minda Poochakku Kalyanam and in Tamil as Ullam Kavarntha Kalvan. It was also an inspiration for the 1997 Bengali film Sedin Chaitramas and the 2003 film Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon.[2]
- ^ Gulzar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 337. ISBN 81-7991-066-0.
- ^ "What Sooraj Barjatya wanted to with Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon, Basu Chatterjee had achieved in Chitchor". The Indian Express. 22 October 2022. Archived from the original on 22 October 2022.