Fakira | |
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Directed by | C.P. Dixit |
Written by | S. M. Abbas R.K. Bannerjee Dhruva Chatterjee |
Produced by | N.N. Sippy |
Starring | Shashi Kapoor Shabana Azmi Asrani Aruna Irani Danny Dengzongpa Iftekhar |
Cinematography | Fali Mistry |
Edited by | Waman B. Bhosle Gurudutt Shirali |
Music by | Ravindra Jain |
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Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Box office | ₹5 crore[1] |
Fakira is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language crime action film produced by N.N. Sippy and directed by C.P. Dixit. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Shabana Azmi, Asrani, Aruna Irani, Danny Denzongpa, Asit Sen, Ramesh Deo and Madan Puri. The music is by Ravindra Jain. The film became a box office hit and emerged as the 6th highest grossing film of the year.[2][3] The film's team of producer (N.N. Sippy), cast (Shashi Kapoor, Asrani, Danny Denzongpa, Madan Puri) and music composer (Ravindra Jain) had teamed together before for the box office hit Chor Machaye Shor (1974). Fakira was later remade into the Telugu film Dongalaku Donga (1978).