Shaukeen

Shaukeeen
Directed byBasu Chatterjee
Written bySamaresh Basu
Screenplay byBasu Chatterjee
Produced byDevika Mitar
StarringAshok Kumar
Utpal Dutt
A.K. Hangal
Mithun Chakraborty
Rati Agnihotri
Music byR.D.Burman
Yogesh (lyrics)
Production
company
Senmit Movie Visuals
Release date
  • 23 April 1982 (1982-04-23)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Shaukeen (transl.Enthusiast) is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Basu Chatterjee based on story Ram Nam Kewalam by Samaresh Basu.[1][2] The movie stars Ashok Kumar, Utpal Dutt, A.K. Hangal, Rati Agnihotri and Mithun Chakraborty.[3][4]

Basu Chaterjee loved the song Nitol Paye Rinik Jhinik sung and composed by S. D. Burman since childhood and requested S.D.'s son R. D. Burman to compose song Jab Bhi Koi using same tune in the film. The movie based on the story of Samaresh Basu[5] and was loosely based on the 1962 American movie Boys' Night Out.

  1. ^ "Shaukeen (1981)". Indiancine.ma. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  2. ^ Gulazāra; Nihalani, Govind; Chatterjee, Saibal (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.
  3. ^ Ramnath, Nandini (7 November 2014). "'The Shaukeens' review: Three dirty old men meet their match in Akshay Kumar". Scroll.in. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Basu Chatterjee: The God of small films". filmfare.com. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Samaresh Basu Birth Anniversary: Here Are 5 Films Based on His Novels". News18. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2021.