Rickshawala

Rickshawala
Rickshawala
	Poster
Directed by	K. Shankar
Starring	Randhir Kapoor; Neetu Singh; Mala Sinha; Pran;
Music by	R. D. Burman
Release date	24 August 1973;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Rickshawala (transl. The Rickshaw Man) is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language film starring Randhir Kapoor, Neetu Singh and Mala Sinha and directed by K. Shankar and Produced by R M Veerappan under his noted Sathya Movies banner. It was Neetu Singh's first film in lead role. It was remake of the 1971 Tamil film Rickshawkaran.

Cast edit

Randhir Kapoor as Gopi
Neetu Singh as Kiran
Mala Sinha as Parvati
Pran as Kailash
Mohan Choti as Kabira Rickshaw driver
Anwar Hussain (actor) as Madan
Ranjeet as Murli
Sujit Kumar as Manohar
Lalita Desai (alias Ashoo) as Shanti
Sunder (actor) as Chacha
Poornam Viswanathan as Chief Justice

Production edit

Rickshawala is a remake of the 1971 Tamil film Rickshawkaran,^[1] and was Neetu Singh's first film as the lead heroine.^[2]

Soundtrack edit

The song 'Rampur ka vasi hoon main' is played by the band in wedding procession scene. This song is originally picturized on Randhir Kapoor, in the film 'Rampur ka Laxman (1972), music by RD Burman'

In another scene, the soundtrack of another RD Burman song 'Dum maro Dum' is played.

Song	Singer
"Kai Tarah Ki Hansi Hoti Hai"	Kishore Kumar
"Maine Kaha Zid Chhod De, Dupatta Mod De Besharam"	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
"Phoolon Ki Duniya Se, Taron Ki Duniya Mein"	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle
"Main Ghazab Ki Cheez Hoon"	Asha Bhosle
"Main Haseen Hoon"	Asha Bhosle

Trivia edit

The scene of Madras cycle rickshaw race was shot in Anna nagar area of Madras (now Chennai). The famous Tower of Anna Nagar Tower Park can be seen in the background. Napier bridge and Anna Swimming Pool are also visible during the song "Maine Kaha Zid Chhod De".