Chachi 420

Chachi 420 (1997)

चाची ४२०

In order to see his little girl more often, a divorcee disguises himself as an old lady and gets a job as his own daughter's caretaker. A Hindi remake of the 1996 Tamil film "Avvai Shanmugi," which is itself a remake of the Hollywood film "Mrs. Doubtfire."

Date of release
1997-12-19
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (84)
Runtime
2h 45m
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Family
Director
Kamal Haasan

Casting

Interesting facts

Chachi 420 is a 1997 Indian Hindi-language comedy film, co-written, produced and directed by Kamal Haasan. The film is an official remake of the 1996 Tamil film Avvai Shanmugi, which itself was an adaptation of the 1993 film Mrs. Doubtfire starring Robin Williams. The film stars Haasan and Nassar along with Tabu, Amrish Puri, Om Puri, Johnny Walker, Paresh Rawal, Rajendranath Zutshi, Ayesha Jhulka and Fatima Sana Shaikh.

Production

In 1997, Kamal initially chose noted ad-film maker Shantanu Sheorey to direct the Hindi remake of Avvai Shanmughi, then titled Chikni Chachi. But unhappy with the complaints after five days of shoot and after checking the actual result, he took over as director. Actress Ashwini Bhave also left the film after the shoot began, and was replaced by Ayesha Jhulka.

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