Chaalbaaz

Chaalbaaz (1989)

Twin girls Anju and Manju are separated in infancy and brought up differently. One weak, one strong. One day, they end up at each other's houses. Their lives will never be the same.

Date of release
1989-12-08
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (13)
Runtime
2h 35m
Genres
Action, Comedy, Drama
Director
Pankaj Parashar

Casting

Interesting facts

ChaalBaaz is a 1989 Indian Hindi-language slapstick film directed by Pankaj Parashar and written by Rajesh Mazumdar and Kamlesh Pandey. It stars Sunny Deol, Sridevi and Rajinikanth with Anupam Kher as the main antagonist. The film revolves around identical twin sisters Manju and Anju, who get separated at birth. Anju lives with her malicious uncle, who plans to seize her property and traumatizes her by beating her. On the other hand, Manju grows up amidst a slum environment and is a tomboy.

Production

During the processing of Jalwa (1987) at Prasad studios in Chennai, eminent producer and director L. V. Prasad happened to see the film and liked it. He told producer A. Poorna Chandra Rao to get Pankuj Parashar to make a stylish film for him. When Rao approached Pankuj, he expressed his desire to make a film with Sridevi, who was popular at that time, owing to the success of Mr. India (1987). To this, Rao readily agreed.

Sunny Deol was cast to play the role of Suraj, one of the two male leads. Sunny Deol had accepted this role as his father, Dharmendra, had done the similar role in Seeta Aur Geeta (1972) and he wanted people to remember them for that. Anil Kapoor was initially approached for the role of the second male lead - Jaggu. But he turned down the offer, fearing that Sridevi's performance in a dual role would overshadow his part.

Principal photography took place primarily in Mumbai, being handled by Manmohan Singh. Sridevi herself was very closely related with the production. Acting upon her suggestion, Pankuj decided to change the costumes every four lines, and accordingly, separate sets were prepared for the song "Mera Bemar Tera Dil".

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