Kotwal Saab (1977)

Interesting facts

Kotwal Saab is a 1977 Bollywood drama action film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. An Amiya Arts production, it was produced by Pawan Kumar and had story by Bimal Dutt, with dialogue by Rahi Masoom Reza. The music director and lyricist was Ravindra Jain. The main stars were Shatrughan Sinha and Aparna Sen with a supporting cast consisting of Utpal Dutt, Asrani, David, Raza Murad, Sudhir and Ritu Kamal.

Production

While directing Kotwal Saab Mukherjee had already faced failure at the box-office with Alaap (1977), which starred Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha. Mukherjee's health had started deteriorating and he was unable to give his full attention to the film making process. In Film World Vol 14, T. M.

Hrishikesh Mukherjee cast Shatrughan Sinha in the title role of a police officer. Sinha had switched from playing his trade-mark "slick and polished" negative character roles in the mid-1970s, to play the main hero. His "flamboyant villain" roles had his popularity "soaring high" with the audiences.

Aparna Sen, a Bengali film actress, had acted in two Hindi films earlier, Vishwas (1969) directed by Kewal P. Kashyap co-starring Jeetendra, and Imaan Dharam (1977) opposite Shashi Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan, directed by Desh Mukherji. She was not at ease doing the roles and the films fared poorly at the box-office. According to S. K. Pal in the chapter on Sen titled "Feminist Consciousness in Aparna Sen's Film" in N. D. R.

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