Madhuchandra

1967 148’ b&w Marathi d Rajdutt pc Madhuvasant Chitra s Madhusudan Kalelkar lyr G.D. Madgulkar c Datta Gorle m N. Datta lp Kashinath Ghanekar, Uma, Shrikant Moghe, Raja Pandit, Barchi Bahadar, Nana Palsikar, Master Sachin, Raja Paranjpe

Poor hero Dinu Khare (Ghanekar) elopes with rich girlfriend Malu (Uma), using a false railway pass. Malu’s rich father searches for the missing couple but they are caught by the railway authorities and have to spend their wedding night in jail. Rajdutt’s debut is a whimsical comedy. The highlight is the hero and heroine, interned in two seperate cells in the prison, singing a love duet to each other, the hit number Madhu ithe ani chandra tithe. The film made Ghanekar, a noted stage actor, a major Marathi film star.

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