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Jigri Dost (1969)

Jigri Dost poster
Directed by
Ravikant Nagaich
Genre
comedy, drama
Country
India
Runtime
2h 32m
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A comedy about two friends who get into a series of misunderstandings and hilarious situations. The film follows their antics as they navigate love and friendship.

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What happens

Jigri Dost (transl. Best Friend) is a 1969 Hindi-language comedy film, produced by Sunderlal Nahata and Dhoondy under the Vijaya Lakhshmi Pictures banner and directed by Ravikant Nagaich. It stars Jeetendra, Mumtaz and Poonam Sinha and music composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. The heroine Komal in the movie is actually Poonam Sinha, Shatrughan Sinha's wife. The film is a remake of 1966 Kannada movie Emme Thammanna, which had earlier been remade in Telugu in 1968 as Govula Gopanna and which later went on to be remade in Tamil in 1970 as Maattukara Velan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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