Underplayed Gems

Khatta Meetha (1978)

Khatta Meetha poster
Directed by
Basu Chatterjee
Genre
comedy film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 05m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A widower and a widow with large families fall in love and decide to get married. Their children have mixed feelings about the new blended household, leading to funny and heartfelt situations.

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What happens

Khatta Meetha (English: Sweet and Sour) is a 1978 Hindi film directed by Basu Chatterjee. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Rakesh Roshan, Bindiya Goswami, Pearl Padamsee, Deven Verma, David Abraham Cheulkar, Ranjit Chowdhry, Preeti Ganguly, Pradeep Kumar and Iftekhar. The film's lyrics were written by Gulzar and music was scored by Rajesh Roshan. At the 26th Filmfare Awards, Deven Verma was nominated for Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role for the film, but won it for Chor Ke Ghar Chor. This was also the debut film of actor Ranjit Chowdhry, who later appeared in films like Basu Chatterjee's Baton Baton Mein (1979) and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Khubsoorat (1980). Contrary to popular belief, the movie isn't loosely based on the 1968 American movie Yours, Mine and Ours but is based on a Turkish film titled Bizim Aile (1975). The movie was an inspiration for the 2010 comedy Golmaal 3. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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