Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar, Kishore Kumar, and Madhubala in Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958)

Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi

Movie19582h 53m
ComedyMusicalRomance
8.0 / 10(2,037)

Three woman-hating brothers face changes in their respective lifestyles when two of them fall in love.

Runtime
2h 53m
Released
1958
Country
India

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Release year: 1958

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Three woman-hating brothers face changes in their respective lifestyles when two of them fall in love.

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Kishore Kumar apparently made Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, hoping it would fail commercially. He wanted to show losses in his income, and thus avoid paying a huge income tax to the authorities. So he made two films - Lookochuri (Bengali) and Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi, and waited eagerly for them to collapse, However, both surprisingly went on to become box-office successes. Kumar was so disgusted with this that he gave Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi and all its rights to his secretary Anoop Sharma, who retained the copyright. The income tax case on Kishore Kumar was not solved even after forty years.

Kishore Kumar convinced his elder brothers Ashok Kumar and Anoop Kumar to be part of the film and also wrote a concept for his father's car which he had inherited.

Its speculated that real life romance between Kishor Kumar and Madhubala started while shooting the song Haal Kaisa Hai Janab Ka in Mahableshwar.

User reviews

8/10

A classic in the league of Marx Brothers

👍 9 · 10/9/2006
7/10

Landmark Hindi film pairing the Ganguly Brothers with the Two Most Beautiful Hindi Film Actresses

👍 4 · 9/2/2016
9/10

All time super classic hilarious movie which does not go out of style

👍 3 · 9/2/2012

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Sound mix
Mono
Color
Black and White
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