New Delhi. Big eyes, hard mustache and serious voice… Oh do not go on it, we are talking about the magician Utpal Dutt, who tickled with amazing comic timing. If you are looking for comedy films on OTT, then today we are going to tell you those 5 films of Utpal Dutt, which you will be lost.
Utpal Dutt used to bring a smile on the audience’s face by giving a wonderful comic touch. Even today, after taking the name of a comedy film, his film ‘Golmaal’ comes first and people smile like this. March 29 is Dutt’s 96th birth anniversary, let’s take a look at his tickling films…
Utpal Dutt made his film debut with the Bengali film ‘Michael Madhusudhan’. After this, he may have done less films in Hindi too, but in every film he left such an impression of his acting, which is indelible. In this list, ‘Golmaal’ is at number one, then films like ‘Shaukeen’, ‘soft-hot’, ‘Koi se nahana’ and ‘Angoor’ are included.
1. Golmaal (Prime Video): ‘Golmaal hai bhai sab golmaal hai…’ One of the most spectacular films of Utpal Dutt’s career is ‘Gol Matra’, which was directed by Rishikesh Mukherjee. The film, released in 1979, puts the story of two characters named Bhavani (Utpal Dutt) and Ram Prasad (Amol Palekar) on screen. Bhavani is rich, but he hates such boys who live in a modern way and in Ayyashi. Through this film, Dutt made the audience laugh so much that he would not be much to call him ‘Comedy King’. At the same time, Amol Palekar was seen in a double role in the film. The film also stars Amol Palekar and Bindia Goswami in the lead roles along with Utpal Dutt.
2. Shaukeen (prime video): Jawani is for him, who is young… Now Bari Hai Utpal Dutt’s second film ‘Shaukeen’, the 1982 film was directed by Basu Chatterjee. The story of three such elders, whose weaknesses live and they laugh a lot in this circle. The film stars Ashok Kumar, AK Hangal, Mithun Chakraborty and Rati Agnihotri in the lead roles along with Utpal Dutt.
3. No one to say (prime video): Utpal Dutt once again came out to make the audience laugh and entertained the audience with the character of his ‘Kailash Pati’. The film ‘Koi Se Na Kehna’, directed by Rishikesh Mukherjee, was released in 1983. In this film, Dutt played the role of a father who wants to get a son married to a girl who is illiterate and does not know English, but the boy (Farooq Sheikh) falls in love with a educated girl Ramola (Deepti Naval). In the film, many fun events happen under the guise of truth. In ‘Kisi Se Se Kehna’, Utpal Dutt along with Deepti Naval, Farukh Sheikh Saeed Jafri and many other artists are in important roles.
4. Soft hot (prime video): If it comes to Utpal Dutt and comedy, then how can the ‘soft Garam’ released in the year 1981 be forgotten. The film is the story of Kusum (Swaroop Sampat) and his father Vishnu Prasad (AK Hangal), who reinforces the local moneylender for not repaying the loan and helps Ramprasad (Amol Palekar), who loves Kusum. In the film, Utpal Dutt played an old landowner. His comic timing was well liked in the film. In ‘Narm Garam’, many artists including Utpal Dutt are in important roles including Amol Palekar, Shatrughan Sinha, Swaroop Sampat, AK Hangal, Swaroop Aggarwal.
5. Grape (Prime Video): The film ‘Angoor’ inspired by William Shakespeare’s play ‘A Comedy of Aerrs’ was released in the year 1982, in which Utpal Dutt laughed with Sanjeev Kumar and Deven Verma. The film stars Sanjeev Kumar and Deven Verma in a dual role and Dutt played his father’s role. The film showing the story of twin children was directed by famous lyricist Gulzar.