China Town (1962 film)

China Town is a 1962 Hindi film directed by Shakti Samanta, under Shakti Films. Written by Ranjan Bose and music by Ravi. It is a blackandwhite movie, starring Shammi Kapoor in a double role, as a gangster and his lookalike. Shakila is the leading lady, alongside Helen in a supporting role. The film was remade in Tamil as Kudiyirundha Koyil 1968 starring M. G. Ramachandran, and in Telugu as Bhale Thammudu 1969 starring N. T. Rama Rao. The film Don 1978, starring Amitabh Bachchan, is believed to have borrowed some of its plot elements from this film. Don itself went on to inspire many later films about a lookalike working as an undercover agent impersonating a gangster.

Alike the movie the soundtrack also didnt have that a grand impact on the Indian Populace, but some selective songs from the albums were declared hits and a track by the name of Bar Bar Dekho by Mohammed Rafi went onto to become a classic, which is remembered and hummed still to date. The Music of the film was by Ravi and the lyrics were penned by veteran Majrooh Sultanpuri. Almost all the songs were rendered by Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle. In the movie, song Yamma Yamma Yamma and Kya teri Mehfil Hai Sanam is combined into one song and the lyrics of the latter is slightly altered.The films earned an approximate gross of million US210,000 and a nett gross of million US100,000. It was declared a semihit by Box Office India. ........

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