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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Charandas Chor<br />
| image = Charandas Chor, 1975.jpg<br />
| caption = Movie poster<br />
| director = [[Shyam Benegal]]<br />
| producer = [[Children's Film Society of India]]<br />
| writer = [[Shyam Benegal]] &amp; [[Shama Zaidi]] (Screen Adaptation)<br />
| story = [[Vijaydan Detha]]<br />
| based_on = {{based on|Rajasthani folk tale|[[Vijaydan Detha]]}}<br />
| starring = [[Smita Patil]], [[Lalu Ram]], [[Sunder (actor)|Sunder]]<br />
| music = Nand Kishore Mittal<br />
| cinematography = <br />
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1975|||}}<br />
| runtime = 156 min<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
}}<br />
'''Charandas Chor''' (''Charandas the Thief'') is a 1975 [[children's film]] by noted director [[Shyam Benegal]], based on the famous play by [[Habib Tanvir]], which itself was an adaptation of a classical Rajasthani folktale by [[Vijaydan Detha]]. The lyrics of the film were also by Habib Tanvir.<br />
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The film starred [[Smita Patil]], Lalu Ram, Madanlal and [[Habib Tanvir]].<br />
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==Plot==<br />
The film is derived from a classic folk tale, originally narrated by Vijaydan Detha, and interpreted as folk play by Habib Tanvir. The film charts the tumultuous life of a petty thief, Charandas (Lalu Ram). Curiously he is a man of principles – an honest thief with a strong sense of integrity and professional efficiency. He makes four vows to his Guru, that he would never eat in a gold plate, never lead a procession that is in his honour, never become a king and never marry a princess, thinking all of them are far out possibilities for him. Later, his guru adds a fifth one - never to tell a lie and sets him of on his life's journey which leads him to a kingdom, where the turn of events make him famous, and eventually he is offered the seat of political power which he has to refuse. Later, the local princess (Smita Patil) gets enchanted by him, and proposes to marry him. This is when his refusal costs him his life. As he is put to death, he illustrates the inherent paradox in human existence, where truthful existence becomes an impossibility, for the truthful and the accidentally truthfuls, alike.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* Lalu Ram <small>as</small> Charandas<br />
* [[Smita Patil]] <small>as</small> Princess<br />
* Madanlal<br />
* Fida Bhai<br />
* Sadhu Meher<br />
* [[Habib Tanvir]]<br />
* [[Anjali Paigankar]] <br />
* Sunder<br />
* Baby Dass<br />
* Babu<br />
* Kemal Kar<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0155606|title=Charandas Chor}}<br />
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120925144625/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/165791 Charandas Chor FTVdatabase]<br />
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[[Category:1975 films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Shyam Benegal]]<br />
[[Category:Indian films based on plays]]<br />
[[Category:Indian children's films]]<br />
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]<br />
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