indian cinema heritage foundation

Sign In

If you have already registered with us!

Don’t have an account?

Create your account

Sign Up

Already registered?

Encyclopedia

On This Day

12 May, 1907

Cinemaazi remembers Vijay Bhatt on his birth anniversary.

12 May, 1930

Cinemaazi remembers Iqbal Qureshi on his birth anniversary

12 May, 1979

Cinemaazi remembers Kalpana on her death anniversary

Search Cinemaazi

films

Hulchul (1971)

O P Ralhan

Subscribe to read full article

This section is for paid subscribers only. Our subscription is only $37/- for one full year.
You get unlimited access to all paid section and features on the website with this subscription.

Subscribe now

Not ready for a full subscription?

You can access this article for $2, and have it saved to your account for one year.

Pay Now

Release Date1971
GenreThriller, Comedy
FormatColour
LanguageHindi
Run Time149 min
Length4525.98 meters
Number of Reels17 reels
Gauge35mm
Censor RatingU
Censor Certificate Number63457-Mumbai
Certificate Date18/06/1971
Shooting LocationR.K. Studios, Bombay

297 views

This is the story of the great commotion created in the mind of young Peter, when on a welding job at night he hears a woman sobbing. Her companion tries to sooth her with the promise that he would murder his wife shortly and make her his wife Mrs. Mahesh Jaitly. Immediately Peter runs after the mysterious voices but is unable to catch them.

Kind-hearted Peter is unable to remain indifferent to the calamity about to befall the hapless wife. He remembers the man's name and that he has a telephone, but finds three Mahesh Jaitlys listed in the Telephone Directory. He rings up and warns all the three wives and thereby throws a bombshell in three homes.

Padma the middle-aged paralytic wife of Dr. Mahesh Jaitly suddenly believes that her husband would do away with her for the same of his beautiful lady assistant.

Laxmi the unsophisticated and devoted wife of second Mahesh Jaitly- a fashion publicist thinks that as she is barren her husband would like to marry his gorgeous Secretary.
The third Mahesh Jaitly is a dashing handsome youngman married to filmstar Seema. On receiving the warning she too believes that she is a likely victim of her husband because she has recently transferred all her wealth to his name.

Peter and his pretty fiancee Kitty are determined to catch the killer, and as the amateur sleuths set out on their investigation in various disguises the screen rocks with mirthquake on a scale that will bring joy and new dimension to motion picture entertainment... that's HULCHUL..........HULCHUL the commotion that is absolutely novel and entertaining.

[From the official press booklet]