Phatichar

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Phatichar
Written byAnil Chaudhary
Directed byAnil Chaudhary
Starring Pankaj Kapur
Music bySharang Dev
Original language(s) Hindi
No. of seasons1
Production
Producer(s)Indu Prakash
CinematographySunil Sharma
Editor(s)Gajendra Singh
Release
Original network DD National
Original release1991

Phatichar (translation: poor, wearing tattered clothes) is an Indian television series on Doordarshan in 1991, starring Pankaj Kapur [1] in the title role. His character lived in a cement pipe and the show portrayed, in a bitter-sweet manner, the life of the disadvantaged living on the margins.

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This is a black humor telecasted as TV series in Doordarshan, written and directed by Anil Chaudhary. Sharang Dev was the music director. The catch phrase of the show was "Arre yaar phatichar, tu itna emotional kyun hain?" [2]

Plot

Writer Ajit Vachhani (Character has the same name of the actor) gets a project from the renowned publisher Paul to write his biography. But before he could finish the writing the character runs away from the unfinished novel. The character got the name “Phatichar” given by a bell boy in a hotel. By accident Phatichar gets involved with a poor family of a blind sister a dwarf brother and their drunkard uncle. He started living in a water pipe of municipality. While living with this family he comes to know about harsh reality of the life of a common man. He becomes concern and worried about this despondency of poor people. He tries to solve these in his candid but comical way.

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