Rang Birangi

Rang Birangi
Rang Birangi
Directed by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Written by	Ashok Rawat (dialogue)
Screenplay by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Story by	Kamleshwar
Produced by	Rajeev Pandya; Rajvi Pictures
Starring	Parveen Babi ; Amol Palekar ; Farooque Shaikh ; Deepti Naval ; Utpal Dutt
Cinematography	Jaywant Pathare
Edited by	Khan Zaman Khan
Music by	R.D.Burman
Release date	23 April 1983;
Running time	180 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Last updated October 19, 2025

Rang Birangi (colorful) is a 1983 Hindi film, based on a story by the Hindi writer Kamleshwar, and directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee.^[1] This comedy classic is most remembered for the Utpal Dutt's role of ACP Dhurandhar Bhatawdekar, which won him the Filmfare Best Comedian Award for the year.^[2]

Synopsis

Ajay Sharma is a very successful entrepreneur who has now transformed into a workaholic and is seen ignoring his wife of seven years, Nirmala. Enter Ravi Kapoor, a friend of Ajay who notices Nirmala's loneliness and decides to fix things by rekindling the spark in their life. Thus starts a hilarious comedy involving Ajay's secretary, Anita, and her boyfriend, Jeet.

Cast

Amol Palekar as Ajay Sharma
Parveen Babi as Nirmala Sharma
Farooque Shaikh as Professor Jeet Saxena
Deepti Naval as Anita Sood
Utpal Dutt as Police Inspector Dhurandhar Bhatawdekar
Deven Verma as Ravi Kapoor
Javed Khan
Om Prakash as Retired Judge
Chhaya Devi as Mrs. Banerjee
Raj Babbar as Himself (Guest appearance)
Bindiya Goswami as Herself (Guest appearance)
Amol Sen as Havaldar
Poonam as Neema's sister

Soundtrack

All music is composed by Rahul Dev Burman.

Songs
No.	Title	Lyrics	Singers
1.	"Duniyaa Rang Birangee Bhaiye"	Kaka Hathrasi	Manna Dey
2.	"O Mriganayanee Chandramukhee"	Yogesh	Dr. Vasantrao Deshpande, Faiyaz
3.	"Kabhi Kuchh Pal Jeevan ke"	Yogesh	Anuradha Paudwal, Aarti Mukherjee
4.	"Pyaar Karegaa Tujhe Pyaar"	Maya Govind	Sapan Chakraborty

Awards


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1984	Utpal Dutt	Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role	Won

References

↑ Hungama, Bollywood (January 1983). "Rang Birangi". Bollywood Hungama . Retrieved 16 December 2022.
↑ Hungama, Bollywood. "Utpal Dutt". Bollywood Hungama . Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

External links

Rang Birangi at IMDb
Rang Birangi at Bollywood Hungama

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[1] Hungama, Bollywood (January 1983). "Rang Birangi". Bollywood Hungama . Retrieved 16 December 2022.

[2] Hungama, Bollywood. "Utpal Dutt". Bollywood Hungama . Archived from the original on 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022.

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