Ek Phool Char Kaante

Ek Phool Char Kante
Directed by	Bhappi Sonie
Starring	Sunil Dutt Waheeda Rehman
Music by	Shankar Jaikishan
Release date	1960
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Ek Phool Char Kante is a 1960 Hindi film directed by Bhappi Sonie in his directorial debut. The film stars Sunil Dutt, Waheeda Rehman, Johnny Walker, Gopi and Tun Tun. The films music is by Shankar Jaikishan.

The film included the famous song "Matwali Naar Thumak Thumak Chali Jaaye".

Salman Khan, Karishma Kapoor starrer Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge was a remake of this film. Story of Ek Phool Char Kante is inspired by Susanna Centlivre's play A Bold Stroke for a Wife.

The film is a light-hearted comic love story, wherein Sunil Dutt falls in love with a 'phool' (flower) Waheeda Rehman but has to impress her four uncles, the 'kante' (thorns) of the title. Each uncle has a different idiosyncrasy and Sunil Dutt pretends to be an expert in that field in order to impress that particular uncle. The four uncles select their protégé for their niece, not knowing that each is selecting the same boy. When the boy whom they have approved disappears, they agree to marry their niece off to her choice, who is Sunil Dutt again.

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