Victoria No. 203
| Victoria No. 203 | |
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| Directed by | Brij |
| Produced by | Brij |
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Navin Nischol Saira Banu Pran Ashok Kumar |
| Music by | Kalyanji Anandji |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Victoria No. 203 is a 1973 Hindi film produced and directed by Brij. The film stars Navin Nischol, Saira Banu, Ranjeet, Anwar Hussain, Helen. Ashok Kumar and Pran play key supporting roles and earned the Filmfare nominations for the film. The music by Kalyanji Anandji and the roles of Ashok Kumar and Pran made this a "superhit" at the box office. There was a Telugu remake titled Andaru Dongale (1974) starring Laxmi of Julie (1975) fame and Shobhan Babu and also a Tamil remake called Vairam (1974) with Jaishankar and Jayalalithaa. 1995 Kannada movie Giddu Dada is also inspired by this movie. It was remade in Bengali in 2005 as Chore Chore Mastuto Bhai. A Hindi remake of the film produced by Brij's son Kamal Sadanah was released in August 2007. The climax of this movie was reused in the cult classic comedy Andaz Apna Apna.
When Seth Durgadas steals some precious diamonds, one henchman turns traitor and decamps with the booty. The man is killed, but the diamonds are not found. A Victoria driver is wrongly sentenced to lifer since he was the last man to be seen with the dead man. Here, two crooks get the scent of the diamonds. The driver's daughter too is poised to prove her father's innocence. Durgadas's son Kumar too joins the forces after learning his true nature. Will this weird team find the diamonds? What surprises does everybody have in store for them?
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