Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke

Hum Panchhi Ek Dal Ke

1957 · ★ 9.0 · Drama

Rajendra Mehra is the only child of Rai Bahadur Kailalshnath, and studies in a school along with Nandu, Mehmood, Chatpat, Guru, and others. He decides to go on an outing with them, incurring the anger of his dad, who at first sends his servant, Dhamu, to bring him back. When Dhamu fails, he sends Mirza Usman, and when Mirza too fails to bring Rajendra home, Kailashnath himself sets out himself, but when he reaches them, he finds that the children have already left for home. Angered at his son for mixing with poor students, he decides to remove him from the school and have him taught at home - and the person he has recruited is none other than Shaktimaan Singh - a Circus Ringmaster. The question remains will Shaktimaan be able to appropriately discipline Rajendra?

Directed by P.L. Santoshi · Written by K.A. Narayan

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Master Romi Rajendra Nath Mehra
Satish Vyas Nandu
Daisy Irani Chatpat
Achala Sachdev Prema Mehra
Murad Rai Bahadur Kailash Nath Mehra
Jagdeep Mehmood

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