China Town is a 1962 Hindi film directed by Shakti Samanta, under Shakti Films. Written by Ranjan Bose and music by Ravi. It is a black and white movie, starring Shammi Kapoor in a double role, as a gangster and his look-alike. Shakila is the leading lady, alongside Helen in a supporting role. The film became a "semi-hit" at the box-office. The film was remade in Tamil as Kudiyiruntha Kovil starring M. G. Ramachandran, and in Telugu as Bhale Thammudu (1969) starring N. T. Rama Rao.

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  • China Town is a 1962 Hindi film directed by Shakti Samanta, under Shakti Films. Written by Ranjan Bose and music by Ravi. It is a black and white movie, starring Shammi Kapoor in a double role, as a gangster and his look-alike. Shakila is the leading lady, alongside Helen in a supporting role. The film became a "semi-hit" at the box-office. The film was remade in Tamil as Kudiyiruntha Kovil starring M. G. Ramachandran, and in Telugu as Bhale Thammudu (1969) starring N. T. Rama Rao. The more popular film Don (1978), starring Amitabh Bachchan, is believed to have borrowed some of its plot elements from this film. Don itself went on to inspire many later films about a lookalike working as an undercover agent impersonating a gangster.
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  • Dwarka Divecha
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  • India
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  • Dharamvir
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  • Hindi
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  • China Town
  • Don (1978 film)
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  • Shakti Samanta
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  • 138 minutes
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  • Ranjan Bose Vrajendra Gaur Salil Sen Gupta
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  • China Town is a 1962 Hindi film directed by Shakti Samanta, under Shakti Films. Written by Ranjan Bose and music by Ravi. It is a black and white movie, starring Shammi Kapoor in a double role, as a gangster and his look-alike. Shakila is the leading lady, alongside Helen in a supporting role. The film became a "semi-hit" at the box-office. The film was remade in Tamil as Kudiyiruntha Kovil starring M. G. Ramachandran, and in Telugu as Bhale Thammudu (1969) starring N. T. Rama Rao.
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  • China Town (film)
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