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Safed Jhooth

1977 film by Basu Chatterjee

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ7398554 ↗
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Safed Jhooth is a 1977 Bollywood comedy drama film, starring Ashok Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Mithu Mukherjee in lead roles and directed by Basu Chatterjee. The movie is a remake of the 1975 Bengali film Chhutir Phandey.

Cast

Ashok Kumar as Baldev Raj Gulati

Vinod Mehra as Vinod Thakur

Mithu Mukherjee as Anita Thakur / Vinodini Gulati "Veenu"

Deven Verma as Sulaiman

Pradeep Kumar as R. S. Prakash (Special Appearance)

Amol Palekar as Amol Palekar / Ramu (Special Appearance)

Vidya Sinha as Kamla Gulati (Special Appearance)

Songs

The music of the film was composed by Shyamal Mitra and lyrics by Yogesh.

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The public source identifies “Safed Jhooth” as 1977 film by Basu Chatterjee. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Safed, Jhooth and film.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1977, 1975—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1977-01-01. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Safed, Jhooth and film providing the first useful test.
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Reception evidence should be dated and situated: later canonical status may differ sharply from the work’s initial circulation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7398554. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1977 and 1975.

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