Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya

Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya (transl. This is just amazing) is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language film directed by T. Rama Rao. It stars Kamal Haasan in a double role, with Poonam Dhillon in the lead roles and is a remake of his own acted Tamil film Sattam En Kaiyil (1978).^[1]

Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya
Promotional poster
Directed by	T. Rama Rao
Written by	Rahi Masoom Reza (dialogue)
Screenplay by	Jayant Dharmadhikar
Story by	T. N. Balu
Based on	Sattam En Kaiyil (Tamil)
Produced by	P. Mallikharjuna Rao
Starring	Kamal Haasan Poonam Dhillon
Cinematography	M. Kannappa
Edited by	Krishnaswamy Balu
Music by	R. D. Burman
Production company	Bharati International
Release date	29 October 1982 (1982-10-29)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Plot

Rasik Bihari Saxena (Om Shivpuri) a corrupt lawyer sends the child of thief Shankar Chander (Satyen Kappu) to juvenile-jail for committing murder. Shankar abducts one of Rasik's twin children from hospital after their birth. Shankar keeps this boy with him and names him Ratan (Kamal Haasan), Shankar's wife Shanta (Kumud Bole) nurtures Ratan. Shankar teaches Ratan how to steal money, good things etc. from people. On the other hand, Rasik's child is now an adult and his name is Ajay Saxena (also Kamal Haasan), he has studied abroad and married a foreign girl. Rasik doesn't like the foreigner girl, seeing this, angers Ajay and he leaves home. Ajay is arrested for being guilty of killing a girl named Ruby Gupta. Knowing this, Shankar tells Ratan to go to Rasik's home and to pretend to be Ajay, Ratan abides by his father. At the end of this film Rasik's wife Laxmi (Ashalata Wabgaonkar) understands that both of the same looking boys (Ratan and Ajay) are actually her own sons.

Cast

• Kamal Haasan as Ratan Chandar / Ajay Saxena (Double Role)
• Poonam Dhillon as Priya Singh
• Vijay Arora as Advocate Mahesh Chandar
• Ranjeet as Chandru Singh
• Om Shivpuri as Advocate Rasik Bihari Saxena
• Ashalata Wabgaonkar as Laxmi Saxena
• Satyen Kappu as Shankar Chandar
• Kumud Bole as Shanta Chandar
• Suresh Chatwal as Auditorium Manager
• Raj Mehra as Mohan Singh
• Dina Pathak as Durga Singh
• Shashikala as Guest Appearance
• Tun Tun as Guest Appearance

Release

The film was released on 29 October 1982. It was a box office success and had a theatrical run of 175 days.^[2]

Soundtrack

Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya
Soundtrack album by R. D. Burman
Released	1982
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Language	Hindi
Label	Echo
External audio Audio Jukebox on YouTube

The film's music was composed by R. D. Burman and lyrics were penned by Anand Bakshi. Veteran singer S. P. Balasubrahmanyam collaborated with R. D. Burman for the first time in this film.^[3] Though the film Mangalsutra was released before a year, where S. P. Balasubrahmanyam sang a song under the music of R. D. Burman.

Song	Singer
"Dekho Dekho"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Dugdugi Baj Uthi"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Naujawanon Mein"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
"Main Awara Banjara Raste Mein Kho Gaya"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Asha Bhosle
"Yeh Duniya Ghum Rahi Hai"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Asha Bhosle
"Hum Tum Hum Do Rahi"	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Ursula Vaz