{{Original research|date=June 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Chala Murari Hero Banne | image = Chala Murari Hero Banne.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Asrani | producer = Surinder Kumar Sharma | writer = | narrator = Ashok Kumar | starring = {{ubl|Asrani|Bindiya Goswami|Ashok Kumar|Prem Nath}} | music = R. D. Burman | cinematography = | editing = | studio = Mehboob Studios<ref>{{cite web |title=Chala Murari Hero Banne |url=https://indiancine.ma/SCZ/info}}</ref> | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1977|11|11}} | runtime = | country = India | language = Hindi }}
'''''Chala Murari Hero Banne''''' ({{lit|Murari Goes To Become A Hero}}) is a 1977 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by and starring Asrani, Bindiya Goswami and Ashok Kumar in lead roles.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chala Murari Hero Banne|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYGyHGJoSqw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/cYGyHGJoSqw |archive-date=2021-12-15|url-status=live|publisher=SEPL Vintage}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Chala Murari Hero Banne( 1977) |url=http://archive.org/details/chala-murari-hero-banne-1977-1 |access-date=2024-05-22}}</ref>
==Plot== Murari dreams of becoming an actor, but his Dad (A.K. Hangal), who runs a cloth shop, wants him to help in the shop. Murari runs away from home and catches a train to Mumbai. On his journey, he meets a teacher who says he knows Raj Kapoor. Murari comes to Mumbai, lives in a chawl, struggles a bit and becomes a successful and rich actor. Then comes a twist in his life; he gets accused in scandals, and his love interest, (Bindiya Goswami), leaves him. Eventually, he proves himself innocent and they reunite and marry.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chala Murari Hero Banne {{!}} Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chala-murari-hero-ban-ne |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref>
==Cast== *G. Asrani as Murari/Amit<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chala Murari Hero Ban Ne (1977) Cast - Actor, Actress, Director, Producer, Music Director |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/chala-murari-hero-ban-ne-4691/cast-crew |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215061114/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/chala-murari-hero-ban-ne-4691/cast-crew |url-status=live |archive-date=15 December 2022 |access-date=2022-12-15 |website=Cinestaan}}</ref> *Bindiya Goswami as Mary *Ashok Kumar *Prem Nath *Simi Garewal *Bindu *Paintal *Jagdeep *Keshto Mukherjee as Abdul *Satyendra Kapoor as Dubey/Lyricist
===Guest appearances ===
The film has many Special appearances including: {{div col|colwidth=22em}} *Dharmendra *Hema Malini *Premnath *Amitabh Bachchan *A.K. Hangal as Murari's father *Keshto Mukherjee *Jagdeep *Ashok Kumar *Rishi Kapoor *Neetu Singh *Paintal as Peter *David Abraham Cheulkar as Mary's father *Sunil Dutt *Kishore Kumar *Nasir Hussain *Helen *Atal Bihari Vajpayee as Self *Lal Krishna Advani as Self *Harindranath Chattopadhyaya as himself {{div col end}}
==Music== Music was composed by R. D. Burman and lyrics were penned by Yogesh.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Songs - Chala Murari Hero Banne |url=http://www.panchamonline.com/filmsongs.asp?id=63 |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=www.panchamonline.com}}</ref>
#"Naa Janey Din Kaise Jivan Me Aaye Hain" - Kishore Kumar #"Khoye Ho Aakhir Kis Bekhudi Me" - Asha Bhosle #"Teri Kathputli Hun Naccne Nikli Hu" - Lata Mangeshkar #"Do Pal Ki Hey Ye Zindagani" - Asha Bhosle #"Haathon Me Haath Hum Lekar" - Lata Mangeshkar #"Na Jane Din Kaise Jivan Me Aaye Hai" (II) - Kishore Kumar #"Pas Aao Na" - Asha Bhosle, Simi Garewal
==See also== * ''Main Madhuri Dixit Banna Chahti Hoon'', 2003 Hindi film about a small-town woman aspiring to join Bollywood film industry.
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=0075825|title=Chala Murari Hero Banne}}
Category:1977 films Category:1977 Hindi-language films Category:1977 Indian films Category:Films about Hindi cinema Category:Films set in Delhi Category:Films set in Mumbai Category:Films scored by R. D. Burman Category:Films shot in Delhi Category:Films shot in Mumbai Category:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
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