Chachi 420

Chachi 420

Chachi 420

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Chachi 420

1997

2h 45m

7.0(80 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Family

Overview

In order to see his little girl more often, a divorcee disguises himself as an old lady and gets a job as his own daughter's caretaker. A Hindi remake of the 1996 Tamil film "Avvai Shanmugi," which is itself a remake of the Hollywood film "Mrs. Doubtfire."

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Production Companies

Raajkamal Films International

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan

Jaiprakash Paswan / Laxmi Godbhole

Tabu

Tabu

Janki Paswan

Amrish Puri

Amrish Puri

Durgaprasad Bhardwaj

Om Puri

Om Puri

Banwarilal Pandey

Johnny Walker

Johnny Walker

Joseph

Paresh Rawal

Paresh Rawal

Hariharan 'Haribhai'

Fatima Sana Shaikh

Fatima Sana Shaikh

Bharti

Nassar

Nassar

Siraj Akhtar

Ayesha Jhulka

Ayesha Jhulka

Ratna

Raj Zutshi

Raj Zutshi

Dr. Rohit

Creative team

Directed by: Kamal Haasan
Written by: Kamal Haasan
Produced by: Kamal Haasan
Jhamu Sughand

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