Khud-Daar

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Trivia

Album

• This film was remade in Tamil as "Padikkadavan" (1985) starring Sivaji Ganesan and Rajinikanth, and in Telugu as "Driver Babu" (1986).
• Amitabh Bachchan agreed to do this film at a reduced fee to help out his friend Anwar Ali who was producing it. This was Ali's first film as a producer and he was facing financial difficulties at the time. Their association had started from the film "Saat Hindustani" (1969), Amitabh's first film and Anwar Ali's second. Interestingly, Amitabh's character in "Saat Hindustani" was named Anwar Ali. They went on to become roommates in Bombay. It was Ali who helped Amitabh land the lead role in "Bombay To Goa" (1972) which was produced by his brother's banner, Mehmood Productions. In 2004, Anwar Ali wrote and published a book about their friendship titled "Amitabh and I".[1][2][3]
• Producer Anwar Ali had named his banner Yokohama Productions after the hometown of his Japanese wife Esko.

Song

• I Love You (Angrezi Mein Kehte Hain) - The tune of the Punjabi lines starting "Tere bin mar jaana" in this song was taken from the traditional Punjabi wedding song "Jind Mahi Baaj Tere Kumalaaiyaan". This tune was also used in the Hindi film songs "Tere Phoolon Jaisa Rang" ("Kabhi Kabhie", 1976), "Hamari Shaadi Mein" ("Vivah", 2006), "Tauba Main Pyaar Karke Pachhtaaya" ("Pyaar Ke Side Effects", 2006) and "Arjan Vailly" ("Animal", 2023).[4][5][6][7][8]
• Mach Gaya Shor Saari Nagri Re - Egged by the film's crew, Amitabh Bachchan had agreed to sing this song but asked that the song's scale be reduced so he could hit the high notes comfortably. However, when he saw the rushes, he felt that his singing sounded flat and requested that his voice be replaced with Kishore Kumar's.[9]
• Mach Gaya Shor Saari Nagri Re - Amitabh Bachchan had gotten injured while shooting this song when, based on the dance director's instruction, he had broken a "dahi handi" with his head. Much to the crew's amazement, the actor had gotten his injury patched up and returned to the set to resume shooting. Amitabh had another shoot scheduled for the song "Gore Nahin Hum Kaale Sahi" ("Desh Premee", 1982) later that afternoon. He had concealed his injury while shooting this song by having the makeup artists paint the white bandage and pulling his wigs down lower than normal.[10][11]
• Mach Gaya Shor Saari Nagri Re - Amitabh Bachchan had reached the song's set earlier than the scheduled start of shooting due to a communication gap. When director Ravi Tandon arrived at the set, he was amazed to see the superstar watering the ground. He had taken it upon himself to do this since the dust flying off the ground during shooting aggravated his asthma.[12]
• Maa Ka Pyar Bahan Ka Pyar - This song was not used in the film.

1. ^ Saat Hindustani (1969)
2. ^ Bombay To Goa (1972)
3. ^ To Amitabh with love
4. ^ Jind Mahi Baaj Tere Kumalaaiyaan
5. ^ Tere Phoolon Jaisa Rang (Kabhi Kabhie, 1976)
6. ^ Hamari Shaadi Mein (Vivah, 2006)
7. ^ Tauba Main Pyaar Karke Pachhtaaya (Pyaar Ke Side Effects, 2006)
8. ^ Arjan Vailly (Animal, 2023)
9. ^ Day 866 (i)
10. ^ Day 866 (i)
11. ^ Gore Nahin Hum Kaale Sahi (Desh Premee, 1982)
12. ^ Amitabh never interfered with the director’s work