In the film, a poor man impersonates his wealthy lookalike and marries a rich girl, against her father's wishes. He later faces his father-in-law's revenge scheme.
Plot
Rajkumar Kakkar, a poor young man, visits a city and meets a lookalike rich man, Rana Shantidas, and impersonates him. He falls in love with a rich girl, Shanti, and discloses his true identity to her. Her father, Diwan Bunny, refuses to accept him, but Rajkumar and Shanti marry anyway.
Rana is blackmailed by Diwan, and he and Rajkumar gate swap and exchange places, but Rajkumar finds himself the target of a bloody plot, and will have to struggle to defeat Diwan.
Cast
Dharmendra as Rajkumar Kakkar/Rana Shantidas (double role)
Music's were given by R. D. Burman and recorded by Rajkamal Kamalmandir. The lyricist was Anand Bakshi. Audiography was done by Mohinder Singh.[3] Some of the music had scored well.
^Phanda in Hindi is equivalent to a lasso; Baaz is Hindi slang for an expert; thus phandebaaz refers to "an expert in throwing a lasso (entrapping someone)". By implication, a phandebaaz is a trickster, someone similar to a chaalbaaz, who is an expert in "tricking" people. Interestingly, there are at least three movies with the latter name also