Damaad

Damaad is a 1978 Bollywood comedy film directed by Rajat Rakshit. It features Amol Palekar, Ranjeeta, Shreeram Lagoo, Tarla Mehta, Preeti Ganguly, Pinchoo Kapoor, Dina Pathak and Jagdeep. The movie is a remake of famous Bengali movie Mouchak.

Plot
Sharad (Amol Palekar) belongs to a middle-class family and lives with his brother Shreeram Lagoo and sister-in-law Tarla Mehta in Bombay. Sharad gets a factory job in Malavli and accepts it though not interested. The bosses (Rodrigues and Choudhury) are initially rude to him, but soften and pamper him when they realize he is unmarried. Both of them are on the lookout for grooms for their daughters. Chaudhary (Pinchoo Kapoor) invites Sharad home for lunch and introduces him to his daughter Leena (Preeti Ganguly) who promptly falls in love with him. Rodrigues ntroduces Sharad to his three daughters as well.

Sharad is in love with his neighbour Renu (Ranjeeta Kaur). At the factory, his assistant Khote (Ashok Saraf), wanting to help him get out of the trap set by the bosses, spreads a rumour that Sharad is not of good character. This, however, creates tensions between Renu and Sharad. Chaudhury starts believing that Khote is spreading the rumours to win over Sharad as his own son-in-law. After a series of funny incidents and fumbles, all tensions are finally resolved.

Cast

 * Amol Palekar as Sharad Mazgaonkar
 * Ranjeeta Kaur as Renu
 * Shreeram Lagoo as Shreedhar Mazgaonkar
 * Tarla Mehta as Mrs. Mazgaonkar, Sharad's bhabhi
 * Jagdeep as Baankey the mad man in Malavli
 * Keshto Mukherjee as Tulsiram
 * Preeti Ganguli as Leena
 * Pinchoo Kapoor Mr. Chaudhary
 * Dina Pathak Mrs. Chaudhary
 * Datta Bhat Renu's father
 * Sunder as Dr.Chatterjee
 * Marutirao Parab as Mr. Rodrigues
 * C S Dubey as Sundarji Pandit
 * Ashok Saraf as Mr. Khote
 * Master Sakka as Sonu
 * Mushtaq Merchant as Charan
 * Harbans Darshan M. Arora as neighbor who throws water on Charan

Trivia

 * Debut of Ashok Saraf in Hindi movies.