Seeta Aur Geeta

Seeta aur Geeta is a 1972 Hindi film directed by Ramesh Sippy. The story is by Salim-Javed and the music by R.D. Burman.

The story is about identical twins (played by Hema Malini) who are separated at birth and grow up with different temperaments. The twins then swap places (like The Prince and the Pauper). Hema's two partners in the movie are played by Dharmendra and Sanjeev Kumar. Manorma excels in her role as the evil aunt who changes her tune after her arm is twisted (literally).

Although this theme has been repeated in other movies before and after, Seeta aur Geeta stands out and has a very light and catchy mood. A prior movie on this theme was Ram Aur Shyam starring Dilip Kumar in the leading dual role. Subsequent remakes of the story have been ChalBaaz starring Sridevi and Kishen Kanhaiya starring Anil Kapoor in the dual role(s).

External links

* http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/may/28dinesh.htm