Kaamchor
Directed by	K. Vishwanath
Written by	Jainendra Jain
Screenplay by	K. Viswanath
Story by	K. Viswanathppp t
Produced by	Rakesh Roshan
Starring	Rakesh Roshan Jaya Prada Suresh Oberoi Shriram Lagoo
Music by	Rajesh Roshan
Distributed by	Film Kraft
Release date	24 December 1982 (1982-12-24)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Kaamchor (transl.: Idler) is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language drama movie. Produced by Rakesh Roshan, the film was directed by K. Viswanath. The film is a Hindi remake^[1] of his Telugu film Subhodayam (1980).^[2][3] The film stars Rakesh Roshan, Jaya Prada, Tanuja, Sujit Kumar, Suresh Oberoi, Shreeram Lagoo and Bhagwan Dada. The film's music is by the producer and lead actor's brother - Rajesh Roshan. The film became a superhit, along with the songs.^[4] Rakesh Roshan's nephew in the film is played by a young Sonu Nigam, who later became a playback singer.^[5][6][7]

Premise

Suraj has been an aimless and lazy slacker all his adult life, who has no goals for his future. He lives in Delhi with his brother, sister-in-law, and nephew. On one occasion, he gate-crashes into one of his brother's supervisor's friend's wedding ceremony and finds out that the would-be groom is to live with his In-laws. To Suraj's delight, he finds out that the bride has an unmarried sister. So he pursues her to marry her.

Cast

• Rakesh Roshan as Suraj
• Jaya Prada as Geeta Sanghvi
• Suresh Oberoi as Suresh
• Neeta Mehta as Roopa Sanghvi, wife of Suresh
• Sujit Kumar as Sohan
• Tanuja as Radha, Sohan's wife
• Shriram Lagoo as Rai Bahadur Chunilal Sanghvi
• Pinchoo Kapoor as Sohan's employer who attends the marriage of Roopa
• Asrani as Astrologer
• Bhagwan Dada as Accordion player (special appearance in song "Jogi O Jogi")
• Sonu Nigam as Sonu - Sohan's & Radha's son (child artist) (as Master Sonu)
• Meena T as Who gives Job to Suraj in Glass factory

Music

Rajesh Roshan gave the music for this film. Songs were penned by Indeevar.