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{{Infobox film
| name           = Chehre Pe Chehra
| image          = Chehre Pe Chehra.jpg
| caption        = Poster
| director       = Raj Tilak
| producer       = Raj Tilak
| screenplay     = 
| story          = 
| based_on       = {{based on|''[[Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde]]''<br>1886 novella|[[Robert Louis Stevenson]]}}
| starring       = [[Sanjeev Kumar]]<br />[[Vinod Mehra]]<br />[[Shatrughan Sinha]]<br />[[Rekha]]<br />[[Sulakshana Pandit]]
| music          = '''Songs:'''<br />[[Datta Naik|N. Dutta]]<br />'''Background Score:'''<br />[[Salil Chowdhury]]
| cinematography = [[K. K. Mahajan]]
| editing        = Madhu Sinha
| studio         = 
| distributor    = 
| released       = {{Film date|1981|3|13}}
| runtime        = 140 minutes
| country        = India
| language       = Hindi
| budget         = 
| gross          = 
}}

'''''Chehre Pe Chehra''''' ({{translation|A face over a face}}) is a 1981 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[science fiction film]] produced and directed by Raj Tilak. It stars [[Sanjeev Kumar]], [[Vinod Mehra]], [[Shatrughan Sinha]], [[Rekha]] and [[Sulakshana Pandit]]. It is an adaptation of the 1886 novella ''[[Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde]]'' by [[Robert Louis Stevenson]].

== Plot ==
Wilson is a scientist who feels that every human has both angelic and devilish elements in themselves. He strongly believes that these two elements can be segregated and then a medicine can be invented to eliminate the undesirable element, while leaving only the desirable element intact. Wilson eventually invents a potion to put his theory into effect. He decides to test the invention on himself. But the result does not occur as he had theorised: although his devilish persona gets segregated from his angelic persona, it is much more powerful, and Wilson is unable to eliminate it.

== Cast ==
* [[Sanjeev Kumar]] as Dr. Wilson / Blackstone
* [[Vinod Mehra]] as David
* [[Shatrughan Sinha]] as Advocate Sinha
* [[Amol Palekar]] as Peter 
* [[Rekha]] as Daisy
* [[Sulakshana Pandit]] as Diana 
* [[Amjad Khan (actor)|Amjad Khan]] as Carlos 
* [[Iftekhar]] as Colonel (Diana's Father)
* [[Gajanan Jagirdar]] as Police Commissioner
* [[Shreeram Lagoo]] as Church Priest
* [[Shammi (actress)|Shammi]]  as Daisy's Friend
* [[Rajni Sharma]] as Martha (Carlos’ Sister)
* [[Suresh Chatwal]] as Advocate Sinha's Junior Lawyer

== Production ==
The film is based on ''[[Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde]]'', a novella written by the Scottish author [[Robert Louis Stevenson]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xXhTAAAAYAAJ&q=Chehre+Pe+Chehra+jekyll+hyde |title=Film World |year=1978 |editor-last=Ramachandran |editor-first=T. M. |volume=14 |pages=267}}</ref> Sanjeev Kumar played the characters based on [[Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (character)|Jekyll and Hyde]]. His makeup was done by Shashikant Mhatre.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/behind-bollywoods-faces/article22906764.ece |title=Behind Bollywood's faces |last=Gaekwad |first=Manish |date=2 March 2018 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=17 May 2018}}</ref>

== Music ==
[[Sahir Ludhianvi]] wrote the songs while [[Datta Naik|N. Datta]] composed music of the film.
{|class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Aaj Socha Hai Khayalon Mein Bulakar Tumko"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Sulakshana Pandit]]
|-
| "Tumse Kehna Hai Ki Dushwar"
| Sulakshana Pandit
|-
| "Main Hoon Pari Adaonbhari"
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| "Jaam Le Jaam, Pakad Jaam"
| Asha Bhosle
|-
| "Yeh Raat Nek Raat Hai"
| [[Manna Dey]]
|-
| "Aa Kuch Kare Aise"
| [[Dilraj Kaur]]
|-
|}

== Reception ==
The film failed at the box office.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://scroll.in/reel/863314/tribute-n-duttas-film-tunes-are-not-heard-as-widely-but-they-should-not-be-forgotten |title=Tribute: N Dutta's film tunes are not heard as widely but they should not be forgotten |last=Bhattacharjee |first=Rudradeep |date=30 December 2017 |website=Scroll.in |access-date=17 May 2018}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0367595}}
* [https://www.allmovie.com/movie/chehre-pe-chehra-am355122 ''Chehre Pe Chehra'' at AllMovie]

{{Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde}}

[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1981 Indian films]]
[[Category:1981 science fiction films]]
[[Category:1981 horror films]]
[[Category:Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde films]]
[[Category:Films based on horror novels]]
[[Category:Films scored by Datta Naik]]
[[Category:Indian science fiction horror films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language science fiction films]]

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