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It is the story of a ghost(Marco) who seeks redemption(played by Naseeruddin Shah) from his past sins. For this, he entails the help of a young man Sunder(Shahrukh Khan).

Naseeruddin Shah and Shahrukh Khan play their parts to perfection ably supported by Shammi Kapoor. Urmila Mantodkar was a disappointment though. The story suffers from many clichés(like Kunta discovering the stashed gold in his closet only twenty years after) though it remains funny(especially at the last in the cricket match). The movie is ably directed and executed. The songs are average. It's not a bad way to spend a couple of hours.

Chamatkar means Magic. As the name suggests this movie is full of magical instances. Sunder a teacher by profession wanted to relocate to Dubai. He paid a money to a friend asking him to help him out. He travels to Mumbai to collect his ticket and passport. Reaching there he understands that he has been betrayed by his friend. Soon he is lost among all those crowds and the city. Hopelessly moving here and there he reaches a graveyard. There he meets the ghost of Marcos played by Naseer. Marcos wants his help to catch some killers who had killed him.

With his help he gets a job as a coach in a college. Trustee of this college is the father-in-law of Marcos. All of them help Marcos to settle scores with his killers and moves to heaven.

Though the film was a flop, but it was enjoyed a lot by peoples. Naseer & Shahrukh made a great pair in this movie. Urmila was so so. She needs a good director to show her skills. Watch Rangeela of RGV. Story is nice as well as songs. In all, this is a pleasant movie.

It's unfortunate for non-Hindi speakers like me that this film in unavailable with subtitles, because it's a fun little movie. Here's what I was able to figure out from watching:

Sundar (Shahrukh Khan) is a village schoolteacher who is tricked out of his property by an old "friend" who promises him a job in Dubai. The minute he gets off the train in Dubai, he is conned out of all his luggage, and then robbed of all his money. Arriving at his new job, he finds instead that his "friend" has sent a letter explaining that there is no job.

Broke and feeling sorry for himself, he winds up that night in a cemetary, where he inadvertently awakens the ghost of a murdered criminal named Marco (Naseerudin Shah) who engages his help to pay back the traitorous thugs who executed him 20 years before. Guided by Marco's ghost (whom no one but Sundar can see) Sundar gets a job at the college that is headed by Marco's father-in-law, and helps Marco settle all his old scores and earn the right to go to heaven. But that's not all! This being a Hindi film, there is of course plenty of music and romance involved, when Sundar falls in love with Marco's daughter.

Naseerudin Shah and Shah Rukh Khan are wonderful together, in any language, and this movie has some nifty songs and dances (including a really enjoyable one when Sundar, with the help of the invisible Marco, does "magic" tricks for a crowd of people to raise money for a poor widow and her daughters), a cute story (as far as I can tell) and forgivably bad special effects. There's a little bit of everything: drama, comedy, romance, action, mystery, but none of it is excessively overdone as is so often the case with Bollywood.

Not at all a bad way to spend a couple of hours.

Gorgeous performance by all actor spcl Shahrukh Khan. Love story, darama and comedy.

well i saw this movie quite a while ago actually years ago & then i went and saw this 1960 movie The Ghost Of Captain Blackbeard... both has the same story background with Chamatkar abit changed..... both the movies were funny..... sharukh khan was good along with Naseeruddin Shah.. The story goes like Sharukh khan is a small village teacher who is fooled for all his life savings by one of his villagers .. he has a dream to go to dubai. 7 when he is robbed of money both in village & city naseerdudin who was killed by his gang caus ehe wanted to go straight from then on is was given a second chance but he will have to wait 4 the person who can see listen & talk to him.... & his chance comes after 20 yrs... in the sgape of shahrukh khan..... 7 thus their friendship starts with khan falling for his daughter who is grown & whose mother is dead .... to finding the crooks responsible & saving the school owned by shah's father in law.... U'll love this movie