Shikari (1963 film)  Shikari (English: "The Hunter") is a 1963 hit Hindi movie directed by Mohammed Hussain. The actors are Ajit, Ragini, Helen, Madan Puri, K N Singh, Tun Tun, Kamal Mehra and others. The music of the film was the biggest asset of this film, and the songs "O, Tumko Piya, Dil Diya", "Mangi Hain Duaayen", "Ye Rangeen Mehfil" and "Agar Main Poochhoon", were catchy tunes that became popular on the music chart of the year. The film was loosely based on Hollywood film King Kong. Kapoor (Bir Sakhuja) and Jagdish (Madan Puri) are partners in Circus. The circus is running in loss so they go on an expedition to jungles of  Malay to capture kingkong known as Otango. Their friend, a scientist Professor Sharma, daughter of Mr. Kapoor  Rita (Ragini) and Chandu the circus clown (Randhir) accompany them. They take a letter of recommendation for Ajit (Ajit) owner of timber estate from their friend Naib living in Malay. In jungle Rita falls in river from ropeway trolley and gets lost in forest. Ajit saves her and takes her to his estates. Later other members of the expedition also come there. A romance starts to bloom between Ajit and Rita. They request Ajit to accompany them to find Otango. He takes his men and they set out on their quest. They find a village destroyed by Otango. They meet a mad scientist Dr. Cyclops (K. N. Singh) who has set up a laboratory in jungle. He is experimenting to turn humans into gorrilas. Cyclops is living with his daughter Shobha (Helen) and his henchmen. Shobha wants to save them from his father's nefarious and savage experiments and takes them to a secret passage to run away. But Jagdish tells on them and they are captured. Cyclops promises Jagdish to help him take away Otango if he helps him marry Rita. Cyclops takes Rita to native village to solemnize marriage by chieftain (Shyam Kumar) making Jagdish incharge of the lab in his absence. Trying to escape Ajit and others fight with Jagdish and henchman. Jagdish falls on lab equipment full of chemicals and dies.