Love In Shimla (1960)

Love In Simla is a 1960 romantic Indian Hindi film, produced by Sashadhar Mukherjee and his Filmalaya production house. Directed by R.K. Nayyar, the film had the producer's son, Joy Mukherjee, in the lead. The heroine actress Sadhana made her Hindi movie lead debut in the film and became a star. The film also starred Azra, Shobhana Samarth and Durga Khote. The film was a light musical with humour as well as slapstick. It became a hit at the box office. The film is a part of the Love in trilogy. The film's success set up the lead pair's success in the 1960s and led to the making of Love in Tokyo also starring Joy Mukherjee.

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Cast
• 3 Trivia
• 4 Songs
• 5 External links

 

Plot

After the untimely death of her father and step-mother, Sonia is orphaned and lives with her aunt and paternal uncle (Mr.and Mrs.General Rajpal Singh). Sonia is plain-looking as her real mother, and often invites unappreciative, taunts, and critical remarks from her aunt and cousin-sister, Sheela. Sheela has a boyfriend, Dev Kumar Mehra, and she plans to marry him. Fed-up of hearing frequent taunts and adverse remarks about her plain-looks, Sonia challenges Sheela that she will make Dev fall in love with her.

Cast

• Joy Mukherjee as Dev Kumar Mehra
• Sadhana as Sonia
• Azra as Sheela
• Kishore Sahu as General Rajpal Singh (Sonia's uncle)
• Shobhna Samarth as Mrs. Rajpal Singh (Sheela's mom)
• Durga Khote as Sonia's grandmother
• Vijayalaxmi as Vijaya
• Hari Shivdasani as Announcer
• Master Ramesh
• Bazid Khan
• Fouza Singh
• Ravi Tandon
• Saibee Sabherwal
• Kiran Kumar
• Cesar

Trivia

• The film started the romance between R.K. Nayyar (its director) and Sadhana (its leading lady), culminating in their marriage.
• The film starred the two Marathi Grande dames Shobhana Samarth and Durga Khote.
• Dharmendra was keen to play the lead role but the director preferred Joy.

Songs

#	Title	Singer(s)	Lyricist	Length
1	Dil Tham Chale Hum Aaj Kidhar	Mohammad Rafi	Rajinder Krishan	3:30
2	L O V E Love Ka Matlab Hai Pyar	Suman Kalyanpur, Mohammad Rafi , Asha Bhonsle	Rajinder Krishan	3:06
3	Gaal Gulabi Kiske Hain Nain Sharabi	Mohammad Rafi	Rajinder Krishan	3:34
4	Alif Zaber Ah	Mohammad Rafi	Rajinder Krishan	3:08
5	Ae Baby Ae Jee Idhar Aao	Mohammad Rafi , Asha Bhonsle	Rajinder Krishan	3:10
6	Haseenon Ki Sawari Hai	Suman Kalyanpur, Mohammad Rafi	Rajinder Krishan	3:23
7	Kiya Hai Dulruba Pyar Bhi Kabhi	Mohammad Rafi , Asha Bhonsle	Rajinder Krishan	4:19
8	Dar Pe Aaye Hain Kasam Le	Mukesh	Rajinder Krishan	3:15
9	Muskuraye Khet Pyase Tarse	Suman Kalyanpur, Mohd Rafi	Rajinder Krishan	3:13
10	Yun Zindagi Ke Raaste Sanwarte Chale	Mohammad Rafi	Rajinder Krishan	4:06
11	Husnwale Wafa Nahi Karte	Mohammad Rafi, Shamshad Begum	Rajinder Krishan	1:15

External links

Kala Bazar (1960)

Kala Bazar (English: Black Market) is a 1960 Hindi film produced by Dev Anand for Navketan Films. Written and directed by Dev's younger brother Vijay Anand, the film starred Dev Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Vijay Anand, Chetan Anand, Nanda, Rashid Khan, Madan Puri, Leela Chitnis, Mumtaz Begum and Helen. S.D. Burman composed the music, while the lyrics were penned by Shailendra.

It was noted for having several of Bollywood's stars in a cameo at the film premiere of Mother India (1957), and it was also the only film to star the three Anand brothers together. It became a semi-hit at the box office.

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Cast
• 3 Trivia
• 4 Music
• 5 External links

 

Plot

Raghuvir (Dev Anand) is a poor bus conductor who is fired from the job after getting into an argument with a passenger. With an ailing mother (Leela Chitnis) and two younger siblings to take care of, Raghu doesn't know how to provide for his family. When he passes by a cinema hall and sees Kalu (Rashid Khan) selling movie tickets, he gets an idea. Raghu steals ₹ 5000 from Advocate Desai (Chetan Anand) and sets up his own black marketing business.

First, he works with Kalu, and at the premiere of Mother India, their tickets sell faster and faster as more film stars arrive - they include Dilip Kumar, Geeta Dutt, Guru Dutt, Kishore Kumar, Raaj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Sohrab Modi, Mohammed Rafi, Nargis, Nadira and Nimmi. Finally, he sells his last ticket for ₹ 100 when one ticket cost only ₹ 2.
 
Elated with his newfound business, Raghu and Kalu go from strength to strength, recruiting many poor and homeless thieves. When Ganesh (Madan Puri) dares to challenge him, Raghu beats him up. The next day, Ganesh agrees to work for Raghu. Now a wealthy man, Raghu buys a new, spacious flat for his family in Marine Drive. Things change when a group of students buy movie tickets from him. Alka (Waheeda Rehman) finds out that her friends bought them in black, and tears the tickets. This has a great impact on Raghu, who is standing nearby and watching. Her boyfriend, Nandkumar Chattopadhyay (Vijay Anand) promises her not to do it again.

Smitten with Alka, Raghu starts to follow her. When Nand gets a scholarship and travels overseas, Alka's parents decide to take her to Ooty to take her mind off Nand. Raghu sees this as a perfect opportunity and gets on the same cabin as her family. He sings "Apni To Har Aah Ek Toofan Hai", trying to flirt with Alka, while the song itself was veiled as a prayer. He also helps to cure Alka's father's back pain with a massage, and soon, he becomes friends with the family.

All that taken care of, he sets out to romance Alka, but she resists and turns away his love when she lies that she is engaged to Nand. Heartbroken, Raghu returns to Bombay to continue his business, but his love for Alka has changed him. When he left Alka in Ooty, he promised that he would never do anything bad. Raghu tries to convince his partners to stop black marketing and get an honest job, but they all eventually go back to their bad deeds. Raghu continues to try and earn an honest living, and to his surprise, he meets Alka one day in Bombay.

Alka, meanwhile, also falls for Raghu, but hesitates to tell him. Finally, she writes a letter to Nand, telling him to forget her because she loves Raghu. The latter is delighted, and Alka tells him to come in the evening to talk to her parents. However, everything goes awry when she learns that Nand has returned. When Nand comes to her house, the two of them argue, but finally both concede that their "love" was just childishness. Now free to profess her love for Raghu, Alka goes to his house, only to learn that he has been arrested for black marketing...

Cast

• Dev Anand as Raghuvir
• Waheeda Rehman as Alka
• Vijay Anand as Nandkumar Chattopadhyay
• Chetan Anand as Advocate Desai
• Nanda as Sapna
• Rashid Khan as Kalu
• Madan Puri as Ganesh
• Leela Chitnis as Raghuvir's mother
• Helen as Dancer/Singer
• Mumtaz Begum as Mrs. M.L. Sinha
• Sushil Kumar as Raghuvir's Brother

Trivia

The film has a scene in which several stars make guest appearances while appearing for the premiere of the movie Mother India. They include Dilip Kumar, Geeta Dutt, Guru Dutt, Kishore Kumar, Raaj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Sohrab Modi, Mohammed Rafi, Nargis, Nadira and Nimmi. Others seen include Kishore Kumar, Kumkum, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukri, Mohammad Rafi, Yakub, Naseem Banu & Kumari Naaz.

Music

All lyrics written by Shailendra; all music composed by S. D. Burman.

Songs

#	Title	Singer(s)	Lyricist	Length
1	"Apni To Har Aah Ek Toofaan"	Mohammed Rafi	Shailendra	4:48
2	"Khoya Khoya chand"	Mohammed Rafi	Shailendra	4:43
3	"Na Main Dhan Chaahoon"	Geeta Dutt, Sudha Malhotra	Shailendra	3:57
4	"Rimjhim Ke Tarane Leke"	Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt	Shailendra	3:52
5	"Saanjh Dhali Dil Ki Lagi"	Manna Dey, Asha Bhosle	Shailendra	3:52
6	"Sach Hue Sapne Tere"	Asha Bhosle	Shailendra	3:46
7	"Teri Dhoom Har Kahin"	Mohammed Rafi	Shailendra	3:36
8	"Sambhalo Sambhalo Apna Dil Dilwalon"	Asha Bhosle	Shailendra	3:31

External links

Jaali Note (1960)

Jaali Note (English: Fake Currency) is a 1960 Hindi film directed by Shakti Samanta, based on theme of counterfeit money. It stars Dev Anand along with Madhubala, Om Prakash, Madan Puri, and Helen.

The film's music was by O.P. Nayyar which became very popular.

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2  Cast
• 3 Soundtrack
• 4 External links

 

Plot

Dinesh (Dev Anand) lives a middle-class lifestyle with his mother in Bombay. On his fifth birthday his father left them never to return.

Now Inspector Dinesh has grown up, is working for the Criminal Investigations Department, and has been assigned to stop the circulation of fake currency notes. His investigations take him to Sunderdas, who is killed. He then masquerades as social worker Abdul Rashid to try to get some information from a jailed convict, Banwarilal, to no avail. Finally, he dons the disguise of wealthy Kunver Vijay Bahadur, rents a suite in Hotel Paris and befriends Manohar (Madan Puri) and several other gangsters. He gets arrested and lodged in the same cell as Banwarilal. From there the men break out and join Manohar and the rest of the gang.

It is here Dinesh will find out the king-pin behind the racket. But before he can do anything, he find himself confronting his past and will be trapped in an underwater fortress with his sweetheart, press reporter Renu (Madhubala).

Cast

• Dev Anand - C.I.D. Inspector Dinesh
• Madhubala - Renu / Beena
• Om Prakash - C.I.D. Constable Pandu
• Madan Puri - Manohar
• Helen - Lily
• Tun Tun - Mrs. Malik

Soundtrack

#	Title	Singer(s)	Lyricist	Length
1	Gustakh Nazar Chehre Se Hata	Asha Bhosle, Mohammad Rafi	Raja Mehdi Ali Khan	3:45
2	Chhuri Ban, Kanta Ban, O My Son	Mohammad Rafi	Raja Mehdi Ali Khan	2:33
3	Oh Mister Dil, Badi Mushkil Mein Tune Aaj Dala	Asha Bhosle, Mohammad Rafi	Raja Mehdi Ali Khan	3:52
4	Dil Hai Aapka Huzoor, Lijiye Na Lijiye	Asha Bhosle, Mohammad Rafi	Raja Mehdi Ali Khan	3:55
5	Sach Kehta Hoon Bahut Haseen Ho	Asha Bhosle, Mohammad Rafi	Raja Mehdi Ali Khan	2:40
6	Chand Zard Zard Hai	Asha Bhosle, Mohammad Rafi	Raja Mehdi Ali Khan	3:09
7	Nigahon Ne Phenka Hai Panje Pe Chakka	Asha Bhosle, Mohammad Rafi	Raja Mehdi Ali Khan	4:29

External links

Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (1960)

Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai is a 1960 Hindi romantic drama film produced by S. A. Bagar. It is written and directed by Kishore Sahu. The film stars Raaj Kumar, Meena Kumari and Nadira as leads. The film tells the story of a surgeon is obligated to marry the daughter of a family friend, while he is love with a colleague nurse, played Meena Kumari. It is one of the noted acting performances of lead actress Meena Kumari's career.

The films music is by Shankar Jaikishan, and features hit song, the Hawaiin-themed "Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh" sung by Lata Mangeshkar. At the 1961 Filmfare Awards it created an upset by beating popular musical epic, Mughal-e-Azam of Naushad for the Best Music Director category.

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Cast
• 3 Soundtrack
• 4 Awards
• 5 External links

 
 

Plot

Sushil Verma (Raaj Kumar) is a surgeon in the Shimla Hospital. He lives on the hospital grounds in a doctor's house with his ageing mother and younger sister Munni (Kumari Naaz). Sushil's father died and his father's close friend paid for his medical school fees, thus creating a debt that Sushil's mother feels needs to be fulfilled.

Karuna (Meena Kumari) is a nurse who comes to the Shimla hospital and first encounters Dr. Verma during an emergency surgery. Both are clearly besotted with each other, but keep their feelings restrained.

By chance, on a nurses' beach day trip, Karuna meets Munni, who injures herself whilst playing. She takes Munni back to her house, not knowing that she is Dr. Verma's sister, and the house she is visiting belongs to him. She dresses Munni's wounds, sees how much work needs to be done in the house, and the fact that his mother is too ill to attend household tasks. She immediately steps in and fulfills the duties of the housewife; cooking, cleaning and taking care of everyone. Sushil comes home to see this and falls even more in love.

However, later on his mother organises a trip to Kashmir for the whole family, and conveniently guilt trips Sushil to marry Kusum (Nadira), the daughter of the man who paid for his medical school fees.
They come back to Shimla, and Karuna is devastated when she finds this out. Although she manages to conceal this for a while, situations keep arising and Kusum soon gets jealous of Sushil's preference for Karuna, and her perceived ill-treatment. Kusum manipulates and mistreats her mother-in-law and sister-in-law, until Sushil orders her out of the house. She goes back to Kashmir.

Dr. Verma's mother then realises her mistake and should have gotten him married to Karuna.
To avoid scandal Karuna moves to another hospital. But Kusum seeks to enact revenge on her. Dr. Verma finds this out and tries to beat Kusum to Karuna, which yields a cliff top high speed car chase, resulting in Kusum's death. The film concludes with reunion of Karuna and Sushil.

Cast

• Raaj Kumar as Dr. Sushil K. Verma
• Meena Kumari as Karuna
• Nadira as Kusum
• Ruby Myers as Head Nurse
• Tun Tun as Haseena
• Helen as Cabaret Dancer
• Om Prakash as Girdhari
• Shammi as Sheela
• Kumari Naaz as Munni
• Pratima Devi as Mrs. K. Verma (as Protima Devi)
• Edwina as Nurse Rosie

Soundtrack

All music composed by Shankar Jaikishan.

#	Title	Singer(s)	Lyricist	Length
1	Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh	Lata Mangeshkar	Shailendra	4:29
2	Mera Dil Ab Tera Ho Sajna	Lata Mangeshkar	Shailendra	4:05
3	Jane Kahan Gai	Mohammed Rafi	Shailendra	4:18
4	Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai	Lata Mangeshkar	Shailendra	3:45
5	Sheesha-E-Dil Itna Na Uchhalo	Lata Mangeshkar	Hasrat Jaipuri	3:19
6	Andaz Mera Mastana	Lata Mangeshkar	Shailendra	4:23
7	Itni Badi Mehfil	Asha Bhosle	Hasrat Jaipuri	4:32

Awards

• 1961 Filmfare Best Music Director Award for Shankar Jaikishan

External links

Bambai Ka Babu (1960)

Bombai Ka Baboo (English: Gentleman from Bombay) is a 1960 Hindi film directed by Raj Khosla and written by Rajinder Singh Bedi. The film stars Dev Anand and Suchitra Sen in her rare appearance in Hindi cinema.

Though the film was a thriller, it treads into rare Hindi film territory by hinting at incest between the lead pair.

Except for the "Brother-Sister" angle, the plot of Bombai Ka Babu is inspired by O. Henry's short story, A Double-Dyed Deceiver. The story of the movie Zameer starring Amitabh Bachchan is very similar to this movie.

Film and Music expert Rajesh Subramanian opines that it was Waheeda Rehman who sang the popular Telugu hit "Eruvaka Sagaroo Rannoo Chinnananna" on the behest of S D Burman and Dada Burman used the same tune for the title song "Dekhne mein bhola hai".

With classic songs like 'Chal ri sajni, ab kya soche', by Mukesh, and 'Deewana mastana hua Dil' by Mohd. Rafi and Asha Bhosle, the film was a musical masterpiece, with music by S. D. Burman and lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. Raj Khosla was also the director of Dev Anand's suspense thrillers like CID (1956) and Kaala Paani (1958).

Contents

• 1 Plot
• 2 Cast
• 3 Songs
• 4 External links

 

Plot

Babu and Malik are two inseparable friends who live in a small town in India. One day they decide to play a prank and steal something but get caught. While Malik's dad came to bail out and stand as surety for him, Babu has no one to do so and ends up in the juvenile centre. When the two grow up, Malik becomes a Police Inspector, while Babu takes to crime and ends up in jail. When he is released from the jail, he goes to meet his partner-in-crime, Bali, and together they start planning the next heist. Malik meets Babu and tells him to straighten his ways. But Babu had already tried that and ended up being falsely accused of stealing a necklace belonging to his employer's wife. Nevertheless, Babu does inform Bali that he will not be taking part in any crime. Thereafter, Bali and his men are arrested and they blame Babu for ratting on them. Bali is released on bail. When Babu meets him, an argument ensues leading to a fight and Bali is killed. A fearful Babu flees Bombay and lands up in Jogendra Nagar in Northern India, where he meets a man named Bhagat who asks him to masquerade as Kundan, the sole heir of a wealthy man named Shahji. When Babu refuses, Bhagat threatens to notify the Police. Babu becomes Kundan and makes his way into the hearts of Shahji, his wife Rukmani and daughter Maya. Babu gets enough cash to pay off Bhagat in small installments but Bhagat becomes greedy and wants Babu to steal all the cash and jewellery and abscond. Babu is reluctant to steal from the kind people. To make matters worse, he has fallen in love with Maya - apparently his 'sister'. Caught between a rock and a hard place - no matter what move Babu makes - he will surely end up trapping himself - not only with Bhagat, but with his new found family as well as the police - who are now hot on his trail.

Cast

• Dev Anand as Babu / Kundan
• Suchitra Sen as Maya
• Jeevan
• Nazir Hussain
• Dhumal as Mamu
• Achala Sachdev as Rukmani
• Rashid Khan as Bhagat
• Jagdish Raj as Bali
• Tun Tun
• Manohar Deepak as Inspector Malik

Songs

Music: S. D. Burman; Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri.

#	Title	Singer(s)	Lyricist	Length
1	Dekhne Mein Bhola Hai Dil Ka Salona	Asha Bhonsle	Majrooh Sultanpuri	4:36
2	Deewaana Mastaana Hua Dil	Asha Bhonsle, Mohammed Rafi	Majrooh Sultanpuri	4:23
3	Chal Ri Sajni Ab Kya Soche	Mukesh	Majrooh Sultanpuri	5:58
4	Saathi Na Koyi Manzil	Mohammed Rafi	Majrooh Sultanpuri	4:54
5	Pawan Chale To Uthi Nadi Mein Lehar	Asha Bhonsle, Mohammed Rafi	Majrooh Sultanpuri	4:48
6	Aise Mein Kachu Kaha Nahin Jaaye	Asha Bhonsle	Majrooh Sultanpuri	4:12
7	Tak Dhoom Tak Dhoom Baaje	Manna Dey	Majrooh Sultanpuri	3:26

External links