Boy Friend (1961 film)
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| Boy Friend | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Naresh Saigal |
| Written by | Shivaji Rathore |
| Produced by | Naresh Saigal K. Dutta |
| Starring | Shammi Kapoor Madhubala Dharmendra |
| Cinematography | Krishan Saigal |
| Edited by | Pran Mehra |
| Music by | Shankar-Jaikishan |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | est. ₹5.2 million |
Boy Friend is a 1961 Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Naresh Saigal. The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Madhubala, Dharmendra in lead roles. The film's music is composed by Shankar-Jaikishan. It revolves around Madan, who ran away from his house as a child and becomes a thief.
This film was a remake of Kismet (1943), starring Ashok Kumar along with Mumtaz Shanti, Shah Nawaz and Mehmood. Boy Friend performed moderately well the box office.[1]
Plot
[edit]Eight-year-old Madan is separated from his wealthy parents, Thakur Harcharan Singh (Shivraj) and his wife Rajni. Their other son, Madan's younger brother, Sunil grows up to become a police inspector and is searching for his lost brother Madan.
Madan, who now is known by the name Shyam, has managed to survive by becoming a petty thief and has ended up in jail. On his release, he boards a train to Mumbai, where he meets Shantilal, a man he had known earlier in jail. The man, who is old and ill, asks Shyam to find his two daughters, Sangita and Sushma, whom he had abandoned due to poverty and debt years before.
When Shyam arrives in Mumbai, he begins searching for the sisters. He soon finds a young woman named Sushma (Nishi Kohli). When she drives off, he follows her in a taxi to a theater owned by Harcharan Singh, who arrives with his wife.
Sushma's elder sister Sangeeta is practicing dance for her stage debut in a play called "Boy Friend." The problem is that the play does not have a male lead.
While they are at the theater, Mrs. Singh's necklace is stolen by someone in the crowd. Inspector Sunil has just arrived with his men, and they start chasing the thief. Shyam sees the thief hide the necklace in a case in the sisters' car. That evening, Shyam sneaks into the sisters' house and retrieves the stolen necklace from the case. He also meets Sangita. When he relays their father's message to them, the sisters invite him to stay with them.
Shyam leaves early the next morning to return the stolen necklace to Sunil. But the Singhs' servant Sampat steals the necklace from him and sells the necklace to a dealer.
Shyam, deciding to leave the life of crime and seek a job, sees the ad for a hero opposite Sangita in "Boy Friend" and goes to audition in front of Harcharan Singh. He is hired and the show opens in Shimla with great success. When he takes Sangita skiing, she breaks her leg - an operation is expensive, and she cannot appear on stage any longer. Harcharan sends his manager to demand that the sisters pay off their debt to him or lose their house. Shyam is furious at this, and quits his job as hero for the theater company. Without a job, the problem is finding the money that Sangita needs desperately, without resorting to his old thieving ways.
Cast
[edit]- Shammi Kapoor as Madan / Shyam
- Madhubala as Sangeeta
- Dharmendra as Inspector Sunil
- Nishi Kohli as Sushma
- Dhumal as Sampat
- Marutirao Parab as Sevakram
- Amirbai Karnataki as Rajni Singh
- Shivraj as Thakur Harcharan Singh
Soundtrack
[edit]| Boy Friend | |
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| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | December 1, 1961[2] |
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack |
| Length | 33:00 |
| Language | Hindi |
| Label | Saregama |
| Producer | Shankar–Jaikishan |
All music is composed by Shankar–Jaikishan
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mujhe Apna Yaar Bana Lo, Pt. 1" | Hasrat Jaipuri | Mohammed Rafi | 3:57 |
| 2. | "Dekho Na Jao Jane Man, Pt. 1" | Shailendra | Subir Sen | 4:20 |
| 3. | "Kyon Ji Mujhe Pehchana" | Shailendra | Mohammed Rafi | 4:27 |
| 4. | "Salam Aap Ki Methi Nazar Ko Salam" | Hasrat Jaipuri | Mohammed Rafi | 4:57 |
| 5. | "Dheere Chal Ae Bheegi Hawa" | Hasrat Jaipuri | Mohammed Rafi | 4:21 |
| 6. | "Aaye Ga Aaye Ga" | Suky Akkal | Aarti Mukherji & Mohammed Rafi | 4:14 |
| 7. | "Dekho Na Jao Jane Man, Pt. 2" | Shailendra | Lata Mangeshkar | 5:03 |
| 8. | "Mujhe Apna Yaar Bana Lo, Pt. 2" | Hasrat Jaipuri | Mohammed Rafi | 1:49 |
| Total length: | 33:00 | |||
Box office
[edit]Boy Friend was the twentieth highest-grossing Indian film of 1961.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Boxofficeindia.com". 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Boy Friend". Apple Music. 1961. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
External links
[edit]- Boy Friend at IMDb
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