Padosan
Sign in to savePadosan (, ) is a 1968 Indian Hindi-language musical comedy film directed by Jyoti Swaroop and produced by Mehmood, N. C. Sippy and written by Rajendra Krishan. It is a remake of the Bengali film Pasher Bari (1952) based on a short story of the same name by Arun Chowdhury, starring Bhanu Bandyopadhyay and Sabitri Chatterjee. The short story it was is considered to be an adaptation of the French play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) by Edmond Rostand. The film stars Sunil Dutt and Saira Banu. Kishore Kumar, Mukri, Raj Kishore and Keshto Mukherjee played the supporting roles.
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7.2A simple man from a village falls in love with his new neighbor. He enlists the help of his musical-theater friends to woo the lovely girl-next-door away from her music teacher.
Released: 1968-11-29157 minDir: Jyoti SwaroopComedy, Music, Romance
Cast
- Sunil Dutt as Bhola
- Saira Banu as Bhindu
- Mehmood as Master Pillai
- Kishore Kumar as Vidyapathi aka Guru
- Om Prakash as Bhola's Uncle
- Dulari as Bhola's Aunt
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Key dates
- Published
- 1 January 1968
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Hindi
- Screenwriter
- Rajendra Krishan
- Cast member
- Mukri
- Composer
- R. D. Burman
- Producer
- Mehmood Ali
- Duration
- +157
- FilmAffinity ID
- 398618
- Distribution format
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8 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Soundtrack
- Reception
- Critical response
- Legacy
- References
- External links
Padosan (, ) is a 1968 Indian Hindi-language musical comedy film directed by Jyoti Swaroop and produced by Mehmood, N. C. Sippy and written by Rajendra Krishan. It is a remake of the Bengali film Pasher Bari (1952) based on a short story of the same name by Arun Chowdhury, starring Bhanu Bandyopadhyay and Sabitri Chatterjee. The short story it was is considered to be an adaptation of the French play Cyrano de Bergerac (1897) by Edmond Rostand. The film stars Sunil Dutt and Saira Banu. Kishore Kumar, Mukri, Raj Kishore and Keshto Mukherjee played the supporting roles.
Indiatimes Movies ranked the film amongst the "Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films". Music was composed by R. D. Burman. Kumar sang for himself while Manna Dey sang for Mehmood. Many of the scenes were shot in Brindavan Gardens located near the city of Mysore.