Boy Friend (1961 film)

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Boy Friend
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Directed byNaresh Saigal
Written byShivaji Rathore
Produced byNaresh Saigal
K. Dutta
Starring Shammi Kapoor
Madhubala
Dharmendra
CinematographyKrishan Saigal
Edited byPran Mehra
Music by Shankar-Jaikishan
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
Country India
Language Hindi
Box officeest.₹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.

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This film was a remake of India's first blockbuster Kismet (1943), starring Ashok Kumar along with Mumtaz Shanti, Shah Nawaz and Mehmood. Boy Friend performed moderately well the box office. [1]

Plot

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 (Dharmendra) grows up to become a police inspector and is searching for his lost brother Madan.

Madan (Shammi Kapoor), 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 (Madhubala) 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 (Dhumal) 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

Soundtrack

Boy Friend
Soundtrack album by
Shankar–Jaikishan
ReleasedDecember 1, 1961 (1961-12-01) [2]
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Length33:00
Language Hindi
Label Saregama
Producer Shankar–Jaikishan

All music is composed by Shankar–Jaikishan

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(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

Boy Friend was the twentieth highest-grossing Indian film of 1961. [1] It grossed ₹0.52 crore, including a nett of ₹0.26 crore. Adjusted for inflation, its gross was equivalent to ₹58.2 crore in 2016.

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  1. 1 2 "Boxofficeindia.com". 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Boy Friend". Apple Music. 1961. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  3. 1 2 "When Shammi Kapoor fell for Madhubala". Rediff. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
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