Jhumroo

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Jhumroo
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Directed byShankar Mukherjee
Screenplay byVrajendra Gaud
Story by Kishore Kumar
Starring Madhubala
Kishore Kumar
Music byKishore Kumar
Production
company
K. S. Films [1]
Release date
  • 27 January 1961 (1961-01-27)
Running time
171 minutes [1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box officeest.₹1.1 crore (est.₹107 crore as of 2016)

Jhumroo is a 1961 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Shankar Mukherjee. It stars Madhubala and Kishore Kumar in lead roles, with Chanchal, Anoop Kumar, Lalita Pawar and Jayant appearing in supporting roles. The screenplay is written by Madhusudan Kalekar, dialogue by Vrajendra Gaud and story by Kishore Kumar. [1] Jhumroo was theatrically released on 27 January, 1961 and became a box office success. It is among the final films to star Madhubala. [2]

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Plot

Anjana, a wealthy girl returns to her home after completing her education. Here she meets Jhumroo, a local tribal and falls in love with him. Her father strongly disapproves of the match. It turns out that Jhumroo's foster mother is the real mother of Anjana. Her father's best friend, whom her father had duped, is the real father of Jhumroo. Watch the movie to find out how it all ends.

Cast

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Kishore Kumar. The music was arranged by S.D. Burman's musical band.

The song "Koi Humdum Na Raha" was a cover of the song of the same name, composed by Saraswati Devi, and sung by the actor – and occasional singer – Ashok Kumar for Jeevan Naiya (1936). [3] Kishore Kumar had heard Ashok Kumar sing "Koi Humdum Na Raha" as a five years old, and developed an affinity for it, so much so that he would practice riyaz singing it during his boyhood days. Two and a half decades later, while composing the music for Jhumroo, Kishore proposed to render the song for his film, and approached his brother for it. But as it happens, when his brother tried to dissuade him from doing so, saying that it was an intricate metre to compose, Kishore light-heartedly observed, "I don’t know about that but I will sing it and I will sing it better than you." And with that exchange of banter, he proceeded to render the song. "Koi Humdum Na Raha" is often regarded by music connoisseurs as one of Kumar's best songs. [4]

Lyrics of all songs written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, except 2 songs Main hoon jhumroo & Ruk tuk thum thum – both written by Kishore Kumar. [5]

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Main Hoon Jhumroo"Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar  
2."Babu Aana Sunte Jana"Majrooh SultanpuriKishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle & Chorus 
3."Jhoome Re Jhoome"Majrooh SultanpuriKishore Kumar & Asha Bhosle 
4."Babaloo Babaloo Ba Ba"Majrooh SultanpuriKishore Kumar & Asha Bhosle 
5."Aaja Too Aaja Aji Na"Majrooh SultanpuriKishore Kumar, Usha Mangeshkar & Chorus 
6."Ruk Ruk Thum Thum"Kishore KumarAsha Bhosle 
7."Koi Humdum Na Raha"Majrooh SultanpuriKishore Kumar 
8."Thandi Hawa Ye Chandni Suhani"Majrooh SultanpuriKishore Kumar 
9."Matwale Hum Matwale Tum"Majrooh SultanpuriKishore Kumar 
10."Ae Bhola Bhala Man Mera"Majrooh SultanpuriKishore Kumar & Asha Bhosle 
11."Ge Ge Geli Jara Timbaktu Kathmandu"Majrooh SultanpuriKishore Kumar & Chorus 

Reception

In Filmigeek's review, it was written that "Jhumroo follows a set of conventions that are relatively ordinary for filmi romantic comedy." It praised the soundtrack of the film saying, "The songs keep coming fast and thick, and they are all well-crafted both musically and visually." Writing about Madhubala's performance, it stated that she is "genius at a gentle physical comedy that both gets out of Kishore's way to let him own the screen." [2]

Box office

Jhumroo was released on January 27, 1961 and earned ₹11 million at the box office, generating a huge profit of ₹5.5 million for the producers. Consequently the film was a commercial success and emerged as the eleventh highest-grossing film of 1961. [6]

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