Love in Simla

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Love In Simla
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Poster
Directed by R. K. Nayyar
Written by Agha Jani
R. K. Nayyar
Produced by Sashadhar Mukherjee
Starring Joy Mukherjee
Sadhana
CinematographyD. K. Dhuri
Edited byIndu Kumar
Music by Iqbal Qureshi
Release date
  • 1960 (1960)
Country India
Language Hindi

Love In Simla is a 1960 Indian romance film, produced by Sashadhar Mukherjee and his Filmalaya production house. Directed by R. K. Nayyar, who co-wrote the script with Agha Jani, the film had the producer's son, Joy Mukherjee, in the lead role. The actress Sadhana made her Hindi movie lead debut in the film and became a star. [1] The film also starred Azra, Shobhana Samarth and Durga Khote. The film was a light musical with humour as well as slapstick comedy. It became a hit at the box office. [2] The film is a part of the Love in trilogy. [3] The film was inspired by the 1938 English film Jane Steps Out . [4]

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Plot

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

Songs

Lyrics of all songs were written by Rajendra Krishan.

  1. "Dil Tham Chale Hum Aaj Kidhar" - Mohammed Rafi
  2. "Love Ka Matlab Hai Pyar" - Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
  3. "Gaal Gulabi Kiske Hai" - Mohammed Rafi
  4. "Alif Zabar Aaa Alif Zer Ae Alif Pesh O" - Mohammed Rafi, Sudha Malhotra
  5. "Ae Baby Ae Jee Idhar Aao" - Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi
  6. "Hasinon Ki Sawari Hai" - Mohammed Rafi, Suman Kalyanpur
  7. "Kiya Hai Dilruba Pyar Bhi Kabhi" - Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
  8. "Dar Pe Aaye Hain" - Mukesh
  9. "Muskuraye Khet Pyase Tarse Tarse" - Mohammed Rafi, Suman Kalyanpur
  10. "Husnwale Wafa Nahi Karte" - Mohammed Rafi, Shamshad Begum
  11. "Dil Tham Chale Hum Aaj Kidhar v2" - Mohammed Rafi
  12. "Yoon Zindagi ke raaste sanwaarte chale gaye" - Mohammed Rafi

Cast

Box office

In India, Love In Simla was the fifth highest-grossing film of 1960. [2] It grossed ₹1.7 crore in 1960. [5]

In the Soviet Union, the film was released in 1963 and came third place on the year's Soviet box office chart. [6] The film drew a Soviet box office audience of 35 million viewers, making it one of the top 20 most successful Indian films in the Soviet Union. [7]

Sequels

Love in Simla had 2 sequels thus forming a trilogy. The first one was Love in Tokyo starring Mukherjee and Asha Parekh in the lead roles and was released in 1966 [8] and the second one was Love in Bombay starring Mukherjee and Waheeda Rehman which released in 2013 due to going over the budget. [9]

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  2. 1 2 "Worth Their Weight In Gold! - Box Office India : India's premier film trade magazine". Box Office India. 1 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
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  4. ↑ "Sadhana's fringe benefits from Audrey Hepburn". Hindustantimes.com. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
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