Professor (1962 film)

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Professor
Professor Shammi Kapoor.jpg
Directed by Lekh Tandon
Written by Abrar Alvi [1]
Produced byF. C. Mehra
Starring Shammi Kapoor
Kalpana Mohan
Lalita Pawar
Cinematography Dwarka Divecha
Edited byPran Mehra
Music by Shankar Jaikishan
Release date
11 May 1962
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Professor is a 1962 Hindi film, produced by F. C. Mehra and directed by Lekh Tandon. [2] The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana, Bela Bose, Lalita Pawar, Tun Tun and Iftekhar. The film's music is by Shankar Jaikishan. The film became a box office hit. [3] The film was remade in Tamil as Nadigan (1990), in Telugu twice as Bhale Mastaru (1969), Peddinti Alludu (1991) and in Kannada as Gopi Krishna [4] The rights to this film are owned by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment.

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Plot

Sita Devi Verma (Lalita Pawar), situated in Darjeeling [5] is the guardian to two young women (Nina and Rita) and two school children (Bunty and Munnu) in her care. She is a strict guardian and the four often disobey her and create mischief behind her back. She is looking for a professor as a tutor, her only condition being that he should be above 50 years of age. Pritam Khanna (Shammi Kapoor), a young college graduate in dire need of work, applies for the job and get dejected after being rejected due to his age. The same day, he discovers his mother (Pratima Devi) has an advanced stage of tuberculosis and needs hospitalization. Due to financial difficulties, he disguises himself as an older professor and takes the job.

The women do not want a professor and try every trick in the book to defame the professor in the eyes of Sita Devi. Pritam soon catches on and defeats them at their own game. He falls in love with Nina and woos her as a young man in the city. Chaos ensues when Sita Devi develops feelings towards old Prof. Khanna and Pritam has to romance the two ladies in different disguises at the same time.

Cast

Initially Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor were approached for the lead role of Pritam but they did not accept.

Soundtrack

All the songs were composed by Shankar–Jaikishan, assisted by Dattaram Wadkar.

#TitleSinger(s)LyricistDurationNote
1"Humrae Gaon Koi Ayega" Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle Hasrat Jaipuri 03:16Picturised on Kalpana and Parveen Choudhary
2"Yeh Umar Hai" Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Manna Dey Hasrat Jaipuri03:26Picturised on Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana and Parveen Choudhary
3"Main Chali Main Chali" Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar Shailendra 03:03Picturised on Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana
4"Aye Gulbadan" Mohammad Rafi Hasrat Jaipuri03:18Picturised on Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana
5"Khuli Palak Mein Jhoota Gussa" Mohammad Rafi Shailendra03:06Picturised on Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana
6"Aawaz Deke Humein Tum Bulao" Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar Hasrat Jaipuri03:08Picturised on Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana

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References

  1. ↑ Alvi's fees (Rs 17,500) were less than half his market rate at that time, due to producer Mehra's hiring of Lekh Tandon as director. Abrar Alvi with Sathya Saran, Ten Years with Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi's Journey (New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 2008), 82-84. ISBN   067008221X
  2. ↑ According to writers such as Deepa Gahlot, director Lekh Tandon's casting of Shah Rukh Khan in his serial Dil Dariya (1988-89) constituted the discovery of SRK. Deepa Gahlot, Take-2: 50 Films That Deserve a New Audience (Carlsbad CA: Hay House, Inc, 2015), 139. ISBN   938454485X
  3. ↑ "Box Office 1962". Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
  4. ↑ Chatterji, Shoma A (19 October 2017). "Lekh Tandon". Upperstall.com. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  5. ↑ While filming in Darjeeling, the Professor crew and cast's work came slowly, due to the regular appearance of mist, which would make the shots less clear than the shiny cinematography of this kind of masala film demanded. Dwarka Divecha, who was also the director of photography for such greats as Sholay (1975), was the cameraman for Professor. Shoma A. Chatterji, Filming Reality: The Independent Documentary Movement in India (New Delhi: SAGE India, 2015), 42. ISBN   9351502880
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Dhirad, Sandeep (2006). "Filmfare Nominees and Winner" (PDF). deep750.googlepages.com. p. 15.

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