Padosan (1968)

 ●  Hindi ● 2 hrs 37 mins

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Slapstick musical comedy in which the innocent Bhola (Dutt) gives up his commitment to celibacy when he falls for sexy neighbour Bindu (Saira Banu). His rivals in love are his own uncle (Prakash) and Bindu’s traditionalist Carnatic music teacher (Mehmood). He, however, wins his girl with the assistance of the crooked guru (K. Kumar), when he serenades her using the guru for a musical playback. The high point of the film is a zany take-off on the jugalbandi (musical contest) between the guru and the Carnatic musician (Ek chatur naar karke singaar, sung by Manna Dey and Kumar). The original Bengali story had previously been filmed by Sudhir Mukherjee (<a href="https://indiancine.ma/GPI/info">Pasher Bari</a>, 1952), C. Pullaiah (<a href="https://indiancine.ma/GYB/info">Pakkinti Ammayi</a>, 1953) and Raghavaiah (Adutha VeetuPenn, 1960).

Cast: Saira Banu, Sunil Dutt

Crew: Jyoti Swaroop (Director), KH Kapadia (Director of Photography), Rahul Dev Burman (Music Director)

Rating: U (India)

Genres: Drama, Musical, Romance

Release Dates: 01 Jan 1968 (India)

Hindi Name: पड़ोसन

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Did you know? The film is based on the Bengali story Pasher Bari by Arun Chowdhury, which was first made in Bengali as Pasher Bari (1952). Read More
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as Bindu
as Bhola
as Calcuttiya
as Vidyapathi

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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Black & White
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.39:1 (Scope)
Stereoscopy:
No
Movie Connection(s):
Remake of: Adutha Veetu Penn (Tamil)
Trivia:
The film is based on the Bengali story Pasher Bari by Arun Chowdhury, which was first made in Bengali as Pasher Bari (1952).

The choreographer wasn't present while filming the song 'Meri Bindoo'. Kishore Kumar volunteered and began dancing, instructing the rest to follow him. The sequence consisting mostly of silly actions and is considered to be one of the most funny music videos in Indian Cinema.

Producer Mehmood followed Kishore Kumar around for a month to convince him to play the role of Vidyapati. Kumar finally agreed after Mehmood spent a whole night in front of his house.