Beautiful heroine, Bindu by name (Saira Banu) - fun loving, cute, lots of sakhiyaan, as it happened in Bollywood of the 60s! People are actually cycling! I am not sure if the sakhiyaan disappeared after this or had any other role in the film.
Her simpleton neighbor, Bhola (Sunil Dutt) is madly in love with her, but at a loss. How can he impress this beautiful girl?
His guru, Kishore Kumar, tells Bhola to sing love songs to her. That is the way to a girl's heart in any Bollywood film! Bindu will immediately fall right into love with Bhola and all will be happy ever after:
Thus it is imperative that Bhola learn to sing! Here is how that first music lesson goes:
Read more here!
For me the true stars of the films are the stellar music by RD Burman, wonderful comic timing of Kishore Kumar, and Mehmood's buffoonery! Sunil Dutt and Saira Banu gamely submit to these shenanigans to make a super comedy.
Thanks for the post, Pardesi, really nice movie, amazing soundtrack and great acting and direction.
ReplyDeleteI love it when Guruji says - Arre Bhola neeche say, neeche say, and Bhola promptly moves to sit on the floor!!
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