Miss Mary (1957 film)
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Miss Mary is a 1957 Indian comedy film directed by L.V. Prasad. The movie is an AVM production, written by Hargobind Duggal, and directed by L. V. Prasad.[1] The original Missamma was directed in Telugu in 1955 and was remade as Missiamma in Tamil with Savitri playing the title role in both films. It was remade in Hindi as Miss Mary in 1957 with Meena Kumari in the title role, keeping Jamuna as the constant factor in all these films. L. V. Prasad directed all three versions. The music was by Hemant Kumar with the lyrics and dialogue written by Rajendra Krishan. The songs were sung by Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Geeta Dutt and Mohammed Rafi. The film's script was adapted by Chakrapani from two Indian Bengali-language novels: Rabindranath Maitra's Manmoyee Girls School[2] and Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay's Detective.
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Directed by | L. V. Prasad |
Written by | Rajendra Krishan |
Produced by | A. V. Meiyappan |
Starring | Meena Kumari Gemini Ganeshan Kishore Kumar Jamuna Om Prakash |
Cinematography | T. Muthuswamy |
Edited by | K. Shankar |
Music by | Hemant Kumar |
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Distributed by | AVM Productions |
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Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Meena Kumari, who was to later become famous for her tragedy roles meriting the sobriquet "Queen of Tragedy", acted in a few light-hearted roles in the 1950s in films such as Azaad (1955), Mem Sahib (1956), Shararat (1959 film), Kohinoor (1960) and Miss Mary.[3] For Gemini Ganesan (in his second Hindi film), and for Meena Kumari, Miss Mary was one of the biggest hits of that year.[4]