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1962 Indian film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Professor is a 1962 Hindi musical comedy 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. It was a box office super hit.[3]
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| Directed by | Lekh Tandon |
| Written by | Abrar Alvi[1] |
| Produced by | F. C. Mehra |
| Starring | Shammi Kapoor Kalpana Mohan Lalita Pawar |
| Cinematography | Dwarka Divecha |
| Edited by | Pran Mehra |
| Music by | Shankar Jaikishan |
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Running time | 167 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
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] Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment currently owns the film rights.
Sita Devi Verma (Lalita Pawar), established 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.
Initially Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor were approached for the lead role of Pritam but they did not accept.
All the songs were composed by Shankar–Jaikishan, assisted by Dattaram Wadkar.
| # | Title | Singer(s) | Lyricist | Duration | Note |
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| 1 | "Humrae Gaon Koi Ayega" | Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle | Hasrat Jaipuri | 03:16 | Picturised on Kalpana and Parveen Choudhary |
| 2 | "Yeh Umar Hai" | Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Manna Dey | Hasrat Jaipuri | 03:26 | Picturised on Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana and Parveen Choudhary |
| 3 | "Main Chali Main Chali" | Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar | Shailendra | 03:03 | Picturised on Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana |
| 4 | "Aye Gulbadan" | Mohammad Rafi | Hasrat Jaipuri | 03:18 | Picturised on Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana |
| 5 | "Khuli Palak Mein Jhoota Gussa" | Mohammad Rafi | Shailendra | 03:06 | Picturised on Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana |
| 6 | "Aawaz Deke Humein Tum Bulao" | Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar | Hasrat Jaipuri | 03:08 | Picturised on Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana |
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