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Jhumroo
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Wikipedia article
'Jhumroo' is a 1961 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Shankar Mukherjee. It stars Madhubala and Kishore Kumar in lead roles, with Chanchal, Anoop Kumar, Lalita Pawar and Jayant appearing in supporting roles. The screenplay is written by Madhusudan Kalekar, dialogue by Vrajendra Gaud and story by Kishore Kumar. 'Jhumroo' was theatrically released on 27 January, 1961 and became a box office success. It is among the final films to star Madhubala.
Plot
Anjana, a wealthy girl returns to her home after completing her education. Here she meets Jhumroo, a local tribal and falls in love with him. Her father strongly disapproves of the match. It turns out that Jhumroo's foster mother is the real mother of Anjana. Her father's best friend, whom her father had duped, is the real father of Jhumroo.
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Cast
* Madhubala as Anjana
* Kishore Kumar as Jhumroo
* Lalita Pawar as Kamli/Kamla
* Jayant as Dwarka Nath
* Chanchal as Chamki
* Anoop Kumar as Ramesh
* Sajjan as Banno
* M. Kumar as Bihari
Soundtrack
The soundtrack was composed by Kishore Kumar. The music was arranged by S.D. Burman's musical band.
The song "Koi Humdum Na Raha" was a cover of the song of the same name, composed by Saraswati Devi, and sung by the actor and occasional singer Ashok Kumar for 'Jeevan Naiya' (1936). Kishore Kumar was five years old when he had heard Ashok Kumar sing"Koi Humdum Na Raha" and developed a liking for it. Two and a half decades later, while composing the music forJhumroo, Kishore approached his brother to solicit his countenance to sing"Koi Humdum Na Raha" for his film. Despite his brother's attempt to dissuade him from doing so, saying that it was an intricate metre to compose, Kishore light-heartedly observed, "I dont know about that but I will sing it and I will sing it better than you." "Koi Humdum Na Raha"is often regarded as one of Kishore Kumar's best songs.
Lyrics of all songs written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, except 2 songs Main hoon jhumroo & Ruk tuk thum thum - both written by Kishore Kumar.
Reception
In Film Geek's review, it was written that "'Jhumroo' follows a set of conventions that are relatively ordinary for filmi romantic comedy." It praised the soundtrack of the film saying, "The songs keep coming fast and thick, and they are all well-crafted both musically and visually." Writing about Madhubala's performance, it stated that she is "genius at a gentle physical comedy that both gets out of Kishore's way to let him own the screen."
Box office
'Jhumroo' was released on January 27, 1961 and earned 11 million at the box office, generating a huge profit of 5.5 million for the producers. Consequently the film was a commercial success and emerged as the eleventh highest-grossing film of 1961.
References
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