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Passport (1961 film)

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'Passport' is a 1961 Indian Bollywood drama film directed by Pramod Chakravorty. The film stars Madhubala and Pradeep Kumar.

'Passport' was released in October 1961 and became a commercial success. It was the last film to star Madhubala and Kumar together, and also one of the last films of Madhubala.

Plot



While assisting the Bombay Police in arresting diamond smugglers, Shekhar (Pradeep Kumar) suspects Bhagwandas (Nazir Hussain) who owns a jewellery shop. Soon, he discovers that Bhagwandas is the father of Rita, his love interest (Madhubala).

Cast



The main cast of the film included:

*Madhubala as Rita Bhagwandas

*Pradeep Kumar as Shekhar

*Helen as Mary

*K. N. Singh as Shamsher Singh / Shyamlal

*Nazir Hussain as Bhagwandas

*Mumtaz Begum as Mrs. Bhagwandas

*Shivraj as Benny Prasad

*Dulari as Mrs. Benny Prasad

*Jagdish Raj as Police Inspector

*Moni Chatterjee as Passport officer

*Narmada Shankar as Munimji

*C. S. Dubey as Employee at Bhagwandas Jewellers

*Moolchand as Employee at Bhagwandas Jewellers

* Bhagwan Sinha as employee at jewellers

* Kumud Tripathi as Joseph Pinto, employee at jewellers

* V. Gopal as Janardan

* Mirajkar as Swami, employee at jewellers

* Manju as Garib Singh, employee at jewellers

* Rajan Kapoor as Police Inspector Verma in Suite

* Lillian as Lily

* Shetty as Singh's driver

* Pachhi as Turkish diamond smuggler

Soundtrack



The soundtrack of 'Passport' was composed by KalyanjiAnandji and lyrics were penned by Qamar Jalalabadi and Farooq Kaiser. "Saaz-E-Dil Chhed De" was a chartbuster.

Reception



'Passport' was released at the peak of Madhubala's popularity and craze. The film consequently emerged as one of the biggest commercial successes of the year 1961, according to 'Filmfare'.

References






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