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Professor (1962 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Professor' is a 1962 Hindi film, produced by F. C. Mehra and directed by Lekh Tandon.According to writers such as Deepa Gahlot, director Lekh Tandon's casting of Shah Rukh Khan in his serial 'Dil Dariya' (1988-89) constituted the discovery of SRK. Deepa Gahlot, 'Take-2: 50 Films That Deserve a New Audience' (Carlsbad CA: Hay House, Inc, 2015), 139. The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana, Bela Bose, Lalita Pawar, Tun Tun and Iftekhar. The film's music is by Shankar Jaikishan. The film became a box office hit. 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' The rights to this film are owned by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment.
Plot
Sita Devi Verma (Lalita Pawar), situated in DarjeelingWhile filming in Darjeeling, the 'Professor' crew and cast's work came slowly, due to the regular appearance of mist, which would make the shots less clear than the shiny cinematography of this kind of 'masala' film demanded. Dwarka Divecha, who was also the director of photography for such greats as 'Sholay' (1975), was the cameraman for 'Professor'. Shoma A. Chatterji, 'Filming Reality: The Independent Documentary Movement in India' (New Delhi: SAGE India, 2015), 42. 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.
Cast
Initially Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor were approached for the lead role of Pritam but they did not accept.
* Shammi Kapoor...Professor Pritam Khanna
* Randhir (actor)....Professor sahab
* Salim Khan...Ramesh
* Kalpana...Neena Verma
* Lalita Pawar...Sita Devi Verma
* Parveen Choudhary...Rita Verma
* Pratima Devi...as Pritam mom
* Rashid Khan...Hanuman Singh
* Bela Bose...Hanuman Singh's daughter
* Tun Tun...Phool Rani
* Amol Sen... as Tun Tun Lover,boyfriend
* Iftekhar...Artist
* Bir Sakuja...Ramesh's father
*Moolchand...Jeweller
* Ratan Gaurang...Hotel boy Chang
* Maqsood...Hotel waiter
* Ratnamala...Sita Devi's friend from tribal village
* Gopal
* M.A. Latif...Doctor treating Rita Verma
Soundtrack
All the songs were composed by ShankarJaikishan, assisted by Dattaram Wadkar.
Awards and nominations
*'Won': Filmfare Best Music Director Award - Shankar Jaikishan
*Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Shammi Kapoor
*Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Lalita Pawar
*Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist - Hasrat Jaipuri for the song "Aai Gulbadan"
*Nominated: Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Mohammed Rafi for the song "Aye Gulbadan"
References
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