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Boy Friend (1961 film)

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Boy Friend
Poster
Directed byNaresh Saigal
Written byShivaji Rathore
Produced byNaresh Saigal
K. Dutta
StarringShammi Kapoor
Madhubala
Dharmendra
CinematographyKrishan Saigal
Edited byPran Mehra
Music byShankar-Jaikishan
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box officeest. 5.2 million

Boy Friend is a 1961 Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Naresh Saigal. The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Madhubala, Dharmendra in lead roles. The film's music is composed by Shankar-Jaikishan. It revolves around Madan, who ran away from his house as a child and becomes a thief.

This film was a remake of Kismet (1943), starring Ashok Kumar along with Mumtaz Shanti, Shah Nawaz and Mehmood. Boy Friend performed moderately well the box office.[1]

Plot

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Eight-year-old Madan is separated from his wealthy parents, Thakur Harcharan Singh (Shivraj) and his wife Rajni. Their other son, Madan's younger brother, Sunil grows up to become a police inspector and is searching for his lost brother Madan.

Madan, who now is known by the name Shyam, has managed to survive by becoming a petty thief and has ended up in jail. On his release, he boards a train to Mumbai, where he meets Shantilal, a man he had known earlier in jail. The man, who is old and ill, asks Shyam to find his two daughters, Sangita and Sushma, whom he had abandoned due to poverty and debt years before.

When Shyam arrives in Mumbai, he begins searching for the sisters. He soon finds a young woman named Sushma (Nishi Kohli). When she drives off, he follows her in a taxi to a theater owned by Harcharan Singh, who arrives with his wife.

Sushma's elder sister Sangeeta is practicing dance for her stage debut in a play called "Boy Friend." The problem is that the play does not have a male lead.

While they are at the theater, Mrs. Singh's necklace is stolen by someone in the crowd. Inspector Sunil has just arrived with his men, and they start chasing the thief. Shyam sees the thief hide the necklace in a case in the sisters' car. That evening, Shyam sneaks into the sisters' house and retrieves the stolen necklace from the case. He also meets Sangita. When he relays their father's message to them, the sisters invite him to stay with them.

Shyam leaves early the next morning to return the stolen necklace to Sunil. But the Singhs' servant Sampat steals the necklace from him and sells the necklace to a dealer.

Shyam, deciding to leave the life of crime and seek a job, sees the ad for a hero opposite Sangita in "Boy Friend" and goes to audition in front of Harcharan Singh. He is hired and the show opens in Shimla with great success. When he takes Sangita skiing, she breaks her leg - an operation is expensive, and she cannot appear on stage any longer. Harcharan sends his manager to demand that the sisters pay off their debt to him or lose their house. Shyam is furious at this, and quits his job as hero for the theater company. Without a job, the problem is finding the money that Sangita needs desperately, without resorting to his old thieving ways.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Boy Friend
Soundtrack album by
ReleasedDecember 1, 1961 (1961-12-01)[2]
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length33:00
LanguageHindi
LabelSaregama
ProducerShankar–Jaikishan

All music is composed by Shankar–Jaikishan

Track listing
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Mujhe Apna Yaar Bana Lo, Pt. 1"Hasrat JaipuriMohammed Rafi3:57
2."Dekho Na Jao Jane Man, Pt. 1"ShailendraSubir Sen4:20
3."Kyon Ji Mujhe Pehchana"ShailendraMohammed Rafi4:27
4."Salam Aap Ki Methi Nazar Ko Salam"Hasrat JaipuriMohammed Rafi4:57
5."Dheere Chal Ae Bheegi Hawa"Hasrat JaipuriMohammed Rafi4:21
6."Aaye Ga Aaye Ga"Suky AkkalAarti Mukherji & Mohammed Rafi4:14
7."Dekho Na Jao Jane Man, Pt. 2"ShailendraLata Mangeshkar5:03
8."Mujhe Apna Yaar Bana Lo, Pt. 2"Hasrat JaipuriMohammed Rafi1:49
Total length:33:00

Box office

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Boy Friend was the twentieth highest-grossing Indian film of 1961.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Boxofficeindia.com". 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Boy Friend". Apple Music. 1961. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
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