Professor is a 1962 Hindi musical comedy 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. It was a box office super 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. Red Chillies Entertainment currently owns the film rights.
Plot Sita Devi Verma, established 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, 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 Shammi Kapoor as Professor Pritam Khanna Kalpana as Neena Randhir (actor) as Professor sahab Salim Khan as Ramesh Verma Lalita Pawar...Sita Devi Verma Parveen Choudhary...Rita Verma Pratima Devi as Pritam mom Rashid Khan...Hanuman Singh Bela Bose...Hanuman Singh's wife Tun Tun as Phool Rani Amol Sen as Dwarf driver Tun Tun Lover, boyfriend Iftekhar...Artist Bir Sakuja as Ramesh's father Moolchand as Jeweller Ratan Gaurang as Chang Hotel water Maqsood...Hotel waiter Ratnamala as Sita Devi's friend from tribal village Uma Khosla as Malti (Ramesh sister) Jugal Kishore as tailor master Gopal M.A. Latif as Doctor treating Rita Verma
Soundtrack
All the songs were composed by Shankar–Jaikishan, assisted by Dattaram Wadkar.
# Title Singer(s) Lyricist Duration NoteRaga1 "Humrae Gaon Koi Ayega"Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle Hasrat Jaipuri03:16Picturised on Kalpana and Parveen Choudhary2 "Yeh Umar Hai"Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Manna DeyHasrat Jaipuri03:26Picturised on Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana and Parveen Choudhary3 "Main Chali Main Chali"Mohammad Rafi, Lata MangeshkarShailendra03:03Picturised on Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana4 "Aye Gulbadan"Mohammad RafiHasrat Jaipuri03:18Picturised on Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana5 "Khuli Palak Mein Jhoota Gussa"Mohammad RafiShailendra03:06Picturised on Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana6 "Aawaz Deke Humein Tum Bulao"Mohammad Rafi, Lata MangeshkarHasrat Jaipuri03:08Picturised on Shammi Kapoor, KalpanaShivaranjani
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"
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