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Genre
  
Musical, Romance

Duration
  

Language
  
Hindi

7.7/10
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Director
  
Anant Thakur

Release date
  
1956 (India)

Country
  
India

Release date
  
1956

Writer
  
Agha Jani Kashmiri (dialogue), Agha Jani Kashmiri (screenplay)

Songs
  
Mehndi Mehndi

Cast
  
Raj Kapoor
(Sultana Daku),
Nargis
(Kammo),
Pran
(Sumankumar),
Johnny Walker
(Shayar),
Mukri
(Madarilal)

Chori Chori (Hindi: चोरी चोरी; English: Surreptitiously) is a 1956 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Anant Thakur, with music by Shankar Jaikishan and lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra. The film is an unofficial remake of the American film, It Happened One Night. Bhagwan Dada, Pran, David, and Johnny Walker have character parts. This was the last film of Nargis-Raj Kapoor, with Nargis doing one cameo appearance in the Raj Kapoor starrer Jagte Raho. The music of Chori Chori had popular tracks including "Aaja Sanam", "Yeh Raat Bheegi Bheegi" in the voices of Lata Mangeshkar and Manna Dey, "Jahan Mein Jati Hun" by Lata and Manna and "Sawa Lakh Ki Lottery," by Mohammad Rafi. The movie would later inspire the unofficial 1991 Hindi re-make Dil Hai Ke Manta Nahin directed by Mahesh Bhatt and starring Aamir Khan and Pooja Bhatt. Like 'Chori Chori' it too became a hit.

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Plot

Kammo (Nargis) lives a very wealthy lifestyle with her widowed multi-millionaire dad, Girhdarilal (Gope), who would like her to get married to someone who is not after their wealth. To his dismay, she chooses to marry a pilot named Sumankumar (Pran), who is known to womanize and for his greed. When he disapproves, she runs away. He advertises for her safe return and offers to pay Rs.1.25 lakh to the finder.

Four days later, Kammo returns and she is not the same anymore; she is more humble, sober, and respectful. Fully appreciative of this, Girdharilal agrees to her marriage to Sumankumar. Just before the marriage, a man named Sagar (Raj Kapoor) approaches them — this visit will change their lives forever.

Cast

  • Raj Kapoor as Sagar / Sultana Daku
  • Nargis as Kammo
  • Gope as Seth. Girdharilal
  • Master Bhagwan as Bhagwan
  • Pran as Sumankumar
  • David Abraham as Banwarilal (as David)
  • Mukri as Madarilal (as Muqri)
  • Raj Mehra as Editor
  • Indira Bansal as Shayar's wife
  • Amir Banu as Madarilal's wife (as Ameer Banoo)
  • Rajasulochana as Bhagwan's wife (as Raja Sulochana)
  • Neelam as Girdharilal's Secretary
  • Johnny Walker as Shayar
  • Maruti as Postal Employee
    • Dance
  • Kumari Kamala
  • Sayee Subbulakshmi
    • Choreographer
  • K. N. Dandayudhapani Pillai
  • Gopi Krishna

    • Awards

  • Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Shankar Jaikishan

    • Soundtrack

    The track "Aaja Sanam" is based on the Italian folk tune Tarantella Napoletana.

    Chori chori 1956 raj kapoor nargis bollywood old hindi songs music by shankar jaikishan


    References

    Chori Chori Wikipedia
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