College Girl (1960 film)

Plot

In India, girls from their very birth are taken for liability upon their parents; thus the mothers of the nation are looked down in their own houses. Kamala represents such afflicted Indian girlhood. She is the daughter of Judge Ram Pershad who is illiterate and has orthodox views about girls. She stands first in the Matriculation Examination and has an ardent desire for studying in college in order to become a doctor. Judge Ram Pershad is totally against college education for girls. It is his faith that any money spent on the sons alone is money well-spent merely because they are sons and will stand by him in his old age. Kamala is determined not to bow before injustice but to secure her rightful place in society. She makes an all out bid to join college with the contrivance of Dr. Ratanlal, a close friend of her father. In college she come across Shyam who helps her in many difficult situations.

Cast

Production

The film mark the debut of Saroj Khan as the choreographer, she trained actress Vyjayanthimala. After the death of actor Shammi Kapoor in 2011, The Hindu interviewed with actress Vyjayanthimala in conjunction tribute to actor Shammi Kapoor, she describe the actor as "Whilst working in "College Girl", he adopted a peculiar way of walking on his toes which he effectively created himself".

Soundtrack

All lyrics written by Rajendra Krishan.; all music composed by Shankar Jaikishan.

Box office

At the end of its theatrical run, the film grossed around ₹ 70,00,000 with nett gross of ₹ 35,00,000, thus becomes the eighteenth highest-grossing film of 1960 with verdict average success at box office.