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Pagla Kahin KaPagla Kahin Ka was a 1970 Hindi film directed by Shakti Samanta . It starred Shammi Kapoor, Asha Parekh, Helen, and Prem Chopra. All four had earlier starred in the huge hit Teesri Manzil (1966). Film's music is by Shankar Jaikishan.
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1 Plot
2 Cast
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4 Reception
5 References
Sujit (Shammi Kapoor) started having mental problems
when he was six years after visiting his dad, Ajit, at a mental asylum. Thereafter he kept on getting into trouble, and even ran away from the orphanage. Years later, a musician and singer, Shyam (Prem Chopra), finds Sujit singing on the roadside, and decides to hire him as a singer in a nightclub. This is where Sujit meets dancer, Jenny (Helen), and both fall in love with each other. When they announce their plans to get married, the news does not augur well with the nightclub's owner, Max. An argument ensues, Max draws a gun, and Shyam ends up killing Max. Sujit decides to take the blame, is arrested by the police. In order to escape the gallows, he feigns insanity, and is ordered to be admitted in a mental asylum until he recovers. In the asylum, he is placed under the compassionate care of Dr. Shalini (Asha Parekh) and about a year later is discharged. He returns to the nightclub just in time to for Jenny's and Shyam's engagement party. Baffled, confused, and angered at this betrayal, he really does go insane and ends up being re-admitted in the very same asylum. But this time his chances of recovery are very slim as he has retreated deep into the inner recesses of his mind - from where he may never return. Even though, Helen does her usual cabaret dance number in this film, it still contains one of her most dramatic roles, as she plays a rape victim.[1]
Cast[edit]
Shammi Kapoor
Asha Parekh
Prem Chopra
Helen
Murad
K. N. Singh
Sunder
Viju Khote
Brahm Bhardwaj ... Advocate S.K. Mehta (as Brahma Bhardwaj)
Birbal ... Inmate - Maharaja
Mohan Choti ... Inmate - Mahamantri
Manmohan Krishna ... Dr. Shah
Moolchand ... Inmate
Polson ... Inmate
Kumud Tripathi ... Sudha
Sajjan ... Inmate (uncredited)
Asit Sen ... Inmate - Buffalo (uncredited)
Crew[edit]
Produced by Ajit Chakraborty
Original Music by
Jaikishan Dayabhai Pankal (as Jaikishan)
Shankarsinh Raghuwanshi (as Shanker)
Cinematography by V. Gopi Krishna
Film Editing by Govind Dalwadi
Art Direction by Shanti Dass
Costume Design by Sudha Parekh, Leena Shah
Makeup Department
Dinu Indulkar .... key makeup artist
Kasinath More .... makeup department head
Perin Pereira .... hair stylist
Khurshid Ramwala .... hair stylist
Bhikubhai Rathod .... assistant makeup artist
Ram Tipnis .... key makeup artist
Production Management
A.K. Tiwari .... production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Harish Khatri .... assistant director
Dinesh Saxena .... assistant director
Art Department
Madhukar S. Shinde .... assistant art director
Dilip Singh .... assistant art director
Gurudayal Singh .... assistant art director
Camera and Electrical Department
R.M. Bhalla .... assistant camera
N.G. Rao .... assistant camera
V. Subbarao .... assistant camera
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Chelaram .... costumes
Mani J. Rabadi .... costumes
Editorial Department
Bijoy Chowdhary .... assistant editor
M.T. Gupte .... assistant editor
Music Department
Asha Bhosle .... playback singer
S. H. Bihari .... lyrics
Manna Dey .... playback singer
Sebastian D'Souza .... assistant to composer
Hasrat Jaipuri .... lyrics
Lata Mangeshkar .... playback singer
Mohammed Rafi .... playback singer: "Tum Mujhe yun Bhula Na Paoge"
Brahmanand Sharma .... background music
Dattaram Wadkar .... assistant to composer
Other crew
Herman Benjamin .... dances
N.C. Nanda .... production controller
Reception
The film wasn't a box office hit. Leading lady Asha Parekh said audiences didn't want to see Shammi Kapoor play a madman. Nevertheless, the film remains one of her personal favorites, calling it a "beautiful film."[2] [3] Her co-star Helen also holds a special place in her heart for the film, since she called it a "very nice film."[4] Director Shakti Samanta liked Asha Parekh's performance so much that he soon cast her again in Kati Patang (1970), which became a hit, and which won Asha Filmfare Best Actress Award.