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The charming Mr. Sampat weaves his way into theatrical company with his moneymaking schemes, only to cause the everyone involved to go bankrupt, including Malini, the young actress who has fallen in love with him.
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Critics vs audiences
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Audiences 74GoodWatch 82
IMDb7.4
Running time
2 h 45 min
Longer than 9 in 10 comedies, +65 min on the typical 100
typical 100165Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1952
December 25, 1952
74 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
Hindi
Original language
Made in
- India
and 3 more11 people
- MotilalMr. Sampat
- PadminiMalini
- M. S. Sundari BaiNirmala
- Kanhaiyalal ChaturvediSeth Makhanlal Jhaverimull Gheewala
- SSwarajDirector of Kalamandir Theatre
- AghaBajrang Brahmachari
- KKailashPrince Raj Mohan
- BPBadri PrasadMalini's father
- L. Narayana RaoBanker (as Narayan Rao)
- LML.R. MudaliarKavi
- KKadamAssistant Director of Kalamandir Theatre
Directing · 1
- S. S. Vasan Director, Producer
Writing · 5
- J.S. Casshyap Writer
- Kothamangalam Subbu Screenplay
- R.K. Narayan Story
- Pandit Indra Lyricist
- Jamuna Swaroop Kashyap Lyricist
Production · 1
- M. A. Partha Sarathy Producer
Camera · 1
- P. Ellappa Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Chandru Editor
Sound · 5
- Shanker Shashtri Music
- Balkrishna Kalla Music
- Talat Mahmood Playback Singer
- Geeta Dutt Playback Singer
- Shamshad Begum Playback Singer
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