Junglee

Infobox Film
name = Junglee


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director = Subodh Mukherjee
producer = Subodh Mukherjee
writer = Agha Jani Kashmiri (dialogue)
Subodh Mukherjee (screenplay/story)
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starring = Shammi Kapoor
Saira Banu
Shashikala
music = Shankar-Jaikishan
cinematography = N. V. Srinivas
editing = V. K. Naik
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released = 01 jan 1961 (Sunday)
runtime = 150 min.
country = India
language = Hindi
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"Junglee" (Hindi: जंगली) is a 1961 Indian Hindi movie produced and directed by Subodh Mukherjee. Junglee means "Wild" or "ill mannered" in Hindi. The music is by Shankar Jaikishan and the lyrics by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri. The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Lalita Pawar, Shashikala and Asit Sen. Saira Banu, in her debut film, earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress and became a star. [http://www.boxofficeindia.com/topactresses.htm]

The movie was a lighthearted musical that further enhanced Shammi Kapoor's stature as the youth icon of the times. The "Yahoo" song became a symbol of Shammi's wild (Junglee) loverboy image of the times. The switch from the serious actor image Shammi started out with, was started by "Tumsa Nahin Dekha", reinforced by "Dil Deke Dekho" and completed by Junglee. The film became a "superhit" at the box office. [http://www.boxofficeindia.com/1961.htm]

Plot

Chandrashekhar (Shammi Kapoor) or Shekhar as he is called now, belongs to an aristrocratic family, who believe laughter is a sign of belonging to the lower class, and as a result laughter is not encouraged in the household, run by Shekhar's domineering mom (Lalita Pawar). In this household the only one who dares to laugh and enjoy life is Shekhar's sister Mala (Shashikala), who also dares to love Jeevan (Anoop Kumar). Things change when their mom finds out about Mala's indiscretions, and she asks Shekhar to take her away from their home, to distant and scenic Kashmir, for a while. She also instructs Shekhar to arrange to get married to a girl from a princely family. When Shekhar escorts Mala out of town, and on reaching Kashmir, he meets up with beautiful Rajkumari (Saira Banoo), and after being stranded with her for a night during a snowstorm, he realizes what he has been missing, and becomes a care-free man in love. This change is welcomed by Mala, but not by his mother. To make matters worse, Rajkumari does not belong to a princely family, and Shekhar knows that his mom will never approve of his marriage with Rajkumari.

Cast

Shammi Kapoor ... Chandra Shekhar

Saira Banu ... Rajkumari 'Raj' (as Saira Banoo)

Shashikala ... Mala (as Shashi Kala)

Anoop Kumar ... Jeevan

Lalita Pawar ... Shekhar's Mother

Azra ... Rajkumari the Princess

Sangeeta

Moni Chatterjee ... Doctor (Raj's Father) (as Moni Chatterji)

Asit Sen ... Doctor Uncle

Rajan Haksar ... The Princess' Brother (as Rajen Haksar)

Shivraj ... Manager

Bazid Khan

O.P. Goyle

Soni

Hameeda

Helen ... Miss Suku

Music

Ehsaan Tera Hoga, sung by lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi

Din sara Guzara, sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi

Kashmir Ki kali hoon main, sung by Lata Mangeshkar

Suku Suku, sung by Mohammad Rafi

Nain Tumhare, sung by Asha Bhosle andMukesh

Ja Ja Ja Mere Bachpan, sung by Lata Mangeshkar

Yahoo!, sung by Mohammad Rafi

Awards & Nominations

*Filmfare Best Sound Award-Kuldeep Singh
*Filmfare Nomination for Best Actress-Saira Banu [ [http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953 ] ]

References

1. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/topactresses.htm

2. http://www.boxofficeindia.com/1961.htm

3. http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf