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| released = 1956
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'''''Chhoo Mantar''''' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1956|1956]] Bollywood film starring [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]], [[Anita Guha]] and [[Shyama (Hindi actress)|Shyama]]. It was directed by M. Sadiq.
'''''Chhoo Mantar''''' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1956|1956]] [[Bollywood]] [[Drama Film|drama film]] starring [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]], [[Anita Guha]] and [[Shyama (Hindi actress)|Shyama]]. It was directed by M. Sadiq under the banner of Sadiq Productions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chhoo Mantar (1956) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/chhoo-mantar-2300 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924030316/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/chhoo-mantar-2300 |url-status=live |archive-date=24 September 2021 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Cinestaan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CHHOO MANTAR (1956) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ff9d6b3 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329073751/https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ff9d6b3 |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 March 2022 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=BFI }}</ref>


==Story==
==Story==

Baijnath alias Baiju is a slacker, trouble-maker, unemployed, and a flirt. The villagers rally together and force his father to ask him to leave the village, which Baiju does. Baiju's travels take him to the castle of a king, who has a beautiful daughter named Ratnavali. When he sees Ratnavali, he is smitten by her beauty and falls head over heels in love with her. He parks himself opposite her room, and awaits the time when she will make a presence on the balcony, so that he can get an eyeful of her beautiful self. This enrages the King, and he orders his men to thoroughly beat up Baiju and throw him in the sea, which they do. But Baiju survives, recovers, and gets back to wooing the beautiful Ratnavali. This time the King challenges Baiju to accumulate ten lakh rupees in three months, and he will then give his consent to marrying Ratnavali. The King further adds that if Baiju fails, he will be hanged. Baiju accepts the challenge, and brags that he can accumulate not ten lakhs, but fifteen lakhs within that time period. With no survival nor job skills, and no one to even loan him the fifteen lakh rupees, how is Baiju going to escape from the death-trap that the King has prepared for him?
Baijnath alias Baiju is a slacker, trouble-maker, unemployed, and a flirt. The villagers rally together and force his father to ask him to leave the village, which Baiju does. Baiju's travels take him to the castle of a king, who has a beautiful daughter named Ratnavali. When he sees Ratnavali, he is smitten by her beauty and falls head over heels in love with her. He parks himself opposite her room, and awaits the time when she will make a presence on the balcony, so that he can get an eyeful of her beautiful self. This enrages the King, and he orders his men to thoroughly beat up Baiju and throw him in the sea, which they do. But Baiju survives, recovers, and gets back to wooing the beautiful Ratnavali. This time the King challenges Baiju to accumulate ten lakh rupees in three months, and he will then give his consent to marrying Ratnavali. The King further adds that if Baiju fails, he will be hanged. Baiju accepts the challenge, and brags that he can accumulate not ten lakhs, but fifteen lakhs within that time period. With no survival nor job skills, and no one to even loan him the fifteen lakh rupees, how is Baiju going to escape from the death-trap that the King has prepared for him?


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]] as Baijnath "Baiju"
* [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]] as Baijnath "Baiju"
*[[Anita Guha]] as Princess Ratnavali
* [[Anita Guha]] as Princess Ratnavali
*[[Shyama (Hindi actress)|Shyama]] as Sanwali
* [[Shyama (Hindi actress)|Shyama]] as Sanwali
* Gajanan Jagirdar
* Raj Mehra
* Sheela Kashmiri


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
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[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by O. P. Nayyar]]
[[Category:Films scored by O. P. Nayyar]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Films directed by M. Sadiq]]
[[Category:1956 drama films]]




Latest revision as of 02:12, 8 June 2024

Chhoo Mantar
Shyama in Chhoo Mantar
Directed byM. Sadiq
Written byM. Sadiq
Produced byShree Sound Studios
P. B. Billimoira
StarringJohnny Walker
Anita Guha
Shyama
CinematographyMinoo B. Bilimoria
Edited byMoosa Mansoor
Music byO. P. Nayyar
Distributed bySadiq Productions
Release date
  • 1956 (1956)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Chhoo Mantar is a 1956 Bollywood drama film starring Johnny Walker, Anita Guha and Shyama. It was directed by M. Sadiq under the banner of Sadiq Productions.[1][2]

Story

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Baijnath alias Baiju is a slacker, trouble-maker, unemployed, and a flirt. The villagers rally together and force his father to ask him to leave the village, which Baiju does. Baiju's travels take him to the castle of a king, who has a beautiful daughter named Ratnavali. When he sees Ratnavali, he is smitten by her beauty and falls head over heels in love with her. He parks himself opposite her room, and awaits the time when she will make a presence on the balcony, so that he can get an eyeful of her beautiful self. This enrages the King, and he orders his men to thoroughly beat up Baiju and throw him in the sea, which they do. But Baiju survives, recovers, and gets back to wooing the beautiful Ratnavali. This time the King challenges Baiju to accumulate ten lakh rupees in three months, and he will then give his consent to marrying Ratnavali. The King further adds that if Baiju fails, he will be hanged. Baiju accepts the challenge, and brags that he can accumulate not ten lakhs, but fifteen lakhs within that time period. With no survival nor job skills, and no one to even loan him the fifteen lakh rupees, how is Baiju going to escape from the death-trap that the King has prepared for him?

Cast

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Soundtrack

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Song Singer
"Aaja Re Aaja, Na Sata" Asha Bhosle
"Main Hoon Banke Nainonwali" Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi
"Humne Jab Dil Tha Diya, Koi Vada Tha Kiya" Shamshad Begum, Mohammed Rafi
"Aankh Mein Surat Teri" Mohammed Rafi
"Garib Janke Humko Na Tum Mita Dena" Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt
"Gham Nahin Kar Muskura, Jeene Ka Le Le Maza" Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt
"Jab Badal Lehraya" Geeta Dutt
"Gori Gori Raat Hai" Geeta Dutt
"Raat Nasheeli" Geeta Dutt

References

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  1. ^ "Chhoo Mantar (1956) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  2. ^ "CHHOO MANTAR (1956)". BFI. Archived from the original on 29 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
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