China Town (1962 film)

China Town is a 1962 Hindi-language film directed and produced by Shakti Samanta. Written by Ranjan Bose and with music by Ravi. It is a black-and-white movie, starring Shammi Kapoor in a double role, as a gangster and his look-alike. Shakila is the leading lady, alongside Helen in a supporting role. The film was remade in Tamil as Kudiyirundha Koyil (1968), starring M. G. Ramachandran and in Telugu as Bhale Thammudu (1969), starring N. T. Rama Rao.[1] Prem Naseer' Malayalam movie Theekkali was same topic

This article is about the 1962 Hindi film. For the 2011 Malayalam film, see China Town (2011 film).

China Town
Directed byShakti Samanta
Produced byShakti Samanta
Written byRanjan Bose
Vrajendra Gaur
Salil Sen Gupta
StarringShammi Kapoor
Shakila
Helen
Music byRavi
CinematographyDwarka Divecha
Edited byDharamvir
Release date
  • 5 October 1962 (5 October 1962)
Running time
139 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

Shekhar (Shammi Kapoor), a young singer, lives in Darjeeling with his widowed mother. He is in love with Rita (Shakila), the only daughter of the wealthy Rai Bahadur Digamberprasad Rai. Rai does not approve of Shekhar and wants his daughter to marry a wealthy Calcutta-based businessman named Chowdhry. Rita asks Shekhar to get a better position, but Shekhar is quite satisfied with his singing career. So Rita and her father relocate to Calcutta, and Shekhar follows them. An enraged Rai complains to the police, who arrest Shekhar and hold him for questioning. However, the police notice his resemblance to a China Town gangster named Mike (also played by Shammi Kapoor), who they are holding in custody. Because Mike refuses to talk, the police convince Shekhar to impersonate him in order to infiltrate the Chinatown criminal ring. Meanwhile, Shekhar's mother reveals to him that Mike may be his long-lost brother Shankar, kidnapped by gangsters as a boy. Shekhar accordingly takes over Mike's life, but there is one thing he and the police overlooked – namely Mike – who escapes from police custody with the help of Rita, who mistakes him for Shekhar. Mike's girlfriend Suzy (Helen) finds out Shekhar's true identity, but spares him when he reveals that Mike is alive and captured by the police, and sympathizes with him after learning that Mike was his long-lost brother. The gangsters overhear this and capture Shekhar, his life is only spared after he tells Mike his true background and the two brothers capture the gang's leader. As a result, Shekhar gets a permanent police job that allows him to marry Rita and Mike receives a reduced sentence of three years.

Cast
  • Shammi Kapoor as Shekhar / Shankar / Mike (Double Role)
  • Shakila as Rita D. Rai
  • Helen as Suzy
  • Madan Puri as Joseph Wong
  • S. N. Banerjee as Rai Bahadur Digamberprasad Rai
  • Kanu Roy as Usman
  • Mridula Rani as Shekhar & Shankar's Mother
  • Rashid Khan as Sundaram (Mahakali's Husband)
  • M.B. Shetty as Ching Lee
  • Keshav
  • Tun Tun as Mahakali (Hotel Landlady)
  • Gautam Mukherjee
  • Samson
  • Keshto Mukherjee as Keshto

Soundtrack

The movie soundtrack didn't have a grand impact on the Indian Populace, but select songs from the albums were declared hits and a track by the name of "Baar Baar Dekho" by Mohammed Rafi went on to become a classic, which is remembered and hummed still to date. The Music of the film was by Ravi and the lyrics were penned by veteran Majrooh Sultanpuri. Almost all the songs were rendered by Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle.

#SongSinger
1"Baar Baar Dekho"Mohammed Rafi
2"Dekho Ji Ek Bala Jogi"Mohammed Rafi, Minoo Purshottam
3"Bada Qaatil Hai Mera Yaar"Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
4"Yeh Rang Na Chhutega"Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
5"Humse Na Poochho Hum Kahan Chale"Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
6"Yamma Yamma Yamma"Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
7"China Town"Asha Bhosle

Box office

The film earned an approximate gross of ₹14 million (US$200,000) and a net of ₹7 million (US$98,000). It was declared a "semi-hit" by Box Office India.[2]

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References
  1. "Forever Young". The Telegraph. India. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  2. "Box Office 1962". Box Office India. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012.CS1 maint: BOT: original-url status unknown (link)
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