Mr And Mrs 55 1955

Mr And Mrs 55 is a 1955 Indian Bollywood romance,musical film released on Jan 01, 1955. The film is directed by Guru Dutt. Guru Dutts 5th film as director is a classic social comedy relying on a familiar plot: the heroine must fulfil the terms of her fathers will to inherit his wealth. Dutt uses this plot to satirise the reformism of Indias urban upper class. Anita (Madhubala) must marry quickly to inherit her fathers estate. Her aunt, the authoritarian champion of womens rights, Seeta Devi (Lalita Pawar), plots to find a needy bachelor who will marry Anita for money and divorce her immediately afterwards. A poor but lovable scrounger and cartoonist, Preetam Kumar (Dutt), agrees to the plan but he and Anita then fall in love. Persuaded by Seeta Devi, Preetam eventually goes through with the divorce and even furnishes faked photographs compromising himself. When Anita discovers the truth, she and Preetam decide to stay togethe Dutts intiventiveness is given free rein, esp. in the song picturrisations. As the British critic Geoff Brown pointed out: Dutt realises the cinematic advantages of Indias playback system. The camera never stands still. The first, in which Preetam tells his friend about meeting the heroine, starts in a bar, proceeds to a bus stop and continues on the bus, from which the couple are eventually thrown off. . Another song- an argumentative duet between hero and heroine-is imaginatively performed among women drying and shaking out saris. But the most exhilarating number is the heroines swimming pool song, performed with a smiling chorus line of girls twirling umbrellas, parading around the pool in deliriously titled shots. The film included hits such as Udhar tum haseen ho, Jaane kahan mera jigar gaya ji (both sung by Geeta Dutt and Mohammed Rafi) and Thanid hawa kali ghata (sung by Geeta Dutt). Check out this page for more updates on Mr And Mrs 55.