Opera House (1961 film)

Opera House is a 1961 Indian Hindi-language mystery film produced by A.A. Nadiadwala and directed by P.L. Santoshi. The film stars Ajit, B. Saroja Devi, K.N. Singh and Lalita Pawar among others.

Opera House
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Directed byP.L. Santoshi
Produced byA.A. Nadiadwala
StarringAjit
B. Saroja Devi
K.N. Singh
Lalita Pawar
Music byChitragupta
Edited byDharamvir
Release date
1961
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

Saroj (B. Saroja Devi) lives a poor lifestyle in Nagpur along with her widowed mother, Leela Sharma (Lalita Pawar) and a younger sister, Nanhi. She gets employed as a singer/dancer in Bombay and relocates there. Once there, she meets with Ajit Rai (Ajit), and the couple fall in love. Circumstances compel her to re-locate to Nagpur and seek employment with another dance/drama company run by Chunilal. Ajit decides to follow her to Nagpur, and visits her mother and sister. It is from here he locates the dance/drama company and does meet Saroj — only to find out that she has changed her name to Mary D'Souza. Ajit will eventually discover that Saroj had witnessed the murder of Chunilal and the killer(s) are now out to silence her — and whoever else dares to come in their way...

Cast
CharacterActor
Ajit RaiAjit
Saroj Sharma/Mary D'SouzaB. Saroja Devi
DanielK.N. Singh
Leela SharmaLalita Pawar
LilyBela Bose
PeterMaruti Rao
Mrs. Ranjit RaiMumtaz Begum

Soundtrack

Music in the film has been given by Chitragupta and Lyricist is Majrooh Sultanpuri. The song "Dekho Mausam Kya Bahar Hai" is based on the Jim Reeves song "Bimbo".[1]

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1Dekho Mausam Kya Bahar HaiMukesh, Lata Mangeshkar
2Balma Maane Na, Bairi Chup Na RaheLata Mangeshkar
3Na Milte Hum To Kaho TumLata Mangeshkar and Mukesh
4Raste Mein Tere Kab Se Hain KhadeLata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi
5Sona Na Sitaron Ka Hai KahnaLata Mangeshkar
6Saiyan Hae Hae Tere Gaon MeinLata Mangeshkar

References
  1. Arunachalam, Param (14 November 2015). "Bollywood Retrospect: 10 memorable songs by music composer Chitragupt Shrivastava". Daily News and Analysis. Retrieved 15 March 2018.


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