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{{Short description|1962 film}}
{{About||the 2016 film|Half Ticket (2016 film)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Half Ticket
| image = Half Ticket.jpg

| caption = Film poster
| director = Kalidas
| producer = [[Bombay Talkies]]
| writer = Surid Kar<br />Ramesh Pant
| screenplay =
| narrator =
| story =
| based_on =
| starring = [[Madhubala]]<br />[[Kishore Kumar]]<br />[[Pran (actor)|Pran]]
| music = [[Salil Chowdhury]]
| cinematography =
| editing = Raj Talwar
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1962|10|19|df=yes}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Half Ticket - Lifetime Box Office Collection, Budget, Reviews, Cast, etc|url=https://bestoftheyear.in/movie/half-ticket/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=BOTY|date=31 January 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>
| runtime = 168 min.
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR}}1 crore ({{Estimation}} {{INR}}119 crore as of 2011)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-11-03|title=Worth Their Weight In Gold! {{!}} Box Office India : India's premier film trade magazine {{!}} Bollywood news, reviews, interviews, box office collection|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/|access-date=2020-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103185138/http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/ |archive-date=3 November 2011 }}</ref>
}}
'''''Half Ticket''''' is a 1962 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Kalidas and produced by [[Bombay Talkies]]. Starring [[Madhubala]], [[Kishore Kumar]] and [[Pran (actor)|Pran]], the film revolves around Vijay, a good-for-nothing young man who decides to leave his house when his father forces him to get married.

''Half Ticket'' is one of the last films to star Madhubala, as well as her final collaboration with her husband Kishore Kumar. It was a critical and commercial success and has become a [[cult film]] since its release. In 2020, ''[[The Indian Express]]'' listed the film in its "10 Bollywood comedies to watch in your lifetime".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-15|title=Seriously Funny: 10 Bollywood comedies to watch in your lifetime|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/bollywood-comedy-films-5454737/|access-date=2020-12-05|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>

==Plot==
Vijay ([[Kishore Kumar]]) is the good-for-nothing son of a rich [[industrialist]], who becomes bored of his father's constant railing and the efforts to marry him off, with the intention of getting him "settled" in life. So Vijay walks out of his home and decides to leave for Bombay and start life afresh there. However he does not have enough money for a train ticket.

Vijay gets a burst of inspiration from a plump child called Munna, who is waiting in line with his mother ([[Tun Tun]]), and decides to pass himself off as a child in order to get the [[eponymous]] half-ticket.

Now disguised as Munna, Vijay is used as a [[mule (smuggling)|mule]] for a diamond smuggler ([[Pran (actor)|Pran]]) without his knowledge. On the train, Vijay also meets Rajnidevi ([[Madhubala]]) and falls in love with her.

The rest of the film follows Vijay's exploits as he avoids capture by the diamond smuggler and his girlfriend ([[Shammi (actress)|Shammi]]), romances Rajnidevi while avoiding her auntie-ji ([[Manorama (Hindi actress)|Manorama]]), and reunites with his father.

==Cast==
* [[Madhubala]] as Rajnidevi / Asha
* [[Kishore Kumar]] as Vijaychand vald Lalchand vald Dhyanchand vald Hukumchand alias Munna alias Prannath / Vijay's Mother (Double Role)
* [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] as Notorious Thief Raja Babu aka Chacha
* [[Shammi (actress)|Shammi]] as Lily Raja Babu's Mistress
* [[Manorama (Hindi actress)|Manorama]] as Asha's Aunty
* [[Pradeep Kumar (actor)|Pradeep Kumar]] as Special Appearance
* Moni Chaterjee as Seth Lalchand Vijay's Father
* [[Tun Tun]] as the Real Munna's Mother
* [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] as Stage Dancer in the song "Woh Ek Nigah" (Special Appearance)

==Production==
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==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
| name = Half Ticket
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Salil Chowdhury]]
| released = {{Start date|1962}}<ref name="Apple Music">{{Cite web |date=1962 |title=Half Ticket |url=https://music.apple.com/in/album/half-ticket-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1338719747|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref>
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| length = {{Duration|m=27|s=}}
| language = [[Hindi]]
| label = [[Saregama]]
| producer = [[Salil Chowdhury]]
| prev_title = Sapne Suhane
| prev_year = 1961
| next_title = Sunbai
| next_year = 1962
| chronology = [[Salil Chowdhury]]
}}
{{Track listing
| all_lyrics = [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]]
| all_music = [[Salil Chowdhury]]
| headline = Songs
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Are Le Lo Ji Hai Yeh Dil Ka Heera
| length1 = 3:35
| extra1 = [[Kishore Kumar]]
| title2 = Chand Raat Tum Ho Saath
| length2 = 4:03
| extra2 = [[Kishore Kumar]] & [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| title3 = Ankhon Mein Tum Dil Mein Tum Ho
| length3 = 4:09
| extra3 = [[Kishore Kumar]] & [[Geeta Dutt]]
| title4 = Aake Seedhi Lage Dil Pe Jaise
| length4 = 3:40
| extra4 = [[Kishore Kumar]]
| title5 = Woh Ek Nigah Kya Mili
| length5 = 4:14
| extra5 = [[Kishore Kumar]] & [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
| title6 = Chil Chil Chilla Ke
| length6 = 4:16
| extra6 = [[Kishore Kumar]]
| title7 = Are Wah Re Mere Malik
| length7 = 3:15
| extra7 = [[Kishore Kumar]]
| total_length = {{Duration|m=27|s=00}}
}}

== Release ==
''Half Ticket'' was released on October 19, 1962.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Half Ticket - Lifetime Box Office Collection, Budget, Reviews, Cast, etc|url=https://bestoftheyear.in/movie/half-ticket/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=BOTY|date=31 January 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Critical reception ===
Critic reviews were generally positive. [[Sukanya Verma]] wrote, "Fabulous soundtrack, frolicking premise and frothy dialogues led by the King of Comedy (Kumar) and Queen of vivacity (Madhubala), there is nothing half-hearted about this [film]."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sukanya|title=Half Ticket: Kishore Kumar's return ticket to childhood!|url=http://www.sukanyaverma.com/2013/09/half-ticket-kishore-kumars-return-ticket-to-childhood/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212225239/http://www.sukanyaverma.com/2013/09/half-ticket-kishore-kumars-return-ticket-to-childhood/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=12 December 2018|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Sukanya Verma|language=en-US}}</ref>

A review on the website ''Filmi Geek'' stated, "The movie makes a little more sense than that—only a little—but it matters not at all, as Kishore Kumar's limitless zany energy, Madhubala's irresistible charm, and several absolutely superb songs combine to make ''Half Ticket'' a delightful and hysterical ride."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Half Ticket (1962)|url=https://www.filmigeek.com/2011/09/half-ticket-1962.html|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Filmi Geek}}</ref>

=== Box office ===
In India, the film had a box-office [[Gross revenue|gross]] of [[Indian rupee|₹]]1 [[crore]], with a [[Net income|nett]] of ₹0.5 crore, becoming the twelfth highest-grossing film of 1962.<ref>{{Cite book|last=India|first=Box Office|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=168&catName=MTk2Mg==|title=Top Earners 1962|publisher=boxofficeindia.com|access-date=15 August 2020|archive-date=14 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014080632/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=168&catName=MTk2Mg==|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Best of the Year gave its inflation-adjusted nett as ₹251 crore.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Half Ticket - Lifetime Box Office Collection, Budget, Reviews, Cast, etc|url=https://bestoftheyear.in/movie/half-ticket/|access-date=2020-12-05|website=BOTY|date=31 January 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Box Office'' magazine calculated its inflation-adjusted gross by comparing the collection with the price of [[gold]] in 1962, which gave it an adjusted gross of ₹119 crore in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-11-03|title=Worth Their Weight In Gold! {{!}} Box Office India : India's premier film trade magazine {{!}} Bollywood news, reviews, interviews, box office collection|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/|access-date=2020-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103185138/http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/ |archive-date=3 November 2011 }}</ref>

==Legacy==
''Half Ticket'' is considered an important [[comedy film]] made in 1960s [[Bollywood]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Best Clean Comedy Films in Hindi in 100 years from 1913-2013|url=https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000026939/|access-date=2020-12-05|website=IMDb|language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0056052}}

[[Category:1962 films]]
[[Category:1962 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1962 Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Salil Chowdhury]]
[[Category:Indian remakes of American films]]
[[Category:Cross-dressing in Indian films]]
[[Category:1962 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language romantic comedy films]]

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