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{{Infobox film
| name = Opera House
| image = Opera House (1961).jpg
| caption = Showcard
| director = [[P.L. Santoshi]]
| producer = [[A.A. Nadiadwala]]
| writer =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Ajit Khan|Ajit]]<br />[[B. Saroja Devi]]<br />[[K.N. Singh]]<br />[[Lalita Pawar]]
| music = [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]]
| cinematography =
| editing = Dharamvir
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1961}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
}}

'''Opera House''' is a 1961 [[India]]n [[Hindi]]-language [[mystery film]] produced by A.A. Nadiadwala and directed by P.L. Santoshi. The film stars [[Ajit Khan|Ajit]], [[B. Saroja Devi]], [[K.N. Singh]] and [[Lalita Pawar]] among others.
==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==

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Character!!Actor
|-
|Ajit Rai||[[Ajit Khan|Ajit]]
|-
|Saroj Sharma/Mary D'Souza||[[B. Saroja Devi]]
|-
|Danial||[[K.N. Singh]]
|-
|Leela Sharma||[[Lalita Pawar]]
|-
|Lily||[[Bela Bose]]
|-
|Peter||[[Marutirao Parab|Maruti Rao]]
|-
|Street Singer||Johnny Whisky
|-
|Chunilal|| S.N. Banerjee
|-
|Nanhi Sharma|| Leela
|-
|Munshi Munakka|| Munshi Munakka
|-
|Mirza Panwala||Mirza Musharraf
|-
|Sarju|| Sarjoo
|-
|Mr. Ranjit Rai|| Niranjan Sharma
|-
|Mrs. Ranjit Rai||[[Mumtaz Begum (actress)|Mumtaz Begum]]
|}

==Soundtrack==
Music in the film has been given by [[Chitragupta (composer)|Chitragupta]] and Lyricist is [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]]. The song "Dekho Mausam Kya Bahar Hai" is based on the [[Jim Reeves]] song "[[Bimbo (song)|Bimbo]]".<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-bollywood-retrospect-10-memorable-songs-by-music-composer-chitragupt-shrivastava-2145070 |title=Bollywood Retrospect: 10 memorable songs by music composer Chitragupt Shrivastava |last=Arunachalam |first=Param |date=14 November 2015 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |access-date=15 March 2018}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!#!!Title!!Singer
|-
|1||"Dekho Mausam Kya Bahar Hai"||[[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
|2||"Balma Maane Na, Bairi Chup Na Rahe"||Lata Mangeshkar
|-
|3||"Na Milte Hum To Kaho Tum"||Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh
|-
|4||"Raste Mein Tere Kab Se Hain Khade"||Lata Mangeshkar and [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
|5||"Sona Na Sitaron Ka Hai Kahna"||Lata Mangeshkar
|-
|6||"Saiyan Hae Hae Tere Gaon Mein"||Lata Mangeshkar
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0269665|Opera House}}

[[Category:1961 films]]
[[Category:1961 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films set in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Films scored by Chitragupta]]

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