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{{Infobox film
| name          = Choo Mantar
| name          = Chhoo Mantar
| image          =  
| image          = Shyama in Chhoo Mantar.jpg
| image_size    =
| image_size    =  
| caption        =  
| caption        = Shyama in Chhoo Mantar
| director      = [[M. Sadiq]]
| director      = M. Sadiq
| producer      = [[Shree Sound Studios]]<br>[[P. B. Billimoira]]
| producer      = Shree Sound Studios<br />P. B. Billimoira
| writer        = [[M. Sadiq]]
| writer        = M. Sadiq
| narrator      =  
| narrator      =  
| starring      = [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]]<br>[[Anita Guha]]<br>[[Shyama]]
| starring      = [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]]<br />[[Anita Guha]]<br />[[Shyama (Hindi actress)|Shyama]]
 
| music          = [[O. P. Nayyar]]
| music          = [[O. P. Nayyar]]
| cinematography = [[Minoo B. Bilimoria]]
| cinematography = Minoo B. Bilimoria
| editing        = [[Moosa Mansoor]]
| editing        = Moosa Mansoor
| distributor    =  
| distributor    = Sadiq Productions
| released      = 1956
| released      = 1956
| runtime        =  
| runtime        =  
| country        = India
| country        = [[India]]
| language      = Hindi  
| language      = [[Hindi]]
| budget        =  
| budget        =  
| preceded_by    =
| followed_by    =
}}
}}


'''''Chhoo Mantar''''' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1956|1956]] Bollywood film starring [[Shyama]], [[Anita Guha]], and [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]]. It was directed by M. Sadiq.
'''''Chhoo Mantar''''' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1956|1956]] [[Bollywood]] [[Drama Film|drama film]] starring [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]], [[Anita Guha]] and [[Shyama (Hindi actress)|Shyama]]. It was directed by M. Sadiq under the banner of Sadiq Productions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chhoo Mantar (1956) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos |url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/chhoo-mantar-2300 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=Cinestaan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CHHOO MANTAR (1956) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ff9d6b3 |access-date=2022-03-29 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref>


==Story==
==Story==
Baijnath alias Baiju is a slacker, trouble-maker, unemployed, and a flirt. The villagers rally together and force his father to ask him to leave the village, which Baiju does. Baiju's travels take him to the castle of a king, who has a beautiful daughter named Ratnavali. When he sees Ratnavali, he is smitten by her beauty and falls head over heels in love with her. He parks himself opposite her room, and awaits the time when she will make a presence on the balcony, so that he can get an eyeful of her beautiful self. This enrages the King, and he orders his men to thoroughly beat up Baiju and throw him in the sea, which they do. But Baiju survives, recovers, and gets back to wooing the beautiful Ratnavali. This time the King challenges Baiju to accumulate ten lakh rupees in three months, and he will then give his consent to marrying Ratnavali. The King further adds that if Baiju fails, he will be hanged. Baiju accepts the challenge, and brags that he can accumulate not ten lakhs, but fifteen lakhs within that time period. With no survival nor job skills, and no one to even loan him the fifteen lakh rupees, how is Baiju going to escape from the death-trap that the King has prepared for him?
Baijnath alias Baiju is a slacker, trouble-maker, unemployed, and a flirt. The villagers rally together and force his father to ask him to leave the village, which Baiju does. Baiju's travels take him to the castle of a king, who has a beautiful daughter named Ratnavali. When he sees Ratnavali, he is smitten by her beauty and falls head over heels in love with her. He parks himself opposite her room, and awaits the time when she will make a presence on the balcony, so that he can get an eyeful of her beautiful self. This enrages the King, and he orders his men to thoroughly beat up Baiju and throw him in the sea, which they do. But Baiju survives, recovers, and gets back to wooing the beautiful Ratnavali. This time the King challenges Baiju to accumulate ten lakh rupees in three months, and he will then give his consent to marrying Ratnavali. The King further adds that if Baiju fails, he will be hanged. Baiju accepts the challenge, and brags that he can accumulate not ten lakhs, but fifteen lakhs within that time period. With no survival nor job skills, and no one to even loan him the fifteen lakh rupees, how is Baiju going to escape from the death-trap that the King has prepared for him?


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]] ... Baijnath 'Baiju'
* [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]] as Baijnath "Baiju"
*[[Anita Guha]] ... Ratnavali
* [[Anita Guha]] as Princess Ratnavali
*[[Shyama]] ... Sanwali
* [[Shyama (Hindi actress)|Shyama]] as Sanwali
* Gajanan Jagirdar
* Raj Mehra
* Sheela Kashmiri


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Song !! Singer
! Song !! Singer
|-
|-
| "Aankh Mein Ek Surat Teri" (Version 1)
| "Aaja Re Aaja, Na Sata"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
|-
| "Aankh Mein Ek Surat Teri" (Version 2)
| "Main Hoon Banke Nainonwali"
| Mohammed Rafi
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
|-
| "Gharib Jaanke Humko Na Tum Mita Dena" - 1
| "Humne Jab Dil Tha Diya, Koi Vada Tha Kiya"
| Mohammed Rafi
| [[Shamshad Begum]], [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
|-
| "Gharib Jaanke Humko Na Tum Mita Dena" - 2
| "Aankh Mein Surat Teri"
| Mohammed Rafi, [[Geeta Dutt]]
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Gham Nahin Kar Muskura"
| Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt
|-
| "Humne Jab Dil Tha Diya"
| Mohammed Rafi, [[Shamshad Begum]]
|-
|-
| "Main Hoon Baanke Nainonwali"
| "Garib Janke Humko Na Tum Mita Dena"
| Mohammed Rafi, '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
|-
| "Aaja Re Aaja, Na Sata Re Piya"
| "Gham Nahin Kar Muskura, Jeene Ka Le Le Maza"
| Asha Bhosle
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
|-
| "Gori Gori Raat Hai, Taaron Ki Baaraat Hai"
| "Jab Badal Lehraya"
| Geeta Dutt
| [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
|-
| "Raat Nasheeli, Rang Rangeeli, Mast Hawa"
| "Gori Gori Raat Hai"
| Geeta Dutt
| [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
|-
| "Jab Baadal Lehraya"
| "Raat Nasheeli"
| Geeta Dutt
| [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
|-
|}
|}
==External links==
{{IMDb title|tt0049071}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
{{IMDb title|tt0049071}}


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Latest revision as of 13:04, 29 March 2022

Chhoo Mantar
File:Shyama in Chhoo Mantar.jpg
Shyama in Chhoo Mantar
Directed byM. Sadiq
Produced byShree Sound Studios
P. B. Billimoira
Written byM. Sadiq
StarringJohnny Walker
Anita Guha
Shyama
Music byO. P. Nayyar
CinematographyMinoo B. Bilimoria
Edited byMoosa Mansoor
Distributed bySadiq Productions
Release date
1956
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Chhoo Mantar is a 1956 Bollywood drama film starring Johnny Walker, Anita Guha and Shyama. It was directed by M. Sadiq under the banner of Sadiq Productions.[1][2]

Story[edit]

Baijnath alias Baiju is a slacker, trouble-maker, unemployed, and a flirt. The villagers rally together and force his father to ask him to leave the village, which Baiju does. Baiju's travels take him to the castle of a king, who has a beautiful daughter named Ratnavali. When he sees Ratnavali, he is smitten by her beauty and falls head over heels in love with her. He parks himself opposite her room, and awaits the time when she will make a presence on the balcony, so that he can get an eyeful of her beautiful self. This enrages the King, and he orders his men to thoroughly beat up Baiju and throw him in the sea, which they do. But Baiju survives, recovers, and gets back to wooing the beautiful Ratnavali. This time the King challenges Baiju to accumulate ten lakh rupees in three months, and he will then give his consent to marrying Ratnavali. The King further adds that if Baiju fails, he will be hanged. Baiju accepts the challenge, and brags that he can accumulate not ten lakhs, but fifteen lakhs within that time period. With no survival nor job skills, and no one to even loan him the fifteen lakh rupees, how is Baiju going to escape from the death-trap that the King has prepared for him?

Cast[edit]

Soundtrack[edit]

Song Singer
"Aaja Re Aaja, Na Sata" Asha Bhosle
"Main Hoon Banke Nainonwali" Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi
"Humne Jab Dil Tha Diya, Koi Vada Tha Kiya" Shamshad Begum, Mohammed Rafi
"Aankh Mein Surat Teri" Mohammed Rafi
"Garib Janke Humko Na Tum Mita Dena" Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt
"Gham Nahin Kar Muskura, Jeene Ka Le Le Maza" Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt
"Jab Badal Lehraya" Geeta Dutt
"Gori Gori Raat Hai" Geeta Dutt
"Raat Nasheeli" Geeta Dutt

External links[edit]

Chhoo Mantar on IMDb

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Chhoo Mantar (1956) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
  2. ↑ "CHHOO MANTAR (1956)". BFI. Retrieved 29 March 2022.


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