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| name = Chhoo Mantar | | name = Chhoo Mantar | ||
| image = Shyama in Chhoo Mantar.jpg | | image = Shyama in Chhoo Mantar.jpg | ||
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| caption = Shyama in Chhoo Mantar | | caption = Shyama in Chhoo Mantar | ||
| director = M. Sadiq | | director = M. Sadiq | ||
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| cinematography = Minoo B. Bilimoria | | cinematography = Minoo B. Bilimoria | ||
| editing = Moosa Mansoor | | editing = Moosa Mansoor | ||
| distributor = | | distributor = Sadiq Productions | ||
| released = 1956 | | released = 1956 | ||
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| country = [[India]] | | country = [[India]] | ||
| language = [[Hindi]] | | language = [[Hindi]] | ||
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'''''Chhoo Mantar''''' is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1956|1956]] Bollywood film starring [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]], [[Anita Guha]] and [[Shyama (Hindi actress)|Shyama]]. 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]] as Baijnath "Baiju" | * [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]] as Baijnath "Baiju" | ||
*[[Anita Guha]] as Princess Ratnavali | * [[Anita Guha]] as Princess Ratnavali | ||
*[[Shyama (Hindi actress)|Shyama]] as Sanwali | * [[Shyama (Hindi actress)|Shyama]] as Sanwali | ||
* Gajanan Jagirdar | |||
* Raj Mehra | |||
* Sheela Kashmiri | |||
==Soundtrack== | ==Soundtrack== | ||
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==External links== | ==External links== | ||
{{IMDb title|tt0049071}} | {{IMDb title|tt0049071}} | ||
==References== | |||
{{reflist}} | |||
[[Category:1956 films]] | [[Category:1956 films]] | ||
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[[Category:Films scored by O. P. Nayyar]] | [[Category:Films scored by O. P. Nayyar]] | ||
[[Category:Indian films]] | [[Category:Indian films]] | ||
[[Category:Indian drama films]] | |||
{{1950s-Hindi-film-stub}} | {{1950s-Hindi-film-stub}} | ||