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'''''Love In Simla''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1960|1960]] romantic [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Hindi film]], produced by [[Sashadhar Mukherjee]] and his Filmalaya production house. Directed by R. K. Nayyar, the film had the producer's son, [[Joy Mukherjee]] in the lead. The actress [[Sadhana Shivdasani|Sadhana]] made her Hindi movie lead debut in the film and became a star.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actress|title=Page on top actresses of Bollywood |publisher=[[Box Office India]]|accessdate=23 June 2017}}</ref> The film also starred Azra, [[Shobhana Samarth]] and [[Durga Khote]].
 
The film was a light musical with humour as well as slapstick comedy. It became a hit at the box office.<ref name="gold">{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/ |title=Worth Their Weight In Gold! - Box Office India : India's premier film trade magazine |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |date=2011-11-01 |accessdate=2017-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103185138/http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/ |archive-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film is a part of the ''Love in'' trilogy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/joy-mukherjee-s-love-in-bombay-set-for-release-after-40-years-395957|title=Joy Mukherjee's Love in Bombay set for release after 40 years |website=Movies.ndtv.com|date=23 July 2013|publisher=|accessdate=23 June 2017}}</ref> The film was inspired by the 1938 English film ''[[Jane Steps Out]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/sadhana-s-fringe-benefits-from-audrey-hepburn/story-cNVsRoJfB68gvxTwCtKlqI.html|title=Sadhana's fringe benefits from Audrey Hepburn|date=28 August 2011|website=Hindustantimes.com|accessdate=23 June 2017}}</ref>
'''''Love in Simla''''' is a 1960 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[romance film]], produced by [[Sashadhar Mukherjee]] and his Filmalaya production house. Directed by R. K. Nayyar, who co-wrote the script with [[Aghajani Kashmeri|Agha Jani]], the film had the producer's son, [[Joy Mukherjee]], in the lead role. The actress [[Sadhana Shivdasani|Sadhana]] made her Hindi movie lead debut in the film and became a star.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actress|title=Page on top actresses of Bollywood |publisher=[[Box Office India]]|accessdate=23 June 2017}}</ref> The film also starred Azra, [[Shobhana Samarth]] and [[Durga Khote]].
The film was a light musical with humour as well as slapstick comedy. It became a hit at the box office.<ref name="gold">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/ |title=Worth Their Weight in Gold! – Box Office India : India's premier film trade magazine |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |date=2011-11-01 |accessdate=2017-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103185138/http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/ |archive-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film is a part of the ''Love in'' trilogy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/joy-mukherjee-s-love-in-bombay-set-for-release-after-40-years-395957|title=Joy Mukherjee's Love in Bombay set for release after 40 years|website=Movies.ndtv.com|date=23 July 2013|accessdate=23 June 2017|archive-date=7 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007134155/http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/joy-mukherjee-s-love-in-bombay-set-for-release-after-40-years-395957|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was inspired by the 1938 English film ''[[Jane Steps Out]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/sadhana-s-fringe-benefits-from-audrey-hepburn/story-cNVsRoJfB68gvxTwCtKlqI.html|title=Sadhana's fringe benefits from Audrey Hepburn|date=28 August 2011|website=Hindustan Times|accessdate=23 June 2017}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
After the untimely death of her father and step-mother, Sonia is orphaned and lives with her aunt and paternal uncle (General and Mrs. Rajpal Singh). Sonia is plain-looking, like her real mother, and often invites unappreciative taunts and critical remarks from her aunt and cousin, Sheela. Sheela has a boyfriend, Dev Kumar Mehra, and she plans to marry him. Fed-up with hearing frequent taunts and adverse remarks about her plain-looks, Sonia challenges Sheela that she will make Dev fall in love with her.
After the untimely death of her father and mother, Sonia is orphaned and lives with her aunt and paternal uncle (General and Mrs. Rajpal Singh). Sonia is plain-looking, like her real mother, and often invites unappreciative taunts and critical remarks from her aunt and cousin, Sheela. Sheela has a boyfriend, Dev Kumar Mehra, and she plans to marry him. Fed-up with hearing frequent taunts and adverse remarks about her plain-looks, Sonia challenges Sheela that she will make Dev fall in love with her.


==Songs==
==Songs==
#"Dil Tham Chale Hum Aaj Kidhar" - [[Mohammed Rafi]]
Lyrics of all songs were written by Rajendra Krishan.
#"Love Ka Matlab Hai Pyar" - Mohammed Rafi, [[Asha Bhosle]]
 
#"Gaal Gulabi Kiske Hai" - Mohammed Rafi
#"Dil Tham Chale Hum Aaj Kidhar" – [[Mohammed Rafi]]
#"Alif Zabar Aaa Alif Zer Ae Alif Pesh O" - Mohammed Rafi, Sudha Malhotra
#"Love Ka Matlab Hai Pyar" – Mohammed Rafi, [[Asha Bhosle]]
#"A Be Baby A A Ji" - Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi
#"Gaal Gulabi Kiske Hai" – Mohammed Rafi
#"Hasinon Ki Sawari Hai" - Mohammed Rafi, [[Suman Kalyanpur]]
#"Alif Zabar Aaa Alif Zer Ae Alif Pesh O" – Mohammed Rafi, Sudha Malhotra
#"Kiya Hai Dilruba Pyar Bhi Kabhi" - Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
#"Ae Baby Ae Jee Idhar Aao" – Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi
#"Dar Pe Aaye Hain" - Mukesh
#"Hasinon Ki Sawari Hai" – Mohammed Rafi, [[Suman Kalyanpur]]
#"Muskuraye Khet Payse Tarse Tarse" - Mohammed Rafi, Suman Kalyanpur
#"Kiya Hai Dilruba Pyar Bhi Kabhi" – Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
#"Husnwale Wafa Nahi Karte" - Mohammed Rafi, Shamshad Begum
#"Dar Pe Aaye Hain" – Mukesh
#"Dil Tham Chale Hum Aaj Kidhar v2" - Mohammed Rafi
#"Muskuraye Khet Pyase Tarse Tarse" – Mohammed Rafi, Suman Kalyanpur
12.  "Yoon Zindagi ke raaste sanwaarte chale gaye" - Mohammed Rafi
#"Husnwale Wafa Nahi Karte" – Mohammed Rafi, Shamshad Begum
#"Dil Tham Chale Hum Aaj Kidhar v2" – Mohammed Rafi
#"Yoon Zindagi ke raaste sanwaarte chale gaye" – Mohammed Rafi


==Cast==
==Cast==
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==Box office==
==Box office==
In [[India]], ''Love In Simla'' was the fifth highest-grossing film of 1960.<ref name="gold"/> It grossed [[Indian rupee|{{INR}}]]1.7 [[crore]] in 1960.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=166&catName=MTk2MA== |title=Box Office India |accessdate=2017-06-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014060830/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=166&catName=MTk2MA== |archivedate=14 October 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>
In India, ''Love in Simla'' was the fifth highest-grossing film of 1960.<ref name="gold"/> It grossed [[Indian rupee|{{INR}}]]1.7 [[crore]] in 1960.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=166&catName=MTk2MA== |title=Box Office India |accessdate=2017-06-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014060830/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=166&catName=MTk2MA== |archivedate=14 October 2013}}</ref>
 
In the [[Soviet Union]], the film was released in 1963 and came third place on the year's [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|Soviet box office chart]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cpoLAQAAMAAJ ''Indian Films in Soviet Cinemas: The Culture of Movie-going After Stalin''], page 210, [[Indiana University Press]], 2005</ref> The film drew a Soviet box office audience of 35 million viewers, making it one of the top 20 most successful Indian films in the Soviet Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kinanet.livejournal.com/1469857.html|title=Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)|author=Sergey Kudryavtsev|author-link=Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic)|website=Kinanet.livejournal.com|accessdate=2017-06-23}}</ref>


In the [[Soviet Union]], the film was released in 1963 and came third place on the year's [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|Soviet box office chart]].<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=cpoLAQAAMAAJ ''Indian Films in Soviet Cinemas: The Culture of Movie-going After Stalin''], page 210, [[Indiana University Press]], 2005</ref> The film drew a Soviet box office audience of 35 million viewers, making it one of the top 20 most successful Indian films in the Soviet Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kinanet.livejournal.com/1469857.html|title=Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)|author=Sergey Kudryavtsev|author-link=Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic)|website=Kinanet.livejournal.com|accessdate=2017-06-23}}</ref>
== Sequels ==
Love in Simla had 2 sequels thus forming a trilogy. The first one was [[Love in Tokyo]] starring Mukherjee and [[Asha Parekh]] in the lead roles and was released in 1966<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/love-in-tokyo | title=Love in Tokyo &#124; Rotten Tomatoes | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes }}</ref> and the second one was [[Love in Bombay]] starring Mukherjee and [[Waheeda Rehman]] which released in 2013 due to going over the budget.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why it took 42 YEARS to release Joy Mukherjee's Love in Bombay |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-why-it-took-42-years-to-release-joy-mukherjees-love-in-bombay/20130730.htm |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2003/mar/08dinesh.htm |title=Love In Simla: Grin fairytale |website=Rediff.com |date= |accessdate=2017-06-23}}
*{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2003/mar/08dinesh.htm |title=Love in Simla: Grin fairytale |website=Rediff.com |accessdate=2017-06-23}}
* {{IMDb title|0318405|Love in Simla}}
* {{IMDb title|0318405|Love in Simla}}


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Latest revision as of 09:30, 4 March 2026

Love in Simla
Poster
Directed byR. K. Nayyar
Produced bySashadhar Mukherjee
Written byAgha Jani
R. K. Nayyar
StarringJoy Mukherjee
Sadhana
Music byIqbal Qureshi
CinematographyD. K. Dhuri
Edited byIndu Kumar
Release date
  • 1960 (1960)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Love in Simla is a 1960 Indian romance film, produced by Sashadhar Mukherjee and his Filmalaya production house. Directed by R. K. Nayyar, who co-wrote the script with Agha Jani, the film had the producer's son, Joy Mukherjee, in the lead role. The actress Sadhana made her Hindi movie lead debut in the film and became a star.[1] The film also starred Azra, Shobhana Samarth and Durga Khote. The film was a light musical with humour as well as slapstick comedy. It became a hit at the box office.[2] The film is a part of the Love in trilogy.[3] The film was inspired by the 1938 English film Jane Steps Out.[4]

Plot[edit | edit source]

After the untimely death of her father and mother, Sonia is orphaned and lives with her aunt and paternal uncle (General and Mrs. Rajpal Singh). Sonia is plain-looking, like her real mother, and often invites unappreciative taunts and critical remarks from her aunt and cousin, Sheela. Sheela has a boyfriend, Dev Kumar Mehra, and she plans to marry him. Fed-up with hearing frequent taunts and adverse remarks about her plain-looks, Sonia challenges Sheela that she will make Dev fall in love with her.

Songs[edit | edit source]

Lyrics of all songs were written by Rajendra Krishan.

  1. "Dil Tham Chale Hum Aaj Kidhar" – Mohammed Rafi
  2. "Love Ka Matlab Hai Pyar" – Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
  3. "Gaal Gulabi Kiske Hai" – Mohammed Rafi
  4. "Alif Zabar Aaa Alif Zer Ae Alif Pesh O" – Mohammed Rafi, Sudha Malhotra
  5. "Ae Baby Ae Jee Idhar Aao" – Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi
  6. "Hasinon Ki Sawari Hai" – Mohammed Rafi, Suman Kalyanpur
  7. "Kiya Hai Dilruba Pyar Bhi Kabhi" – Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
  8. "Dar Pe Aaye Hain" – Mukesh
  9. "Muskuraye Khet Pyase Tarse Tarse" – Mohammed Rafi, Suman Kalyanpur
  10. "Husnwale Wafa Nahi Karte" – Mohammed Rafi, Shamshad Begum
  11. "Dil Tham Chale Hum Aaj Kidhar v2" – Mohammed Rafi
  12. "Yoon Zindagi ke raaste sanwaarte chale gaye" – Mohammed Rafi

Cast[edit | edit source]

Box office[edit | edit source]

In India, Love in Simla was the fifth highest-grossing film of 1960.[2] It grossed ₹1.7 crore in 1960.[5]

In the Soviet Union, the film was released in 1963 and came third place on the year's Soviet box office chart.[6] The film drew a Soviet box office audience of 35 million viewers, making it one of the top 20 most successful Indian films in the Soviet Union.[7]

Sequels[edit | edit source]

Love in Simla had 2 sequels thus forming a trilogy. The first one was Love in Tokyo starring Mukherjee and Asha Parekh in the lead roles and was released in 1966[8] and the second one was Love in Bombay starring Mukherjee and Waheeda Rehman which released in 2013 due to going over the budget.[9]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Page on top actresses of Bollywood". Box Office India. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Worth Their Weight in Gold! – Box Office India : India's premier film trade magazine". Box Office India. 1 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Joy Mukherjee's Love in Bombay set for release after 40 years". Movies.ndtv.com. 23 July 2013. Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Sadhana's fringe benefits from Audrey Hepburn". Hindustan Times. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Box Office India". Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Indian Films in Soviet Cinemas: The Culture of Movie-going After Stalin, page 210, Indiana University Press, 2005
  7. ↑ Sergey Kudryavtsev. "Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)". Kinanet.livejournal.com. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
  8. ↑ "Love in Tokyo | Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes.
  9. ↑ "Why it took 42 YEARS to release Joy Mukherjee's Love in Bombay". Rediff. Retrieved 21 July 2024.

External links[edit | edit source]

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