''Aap Ki Marzi'' () is

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romantic comedy film directed by

Sarvottam Badami Sarvottam Badami (1910–2005) was an Indian film director of Hindi, Tamil and Telugu films. He started his career as a sound recordist for the first talkie in India, ''Alam Ara'' (1931). In 1948 he helped set up the Films Division for news-ree ...

. The film was produced under the Sudama Productions banner. The music composer was

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with lyrics credited to

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and S. P. Kalla. It starred Motilal,

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, Khursheed,

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, Mazhar Khan, Vasanti and Sunalini Devi. This was director Badami's second comedy film; he had earlier directed the comedy '' Teen Sau Din Ke Baad'' (1938) which turned out be a box office success. ''Aap Ki Marzi'' was based on the MGM produced,

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directed film '' Paradise for Three'' (1938) from Erich Kastner's novel. The film is the story of an unemployed youth played by Motilal who wins the first prize in a crossword puzzle and the romantic-comic situations that arise thereafter.

Plot

Seth Bansilal ( Mazhar Khan) posing as an ordinary man Govindlal, takes part in a crossword puzzle competition; he wins the second-prize trip to Kashmir. The first prize is won by an unemployed youth, Sumant ( Motilal). Bansilal, accompanied by his niece Shashi (

), lands up at a hotel in Kashmir at the same time as Sumant. Due to some misunderstanding Sumant gets the room Bansilal's wife (Sunalini Devi) has booked for him. Bansilal opts to stay in a common cheaper room as Govindlal. Several comic situations follow along with Sumant and Shashi falling in love and Sumant getting black-mailed by a girl in the hotel, Manjri ( Khursheed). The misunderstandings are finally cleared with the lovers getting united.

Cast

* Motilal as Sumant *

as Shashi * Khursheed as Manjri * Mazhar Khan as Sir Bansilal/Govindlal, *

*Jagdish Sethi *Sunalini Devi

Music

The music direction was by Gyan Dutt and the lyricists were Pyare Lal Santoshi and S. P. Kalla. The songs were sung by Khursheed, Gyan Dutt and Vasanti.

Song List

References

External links

* {{Sarvottam Badami 1939 films 1930s Hindi-language films Films based on works by Erich Kästner Films scored by Gyan Dutt Indian romantic comedy films 1939 romantic comedy films Indian black-and-white films Films directed by Sarvottam Badami Hindi-language comedy films