''Lukochuri'' (Bengali: লুকোচুরি) is a Bengali
romantic comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a sub-genre of comedy and Romance novel, romance fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount all obstacles. Ro ...
film directed by
Kamal Majumdar
Kamal may refer to:
*Kamal (name), a given name and surname with multiple origins
**Kamal (director) (Kamaluddin Mohammed Majeed), Indian film director
**Kamal Haasan (born 1954), or Kamal, Indian actor, filmmaker, singer and politician
*Kamal (na ...
and produced under the banner of Kishore Kumar Films. The film stars
Kishore Kumar
Kishore Kumar (born Abhas Kumar Ganguly; ; 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer, musician and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of modern India ...
,
Mala Sinha
Mala Sinha (born Alda Sinha; 11 November 1936) is a former Indian actress who mainly worked in Hindi, Bengali films. Initially starting her career with regional cinema, she went on to become a top leading actress in Hindi Cinema in the 1960s a ...
and
Anita Guha
Anita Guha (17 January 1932 – 20 June 2007) was an Indian actress who usually played mythological characters in films. She became known for playing the title role in ''Jai Santoshi Maa'' (1975). Previously, she had played Sita in other mytholo ...
in the lead roles. The film was released on 27 June 1958.
Plot
Kumar leaves home for a job in Bombay and stays with his twin brother Sankar. Shankar wants to be a musician and is in love with an artist, Geeta. In the office, he meets Reeta (Geeta's younger sister) with whom his friendship soon develops into love.
Cast
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Kishore Kumar
Kishore Kumar (born Abhas Kumar Ganguly; ; 4 August 1929 – 13 October 1987) was an Indian playback singer, musician and actor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most influential and dynamic singers in the history of modern India ...
– Shankar / Kumar 'Buddhu' (Double Role)
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Mala Sinha
Mala Sinha (born Alda Sinha; 11 November 1936) is a former Indian actress who mainly worked in Hindi, Bengali films. Initially starting her career with regional cinema, she went on to become a top leading actress in Hindi Cinema in the 1960s a ...
– Reeta
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Anita Guha
Anita Guha (17 January 1932 – 20 June 2007) was an Indian actress who usually played mythological characters in films. She became known for playing the title role in ''Jai Santoshi Maa'' (1975). Previously, she had played Sita in other mytholo ...
– Geeta
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Anoop Kumar
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Keshto Mukherjee
Keshto Mukherjee (7 August 1925 – 3 March 1982) was an Indian actor and comedian. He was born in Kolkata, Bengal Presidency, British India. He specialised in comic drunkard roles in Hindi films. Though he was famous for his drunkard typecast ...
*
Nripati Chattopadhyay
Nripati Nath Chttopadhyay (; born 1907 – 27 May 1975) was a Bengali actor, known for his role in '' Teen Kanya'' (1961), '' Bhanu Pelo Lottery'' (1958) and ''Dui Bari'' (1963). He died on 27 May 1975 in India.
Early life
Nripati Chattopadhyay ...
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Ajit Chatterjee
Ajit, Ajith or Ajeet may refer to:
* Ajit (given name), an Indian masculine given name (including a list of persons with the name)
** Ajit Bandyopadhyay (disambiguation)
** Ajit Khan or Ajit (born 1922), an Indian Hindi film actor
** Ajit Kuma ...
*
Moni Chatterjee
*Bipin Gupta
*Rajlaksmi Devi
*Nabyendu Ghosh
Soundtrack
All songs are lyrics by
Gauriprasanna Mazumder & music by
Hemanta Mukherjee
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989), known professionally as Hemanta Mukherjee and Hemant Kumar, was an Indian music director and a playback singer who primarily sang in Bengali and Hindi, along with several other India ...
.
References
External links
www.gomolo.in
* {{IMDb title, 1593727
1958 films
Bengali-language Indian films
Indian black-and-white films
1958 romantic comedy films
Indian romantic comedy films
Films scored by Hemant Kumar
1950s Bengali-language films