Baap Re Baap (1955 film)

Baap Re Baap
Directed byA. R. Kardar
Written byS. N. Bannerji (dialogue)
Jajdish Kanwal (dialogue)
Produced byA. R. Kardar
StarringKishore Kumar
Chand Usmani
CinematographyDwarka Diwecha
Edited byM. S. Hajee
Music byO. P. Nayyar
Production
company
Kardar Productions
Release date
  • 30 September 1955 (1955-09-30)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Baap Re Baap (My God!) is a 1955 Hindi family comedy drama film, produced and directed by A. R. Kardar.[1] Produced under the Kardar Productions banner, it had dialogues by S. N. Bannerjee and Jagdish Kanwal. The music of the film was composed by O. P. Nayyar, with the lyrics written by Jan Nisar Akhtar.[2]

Baap Re Baap, a musical comedy, was a great success and brought a big improvement in the career of Kishore Kumar.[3] He acted in a total of sixty-eight films from 1953 to 1968.[4]

The film starred Kishore Kumar, Chand Usmani in lead roles, supported by Smriti Biswas, Jayant, Ulhas, Leela Mishra.[5]

  1. ^ Sanjit Narwekar (12 December 2012). "The Reluctant Comedian". Eena Meena Deeka: The Story of Hindi Film Comedy. Rupa Publications. p. 77. ISBN 978-81-291-2625-2. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. ^ Derek Bose (15 December 2012). Kishore Kumar. Rupa Publications. pp. 88–. ISBN 978-81-291-2658-0. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. ^ Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri; Prashanto Kumar Nayak (1 February 2005). Icons from Bollywood. Puffin Books. ISBN 9780143334910. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  4. ^ Narwekar2012, p. 75
  5. ^ "Baap Re Baap". citwf.com. Alan Goble. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2015.