Chori Chori (1956 film)

This article is about the 1956 film. For the 2003 film, see Chori Chori (2003 film). For the 2001 film, see Chori Chori Chupke Chupke.

Chori Chori
Film poster
Directed byAnant Thakur
Written byAgha Jani Kashmiri
Screenplay byAgha Jani Kashmiri
Produced byL. B. Lachman
StarringRaj Kapoor
Nargis
CinematographyV. N. Reddy
Edited byS. Surya
Music byShankar Jaikishan
Production
company
Distributed byAVM Productions
Release date
  • 6 April 1956 (1956-04-06)[1]
Running time
158 min.
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹ 0.4 crore[2]
Box office₹6.04 crore[2]
Chori Chori

Chori Chori (English: lit. 'Stealthily') is a 1956 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Anant Thakur. It stars Raj Kapoor, Nargis in lead roles.[3] Pran, Johnny Walker, Gope, David, Mukri, Bhagwan Dada have character parts. It is an adaptation of the 1934 American film It Happened One Night.[4] This was the last film of Nargis and Kapoor together as leads, with Nargis doing one cameo appearance in the Kapoor starrer Jagte Raho (1956).

Music was composed by Shankar-Jaikishan and lyrics were written by Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra. The music of Chori Chori had popular tracks including romantic songs "Aaja Sanam", "Yeh Raat Bheegi Bheegi", "Jahan Mein Jati Hoon" in the voices of Lata Mangeshkar and Manna Dey and comedy number "Sawa Lakh Ki Lottery," by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi.[5] Sequences for songs "Panchhi Banoon Udti Phiroon" and "Jahan Main Jaati Hoon" were shot and released in Technicolor. This was known to be AVM Productions's first film to contain sequences in colour. The film was later entirely remastered and colourised.[6]

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  2. ^ a b Chori Chori
  3. ^ "Chori Chori 1956". About Chori Chori. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  4. ^ Desai, Kishwar (2007). Darlinji. India: HarperCollins. p. 142. ISBN 978-81-7223-697-7.
  5. ^ Desai, Kishwar (2007). Darlinji. India: HarperCollins. p. 143. ISBN 978-81-7223-697-7.
  6. ^ "'Chori Chori', 'Half Ticket' - black and white classics now in colour". Business Standard India. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2021.