Man Pasand

Man Pasand
Poster
Directed byBasu Chatterjee
Written byBasu Chatterjee (dialogues)
Based onPygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Produced byAmit Khanna
StarringDev Anand
Tina Munim
CinematographyK. K. Mahajan
Edited byBabu Sheikh
Music byRajesh Roshan
Release date
  • 11 July 1980 (1980-07-11)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Man Pasand (English: Favourite) is a 1980 Hindi movie produced by Amit Khanna under the Film Unit banner and directed by Basu Chatterjee. The film stars Dev Anand, Tina Munim, Girish Karnad, Simple Kapadia, Mehmood. The film's music is by Rajesh Roshan while the lyrics were penned by Amit Khanna himself. A couple of songs from the film had become popular.

Although the film is dedicated to George Bernard Shaw—with the implication that it is based on his 1913 play Pygmalion—according to Dev Anand, the film was actually based on the 1964 film My Fair Lady.[1][2] This film is based on Marathi drama Ti Fulrani penned by P L Deshpande, which is in-turn based on George Bernard Shaw' famous play Pygmalion.

  1. ^ Rangan, Baradwaj (4 June 2020). "Basu Chatterjee's Gentle, Middle-Of-The-Road Cinema Was That Of The People Next Door". Film Companion. Retrieved 14 June 2021.
  2. ^ Basu Chatterjee, Dev Anand (2001). "Dev Anand Remembers": A Nostalgic Capsule in Man Pasand (DVD featurette) (in Hindi and English). Mumbai: Yash Raj Films. EAN 5028157205715. And if you have seen the picture, the film was inspired from My Fair Lady which in turn was inspired from Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion.