| Miss Mary | |
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| Directed by | L. V. Prasad |
| Written by | Rajendra Krishan (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Aluri Chakrapani |
| Produced by | A. V. Meiyappan |
| Starring | Meena Kumari Kishore Kumar Ganesh |
| Cinematography | T. Muthuswamy |
| Edited by | K. Shankar |
| Music by | Hemant Kumar |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | AVM Productions |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Miss Mary is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language comedy film[1] directed by L. V. Prasad. The movie is an AVM Production and directed by L. V. Prasad. A remake of Prasad's 1955 Telugu-Tamil bilingual film Missamma / Missiamma,[2] the film stars Meena Kumari in the titular role, Kishore Kumar and Ganesh(Gemini Ganesan). The music was by Hemant Kumar with the lyrics and dialogue written by Rajendra Krishan. The songs were sung by Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Geeta Dutt and Mohammed Rafi.
Meena Kumari, who was to later become famous for her tragedy roles meriting the sobriquet "The Tragedy Queen", acted in a few light-hearted roles in the 1950s in films such as Azaad (1955), Mem Sahib (1956), Shararat, Kohinoor (1960) and Miss Mary.[3] Miss Mary was one of the biggest hits of that year.[4] The film was dubbed in Sinhala as Ahinsaka Prayogaya.[5]
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