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| Directed by | Lekh Tandon |
| Written by | Abrar Alvi[1] |
| Produced by | F. C. Mehra |
| Starring | Shammi Kapoor Kalpana Mohan Lalita Pawar |
| Cinematography | Dwarka Divecha |
| Edited by | Pran Mehra |
| Music by | Shankar Jaikishan |
Release date |
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Running time | 167 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Professor is a 1962 Hindi musical comedy film produced by F. C. Mehra and directed by Lekh Tandon.[2] The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Kalpana, Bela Bose, Lalita Pawar, Tun Tun and Iftekhar. It was a box office super hit.[3]
The film was remade in Tamil as Nadigan (1990), in Telugu twice as Bhale Mastaru (1969), Peddinti Alludu (1991), and in Kannada as Gopi Krishna.[4] Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment currently owns the film rights.
- ^ Alvi's fees (Rs 17,500) were less than half his market rate at that time, due to producer Mehra's hiring of Lekh Tandon as director. Abrar Alvi with Sathya Saran, Ten Years with Guru Dutt: Abrar Alvi's Journey (New Delhi: Penguin Books India, 2008), 82-84. ISBN 067008221X
- ^ According to writers such as Deepa Gahlot, director Lekh Tandon's casting of Shah Rukh Khan in his serial Dil Dariya (1988-89) constituted the discovery of SRK. Deepa Gahlot, Take-2: 50 Films That Deserve a New Audience (Carlsbad CA: Hay House, Inc, 2015), 139. ISBN 938454485X
- ^ "Box Office 1962". Archived from the original on 15 July 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2008.
- ^ Chatterji, Shoma A (19 October 2017). "Lekh Tandon". Upperstall.com. Retrieved 20 April 2018.