''Baap Re Baap'' (My God!) is a 1955

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family comedy drama film, produced and directed by A. R. Kardar. 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

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. ''Baap Re Baap'', a musical comedy, was a great success and brought a big improvement in the career of Kishore Kumar. He acted in a total of sixty-eight films from 1953 to 1968.Narwekar2012, p. 75 The film starred Kishore Kumar,

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in lead roles, supported by Smriti Biswas,

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, Ulhas,

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. The story revolves around a wealthy young man, whose over-anxious parents try to arrange a prospective bride for him. People from different states in the country answer the matrimonial advertisement, leading to several comedic situations due to the regional and language problems.Narwekar2012, p. 77

Plot

Ashok Sagar ( Kishore Kumar) has just returned from abroad after seven years and now lives with his overly protective parents. His one sneeze is treated as if he has pneumonia. After Ashok hears the singing of a girl Kokila (

), who sells flower for living, he falls in love with her. His parents are busy trying to find a suitable bride for him. For this purpose they give an advertisement, which attracts people from various states with differing languages. They all land up at Ashok's house. His parents settle his marriage with Roopa ( Smriti Biswas), who comes from a wealthy family ( Ulhas and

). Ashok runs away from home and makes his intentions to marry Kokila known to his parents. His mother relents, but his father Raja Bahadur Moti Sagar (

) refuses to budge. With the help of his mother and some planning, Ashok brings Kokila into the house as his bride and his father finally gives his consent.

Cast

* Kishore Kumar as Ashok Sagar *

as Kokila * Smriti Biswas as Roopa *

as Raja Bahadur Moti Sagar * Ulhas as Colonel Jung Bahadur *

as Mrs. Jung Bahadur * S. N. Banerjee as Saligram

Crew

* Producer: A. R. Kardar * Director: A. R. Kardar * Studio: Kardar Productions * Dialogues: S. N. Bannerjee, Jagdish Kanwal * Music: O. P. Nayyar * Lyricist:

* Playback Singers:

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, Kishore Kumar * Cinematographer: Dwarka Divecha * Editing: M. S. Hajee * Art and Set Direction: S. N. Desai, G. V. Divkar * Sound: Ishan Ghosh * Make-up: Ganpat Kakre * Choreographer: Surya Kumar

Soundtrack

The music director was O. P. Nayyar, with lyrics written by

. The most popular song is "Piya Piya Piya, Mera Jiya Pukare" by Kishore Kumar &

, the other hit song is "Raat Rangeeli, Chamke Tare" by

. Kishore Kumar &

went on to sing "as many as 687 duets" together.

Tracklist

References

External links

* {{A. R. Kardar 1955 films 1950s Hindi-language films Films directed by A. R. Kardar Films scored by O. P. Nayyar Indian black-and-white films Indian comedy-drama films 1955 comedy-drama films