Rungoli ( hi, रंगोली; ur, رنگولی;

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: ''A Colourful Pattern of Life'', also transliterated as ''

Rangoli Rangoli is an art form that originates from in the Indian subcontinent, in which patterns are created on the floor or a tabletop using materials such as powdered lime stone, red ochre, dry rice flour, coloured sand, quartz powder, flower petal ...

'') is a 1962

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Romance comedy Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typica ...

Hindi film directed by Amar Kumar. The film had Kishore Kumar and

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in the lead with

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, Jeevan,

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and others appearing in supporting roles. The film had music by the

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duo with Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra providing the lyrics.

Plot

Sewakram lives a middle-classed lifestyle in Bombay (India) along with his wife Subhagi, daughter Nirmala(

) and son Lattoo. He works in the Flora Fountain branch of the United Commercial Bank. He is very organized, thrifty, and plans to get his children educated, married, and also build a house for them. Nirmala befriends Kishore Kumar Shastri( Kishore Kumar), who lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his widower dad, a Deputy, and runs two businesses for the supply of sand and cement. Kishore manages to impress everyone in Nirmala's family including her paternal uncle Sadhuram. Sewakram goes to meet Kishore to finalize their marriage and after doing so, he returns to the construction site and is gravely injured when an entire floor collapses. Nirmala finds out that the accident was Kishore's fault and refuses to have to do anything with him. Kishore attempts to woo her back, but before he could succeed, he is arrested by the police and held in a cell.

Cast

* Kishore Kumar as Kishore Kumar Shastri *

as Nirmala "Nimmo" *

as Subhagi * Jeevan as Sadhuram *

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as Sewakram * Brahm Bhardwaj as Doctor * Dhumal as Balabadradas *

as Police Inspector * Krishan Kumar as Lattoo * Sadhana Roychoudhury as Rani * Jagdev as Mohabbat Rai * Ulhas as Deputy Shastri * Vrinda as Balabadradas' wife * Fazlu

Songs

#"Chhoti Si Ye Duniya, Pahachaane Raasate Hain" - Kishore Kumar #"Choti Si Ye Duniya Pehchane Raaste Hai" -

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#"Hum Tum Ye Khoyi Khoyi Rahe, Chanchal Isharon Se" - Lata Mangeshkar,

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#"Ek Nazar Kisi Ne Dekha Aur Dil Hua Deewana" - Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar #"Jaao-jaao Nand Ke Lala Tum Jhoote" - Lata Mangeshkar #"Rangoli Sajaao Re, Teri Paayal Mere Geet" - Kishore Kumar #"Sagar Pe Aaj Maujon Ka Raaj, Bechain Hai Nazaara" - Lata Mangeshkar #"Hum Bechare Pyar Ke Maare, Aur Tum To Tum Ho" - Kishore Kumar #"Chaau Chaau Bombiyana, Ishq Hai Maraz Purana" -

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References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0056394, Rungoli
Rungoli profile & review
at ''Upperstall.com'' 1962 films 1960s Hindi-language films Indian black-and-white films 1962 romantic comedy films Films scored by Shankar–Jaikishan Indian romantic comedy films