''Shararat'' (Mischief) is a

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comedy film directed by

Kishore Sahu Kishore Sahu (22 November 1915 – 22 August 1980) was an Indian actor, film director, screenwriter, and producer. He appeared in 22 films between 1937 and 1980, and he directed 20 films between 1942 and 1974. His directorial venture Kuwara ...

. Produced by Hindustan Chitra Productions, it had music by

S. N. Tripathi Shri Nath Tripathi (14 March 1913 – 28 March 1988) was an Indian composer, whose active years were from the 1930s to the 1980s. Tripathi's multi-faceted work range included being a composer, writer, actor, and director of films. His debut film ...

and

Khan Mastana Khan Mastana (died 1972) was an Indian actor, music director and composer. He was called ''shehad jharti aawaz ke maalik''. References External links * 1972 deaths Year of birth missing 20th-century Indian male actors Indian male c ...

. Following the commercial success of his earlier comedy film '' Kunwara Baap'' (1942), Sahu made another comedy with ''Shararat'', which he not only directed and wrote the story for, but also cast himself in the main role. The actors co-starring with him were Maya Banerji, Protima Dasgupta, Ramesh Gupta, Sushil Sahu and Moni Chatterjee. The film was about a young woman pretending to be insane in order to avoid an arranged marriage.

Plot

Raibahadur Hiralal Mathur is a wealthy man who lives with his wife and a stubborn, spoilt daughter Sudha. Her reckless driving of a new car nearly gets her into trouble when she bangs the car into Dr. Sharma. The Doctor suffers no serious injuries, instead he and Sudha fall in love. However, Sudha's mother has already arranged her marriage into a family of her interest. Sudha pretends to be insane, and the family call for the services of Dr. Sharma to help treat her.

Cast

* Protima Dasgupta * Kishore Sahu * Maya Banerji * Ramesh Gupta * Sushil Sahu * Gulab * Moni Chatterji * Ranibala

Reception

''Shararat'' was not as well received by the reviewers as ''Kunwara Baap'' (1942). Sahu, then thirty years old, was criticised for his looks, with

Baburao Patel Baburao Patel (1904–1982) was an Indian publisher and writer, associated with films and politics. Career He was the editor and publisher of India's first film trade magazine, ''Filmindia'', the first edition of which was published in 1935. B ...

of ''

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'' referring to him as a "tired and prematurely aged young man". Patel also commented on the "poor production" quality and called the film "a poor apology for a comedy".

Soundtrack

The music directors were

and

. It had four lyricists, Girish, Ambikesh Kuntal, Rammurti Chaturvedi and A. Karim.

Song List

References

External links

* {{Kishore Sahu 1944 films 1940s Hindi-language films Films directed by Kishore Sahu Films scored by S. N. Tripathi Films scored by Khan Mastana Indian black-and-white films Indian comedy films 1944 comedy films Hindi-language comedy films