A rollicking slapstick musical comedy, directed by Jyoti Swaroop, in which
the innocent Bhola (Sunil Dutt) gives up his commitment to celibacy when he
falls for a sexy neighbour, Bindu (Saira Banu). His rivals in love are his own
uncle (Om Prakash) and Bindu's traditionalist Carnatic music teacher (Mehmood).
He, however, wins his girl with the assistance of the crooked drama-troupe guru
(Kishore Kumar), when he serenades her, using the guru for a musical playback. R
D Burman’s great soundtrack climaxes in the high point of the film, in a zany
take-off on the Jugalbandi (musical contest), between the guru and the Carnatic
musician ‘Ek Chatur Naar Karke Singaar’ sung by Manna De and Kishore Kumar. The
original Bengali story had previously been filmed by Sudhir Mukherjee Pasher
Bari in 1952, in Telugu by C Pullaiah Pakkinti Ammayi in 1953 and in Tamil -
Raghavaiah’s Adutha Veetu Penn in 1960.
