Padosan
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Padosan (transl. Neighbour) is a 1968 Indian Hindi-language musical comedy film directed by Jyoti Swaroop and produced by Mehmood, N. C. Sippy and written by Rajendra Krishan. It is a remake of the Bengali-language film Pasher Bari (1952) based on a short story of the same name by Arun Chowdhury[1][2] starring Bhanu Bandyopadhyay and Sabitri Chatterjee. The film stars Sunil Dutt and Saira Banu. Kishore Kumar, Mukri, Raj Kishore and Keshto Mukherjee played the supporting roles. Mehmood as the South Indian musician and rival to Sunil Dutt is among the highlights of the film. Indiatimes Movies ranked the film amongst the "Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films".[3] Music was composed by R. D. Burman. Kumar sang for himself while Manna Dey sang for Mehmood. Many of the scenes were shot in Brindavan Gardens located near the city of Mysore.
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| Directed by | Jyoti Swaroop |
| Written by | Rajinder Krishan |
| Based on | Pasher Bari by Arun Chowdhury |
| Produced by | Mehmood N. C. Sippy |
| Starring | Sunil Dutt Saira Banu Mehmood Kishore Kumar Om Prakash |
| Cinematography | K. H. Kapadia |
| Edited by | D. N. Pai |
| Music by | R. D. Burman |
| Distributed by | Kailash Dossani Investments Pvt. Ltd. Mehmood Productions |
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Running time | 157 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |