Mana Janab Neh Pukarah Nahi! Paying Guest (1957)

Dev Anand, goes looking out for rented accommodation in the metropolis, but nobody was prepared to entertain a young bachelor. Dev disguises himself as an old bearded man, shoulders drooping with age, and manages to land himself as a paying guest in the apartment of a retired man, who has a young daughter, played by Nutan. And of course, the secret is out before long, and both fall in love. Dev starts working with a very renowned advocate, played by Jagirdar, whom Nutan's friend, played by Shobha Khote, had married as he was immensely wealthy. In no time, she starts feeling lonely as the old man was oblivious of the needs of the young woman. Shobha starts wooing Dev. Yaqub, Nutan's good for nothing and drunkard brother-in-law, starts blackmailing Dev and Shobha, and in the process, Jagirdar is killed .
The more enjoyable moments in the film are when Dev looks for the accommodation, his impersonation as a Muslim old man, and later when he tries to woo Nutan. Their romantic scenes are very infectious. Both Dev and Nutan form a very lovable pair, as was seen whenever they acted together in other films also, like "Manzil", "Baarish" and "Tere Ghar Ke Samne". Both of them gave creditable performances. Yaqub also gave a good account of himself.

S. D. Burman came up with another stunning musical score. Kishore Kumar's "Mana janab ne pukara nahin, ya mera saath bhi gawara nahin" and "Hai hai yeh nigahen, are kar den sharabi jise chahen" are his evergreen numbers. Burman dada's unique style in duet composition is again visible in everlasting songs like "Ho, nigahen mastana, dekh saman hai suhana" and "Chhod do aanchal zamana kya kahega". Lata Mangeshkar was exeedingly good in the sad song "Chand phir nikla, magar tum na aaye". She also had another pleasant number in "Chupke chupke, rukte rukte, maine dekha".

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• Mana
• Janab
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• Pukarah
• Nahi!
• Paying
• Guest
• (1957)