3/11/2023 0 Comments Miss marklyLata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle, who first sang together in Ladli (1949), had a duet in the film: "Sakhi Ri Sun Bole Papiha Us Paar". The songs were popular, especially "Gaana Na Aaya, Bajaana Na Aaya" sung by Kishore Kumar, "Yeh Mard Bade Dilsard, Bade Bedard", "O Raat Ke Musafir Chanda Zara Bata De", "Brindavan Ka Krishna Kanhaiya" sung by Lata Mangeshkar & Mohammed Rafi. The music and background score was composed by Hemant Kumar and the lyrics were penned by Rajendra Krishan. Jagdish Sethi as Rai Sahib (Laxmi & Sita's Father).Achala Sachdev as Laxmi & Sita's Mother.The truth is revealed about Mary being the Rai Sahib's daughter Laxmi when her foster parents arrive. ![]() There are several comic sequences involving Raju and his friend. The owner's other daughter and Mary's biological sister Sita (Jamuna) has a fondness for Arun which upsets Mary. She and Arun start liking each other in spite of their constant bickering. Mary feels bad for lying about her married status to the Rai Sahib and his wife. Mary tells them that she can't be their daughter as she was brought up in a Christian environment by Christian parents. The old couple find a resemblance in Mary to their daughter and show her a photo of Laxmi that looks like her. Raju is an orphan brought up as a nephew by the Rai Sahib. They employ a detective Raju ( Kishore Kumar) to find her. The school owners (Rai Sahib and his wife), are looking for their long lost daughter Laxmi (hence the Laxmi School), who went missing sixteen years ago and the only thing tying her to them is a locket and an identification mark in the form of a mole on her left foot. They hire Nakdau ( Om Prakash), a beggar-cum-conman as a servant to keep up the pretense. He meets Miss Mary (Meena Kumari), a Christian girl who is badly in need of a job to pay off her parents' debt. The story is about Arun ( Gemini Ganeshan), an unemployed teacher who comes across an advertisement offering a job at the Lakshmi School with the proviso that only married couples need apply. The film is a light-hearted comedy with Meena Kumari (who regularly played tragedienne roles) performing one of her rare comic acts. ![]() ![]() For Gemini Ganesan (who was introduced to the Hindi-speaking film audience with this film), and for Meena Kumari, Miss Mary was one of the biggest hits of that year. Meena Kumari, who was to later become famous for her tragedy roles meriting the sobriquet "Queen of Tragedy", acted in a few light-hearted roles in the 1950s in films such as Azaad (1955), Mem Sahib (1956), Shararat (1959 film), Kohinoor (1960) and Miss Mary. The film's script was adapted by Chakrapani from two Indian Bengali-language novels: Rabindranath Maitra's Manmoyee Girls School and Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay 's Detective. The songs were sung by Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Geeta Dutt and Mohammed Rafi. The music was by Hemant Kumar with the lyrics and dialogue written by Rajendra Krishan. It was remade in Hindi as Miss Mary in 1957 with Meena Kumari in the titular role, keeping Jamuna as the constant factor in all these films. The original Missamma was directed in Telugu in 1955 and was remade as Missiamma in Tamil with Savitri playing the title role in both films. The movie is an AVM production, written by Hargobind Duggal, and directed by L. Miss Mary is a 1957 Indian comedy film directed by L.V.
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