Man Pasand (1980)

Kamli belongs to a poor family. She sells datuns for a living. She sells them in local suburban trains as well as on railway platforms. One day she meets a bachelor named Pratap, who would ... See full summary »

Director:

Basu Chatterjee

Stars:

Dev Anand, Tina Munim, Girish Karnad

Cast

Credited cast:
Dev Anand	...	Pratap
Tina Munim	...	Kamli
Girish Karnad	...	Kashinath
Mehmood	...	Popatlal
Simple Kapadia
Jalal Agha
Birbal
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chandu
Ratan Gaurang
Tarun Ghosh
Raj Kishore
Leela Mishra
Pardesi
Amol Sen
Vishnu Sharma

Storyline

Kamli belongs to a poor family. She sells datuns for a living. She sells them in local suburban trains as well as on railway platforms. One day she meets a bachelor named Pratap, who would like her to become a lady, and be educated, to which she agrees. She thinks that Pratap is in love with her, little does she know that she is the subject of a bet between Pratap and his friend, Kashinath, who both find her crude, crass, loud, and uncouth, so much so that both doubt that she can be transformed into a lady.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

11 June 1980 (India)

Also Known As:

Personal Choice

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmunit

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is a Hindi adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's play "Pygmalion".

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Connections

Remake of My Fair Lady (1964)

User Reviews

My Fair Lady!

This is version of My Fair Lady, a great musical that was. In this Movie Dev Aanand and Girish Karnad (both sworn middle aged bachelors) play as two friends who while traveling suburban train discover a lady selling datun (toothbrush made from branch of Neem Tree) - played by Tina Munim and Dev bets that he will make her a not only a high society lady but also an accomplished singer!

How he does it is the story. There is good direction and polished performances. There a some good songs like "Logon ka dil agar haan jeetana hai tumko to bas meetha meetha bolo!" (with Tina Munim shouting loudly in between to sell her datuns)! and "Manmani se hargiz na daro kabhi shadi na karo!" (both sung by Kishor Kumar).