Half Ticket / Full Movie / Kishore Kumar / Madhubala / Pran
Half Ticket is a 1962 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Kalidas and produced by Bombay Talkies. Starring Madhubala, Kishore Kumar and Pran, the film revolves around Vijay, a good-for-nothing young man who decides to leave his house when his father forces him to get married.
Half Ticket is one of the last films to star Madhubala, as well as her final collaboration with her husband Kishore Kumar. It was a critical and commercial success and has become a cult film since its release. In 2020, The Indian Express listed the film in its "10 Bollywood comedies to watch in your lifetime".
Plot:
Vijay (Kishore Kumar) is the good-for-nothing son of a rich industrialist, who becomes bored of his father's constant railing and the efforts to marry him off, with the intention of getting him "settled" in life. So Vijay walks out of his home and decides to leave for Bombay and start life afresh there, however he does not have enough money for a ticket.
Vijay gets a burst of inspiration from a plump child called Munna, who is waiting in line with his mother (Tun Tun), and decides to pass himself off a child in order to get the eponymous half-ticket.
Now disguised as Munna, Vijay is used as a mule for a diamond smuggler (Pran) without his knowledge. On the train, Vijay also meets Rajnidevi (Madhubala) and falls in love with her.
The rest of the film follows Vijay's exploits as he avoids capture by the diamond smuggler and his girlfriend (Shammi), romances Rajnidevi while avoiding her auntie-ji (Manorama), and reunites with his father.
Cast:
Madhubala as Rajnidevi / Asha
Kishore Kumar as Vijaychand vald Lalchand vald Dhyanchand vald Hukumchand alias Munna / Vijay's Mother
Pran as Notorious Thief Raja Babu aka Chacha
Shammi as Lily Raja Babu's Mistress
Manorama as Asha's Aunty
Pradeep Kumar as Special Appearance
Moni Chaterjee as Seth Lalchand Vijay's Father
Tun Tun as the Real Munna's Mother
Helen as Stage Dancer in the song Woh ek Nigah (Special Appearance)
Crew:
Directed by Kalidas
Written by Surid Kar & Ramesh Pant
Produced by Bombay Talkies
Edited by Raj Talwar
Music by Salil Chowdhury
Release date 19 October 1962
Running time 168 min.
Country India
Language Hindi
Songs:
1. "Are Le Lo Ji Hai Yeh Dil Ka Heera" Kishore Kumar 3:35
2. "Chand Raat Tum Ho Saath" Lata Mangeshkar & Kishore Kumar 4:03
3. "Ankhon Mein Tum Dil Mein Tum Ho" Geeta Dutt & Kishore Kumar 4:09
4. "Aake Seedhi Lage Dil Pe Jaise" Kishore Kumar 3:40
5. "Woh Ek Nigah Kya Mili" Lata Mangeshkar & Kishore Kumar 4:14
6. "Chil Chil Chilla Ke" Kishore Kumar 4:16
7. "Are Wah Re Mere Malik" Kishore Kumar 3:15
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