Mr. Sampat

Mr. Sampat
DVD cover
Directed by	S. S. Vasan
Starring	Motilal Padmini Kanhaiyalal
Production company	Gemini Studios
Release dates	1952
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Mr. Sampat is a 1952 Indian Bollywood film directed by S. S. Vasan and produced by Gemini Studios. It is based on R. K. Narayan's 1949 novel Mr. Sampath – The Printer of Malgudi, and stars Motilal, Padmini and Kanhaiyalal.^[1][2]

Cast

• Motilal as Sampat
• Padmini as Malini
• Kanhaiyalal as Seth Makhanlal Gheewala
• Agha as the restaurant proprietor
• Swaraj as the director of Kala Mandir Company

Reception

1. Although Motilal received rave reviews for his performance, the film was a commercial failure.^[1]

2. Mr Sampat is one of the films featured in Avijit Ghosh's book 40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Have Missed.

Soundtrack

1. "Aao Aao Kahani Suno" - Geeta Dutt, Jikki
2. "Acche Din Aa Rahe" - Shamshad Begum
3. "Aji HUm Bharat Ke" - Geeta Dutt
4. "Chalo paniya bharan" - Geeta dutt, Jikki
5. "Devendra Dev ki jay" - Talat Mahmood, Shamshad Begum
6. "Din control ke" - Geeta Dutt, Jikki
7. "Hindustaan Humara" - Geeta Dutt
8. "Jagah Nahi" - P. B. Srinivas, Geeta Dutt
9. "Khabardar Hoshiyar" - Shamshad BVegum
10. "Kyon Janam Diya" - Shamshad Begum, Talat Mahmood
11. "Laila Liala" n- Shamshad Begum, Talaat Mahmood
12. "Lo Bar Jipsi" - Shamshad Begum, P. B. Srinivas
13. "Lo Lai Suiyan" - Shamshad Begum
14. "O basiragi banwasi" - Geeta Dutt

References

1. Vijay Lokapally (30 September 2015). "Mr. Sampat (1952)". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
2. Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (2014) [1999]. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. p. 326.