Love in Shimla
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| Directed by | R. K. Nayyar |
| Produced by | Sashadhar Mukherjee |
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Agha Jani R. K. Nayyar |
| Starring |
Joy Mukherjee Sadhana |
| Music by | Iqbal Qureshi |
| Cinematography | D. K. Dhuri |
| Edited by | Indu Kumar |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Love In Simla is a 1960 romantic Indian Hindi film, produced by Sashadhar Mukherjee and his Filmalaya production house. Directed by R.K. Nayyar, the film had the producer's son, Joy Mukherjee, in the lead. The actress Sadhana made her Hindi movie lead debut in the film and became a star. The film also starred Azra, Shobhana Samarth and Durga Khote. The film was a light musical with humour as well as slapstick comedy. It became a hit at the box office. The film is a part of the Love in trilogy. The film's success set up the lead pair's success in the 1960s and led to the making of Love in Tokyo, also starring Joy Mukherjee.
After the untimely death of her father and step-mother, Sonia is orphaned and lives with her aunt and paternal uncle (General and Mrs. Rajpal Singh). Sonia is plain-looking, like her real mother, and often invites unappreciative taunts and critical remarks from her aunt and cousin, Sheela. Sheela has a boyfriend, Dev Kumar Mehra, and she plans to marry him. Fed-up with hearing frequent taunts and adverse remarks about her plain-looks, Sonia challenges Sheela that she will make Dev fall in love with her.
In India, Love in Simla was the fifth highest-grossing film of 1960. It grossed ₹1.7 crore in 1960. Adjusted for inflation in 2011 value, the film earned ₹191 crore (equivalent to ₹280 crore or US$42 million in 2017).
In the Soviet Union, the film was released in 1963 and came third place on the year's Soviet box office chart. The film drew a Soviet box office audience of 35 million viewers, making it one of the top 20 most successful Indian films in the Soviet Union.
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