Paying Guest(1957)

    
Cast: Dev Anand, Nutan
Director:Subodh Mukherji
Genre:Drama, Romance
Music Director:S D Burman
Year: 1957
                            A marriage for love Vs A marriage for money.

   The story begins with an unemployed lawyer,Ramesh in search for a place to stay. He ends up as  a paying guest . Like a normal hindi movie, the lawyer falls in love with the landlord, Mirza's daughter, Shanti.The happy run ends with the death of the girl's father living them poor and inclusion of her drukard brother-in-law,Prakash and  her rich friend,Chanchal . Chanchal, married to an old but rich successful lawyer lends job to the Ramesh to help him and in turn tries taking advantage of him to provide entertainment to her insipid, unsatisfied life.

    Prakash knows about Chanchal's fantasies and extracts money in return of breaking the Ramesh's love life. In the endeavour, Chanchal's husband , who comes to know about her and evicts her out of her property,is murdered. Prakash blackmails Chanchal and during one such incident Shanti comes in to her rescue but it ends with the Prakash getting murdered and Shanti is accused of it. Rameshr gets to know of it and fights the case for her. After much twists and turns the movie ends with the girl getting exonerated and the couple married and happy.

A very good movie and a must watch for everyone who can bear the black and white cinema for the love of great acting, melodious songs and most important of all,the dialogues of the debate over marriage for love or for money, shown in the first half .The lively and romantic pair of dev anand and lovely nutan and the beautiful scores "Chodd do aachal","Maana janab ne pukara nahi" ,"Nigahein mastana" is a treat to eyes and ears.

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IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050829/
ONLINE: http://www.bharatlover.com/content/view/4784/68/
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VIDEOS: http://wn.com/Paying_Guest