Padosan

Padosan is a 1968 Indian comedy film. Directed by Jyoti Swaroop, it was produced by Mehmood, N. C. Sippy and written by Rajendra Krishan. The music is by R.D. Burman. The movie stars Sunil Dutt and Saira Banu in lead roles. Kishore Kumar, Mukri, Raj Kishore and Keshto Mukherjee played the supporting roles. Mehmood as the South Indian musician and rival to Sunil Dutt is among the highlights of the film. Indiatimes Movies ranked the movie amongst the "Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films". It is based on the Bengali story Pasher Bari by Arun Chowdhury, which was first adapted in Bengali in 1952 as Pasher Bari directed by Sudhir Mukherjee and starring Bhanu Bannerjee. It was remade in Telugu as Pakkinti Ammayi starring Anjali Devi, Relangi, and singer A. M. Rajah. It was later remade in 1960 as a Tamil film Adutha Veettu Penn. It was again remade into the Telugu film Pakkinti Ammayi starring Chandra Mohan, Jayasudha, S.P. Balasubrahmanyam and K. Chakravarthi. The movie was remade in Kannada as Pakkadamane Hudugi starring Raghavendra Rajkumar and Anant Nag.