Love in Simla

Love in Simla
	Poster
Directed by	R. K. Nayyar
Produced by	Sashadhar Mukherjee
Written by	Agha Jani; R. K. Nayyar
Starring	Joy Mukherjee; Sadhana
Music by	Iqbal Qureshi
Cinematography	D. K. Dhuri
Edited by	Indu Kumar
Release date	1960; ; ; ; ;
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.^[1] 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.^[2] The film is a part of the Love in trilogy.^[3] 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.

Plot[edit]

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.

Songs[edit]

Cast[edit]

Joy Mukherjee as Dev Kumar Mehra
Sadhana as Sonia
Azra as Sheela
Kishore Sahu as General Rajpal Singh (Sonia's uncle)
Shobhna Samarth as Mrs. Rajpal Singh (Sheela's mom)
Durga Khote as Sonia's grandmother
Vijayalaxmi as Vijaya
Hari Shivdasani as Announcer
Master Ramesh
Bazid Khan
Fouza Singh
Ravi Tandon
Saibee Sabherwal
Kiran Kumar
Cesar
Muhammad Ali

Box office[edit]

In India, Love in Simla was the fifth highest-grossing film of 1960.^[2] It grossed ?1.7 crore in 1960.^[4] Adjusted for inflation in 2011 value, the film earned ?191 crore (equivalent to ?280 crore or US$42 million in 2017).^[2]

In the Soviet Union, the film was released in 1963 and came third place on the year's Soviet box office chart.^[5] 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.^[6]

Other information[edit]

The film started the romance between R.K. Nayyar (its director) and Sadhana (its leading lady), culminating in their marriage.
The film starred the two Marathi Grande dames Shobhana Samarth and Durga Khote.
Dharmendra was keen to play the lead role, but the producer selected his son Joy Mukherjee.
Love in Simla was inspired by the 1938 English film Jane Steps Out.^[7]
The director R. K. Nayyar wanted to remake the film in the 1970s with actress Kim, the heroine from the hit films Disco Dancer and Naseeb (1981 film), but it was difficult to shoot the film in Switzerland, so filming never took place.