
The trademark innocent lunacy of the lovable film turned 50 this year (last week, if you’re confident enough to trust Wikipedia).Ĭomedian Mehmood was a rare star, a supporting actor who was an industry unto himself.

This is an even more remarkable trophy because such a movie cannot be made again in today’s Republic of the Easily Offended, i.e., India. Neeche se (Bhole, please sing from a lower octave).”īhola quietly gets down and sits on the floor, only to resume singing terribly.Īs cult comedy films go, Jyoti Swaroop’s Padosan is one of the few in Hindi film history to never run out of laughs.

Cult comedy Padosan features Hindi cinema’s most popular duet and never runs out of laughs.
