Howrah Bridge (1958 film)

Howrah Bridge
The theatrical release poster of Howrah Bridge
Directed byShakti Samanta
Written byVrajendra Kaur
Screenplay byRanjan Bose
Story byRanjan Bose
Produced byShakti Samanta
StarringAshok Kumar
Madhubala
CinematographyChandu
Edited byDharamvir
Music byO. P. Nayyar
Production
company
Shree Shakti Films
Distributed byShree Shakti Films
Release date
  • 15 June 1958 (1958-06-15)
Running time
153 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office1.1 crore (equivalent to 105 crore or US$13 million in 2023)

Howrah Bridge is a 1958 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film directed by Shakti Samanta. The music for the film was composed by O. P. Nayyar. The plot focuses on Prem Kumar (played by Ashok Kumar), a businessman from Rangoon, who travels to Calcutta to try and track down his brother's murderers. Madhubala stars as Edna, a cabaret dancer, in one of her most popular roles.[1]

Howrah Bridge was a major critical and commercial success upon its release and has become a cult film over years. It has been specially noted for its soundtrack, which consists the chartbusters "Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu" and "Aaiye Meherbaan". The former was re-used in the 1988 film Salaam Bombay!.[2]

  1. ^ "Remembering Madhubala's best roles". Filmfare. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 February 2009. Retrieved 9 December 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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