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Bhagwan Sinha, Dev Anand, Johnny Walker, Kalpana Kartik, Sheila Ramani

Take a nostalgic journey circa 1960s Bombay with it's quiet, peaceful and scenic background, trams, and a unique taxi driver, Mangal, who is called "Hero" by his friends. A driver who drives a cab by ...( read more  read more... )day, then drinks at night, listens to his singer girlfriend, Sylive, and then goes into a drunken stupor - and wakes up with a hangover. One day, while assisting another taxi driver, Mangal comes to the assistance of a damsel in distress, who is being molested by two thugs. Mangal gallants rescues her, and attempts to take her to her destination, to no avail, as the person she is looking for has moved. The next day, Mangal and the young woman, Mala, again attempt to seek Ratanlal, a music director, but the entire day is spent in vain. Mala lives in Mangal's tiny apartment and both become attracted to each other. When Mala finds out about Sylvie, she leaves him. He goes in her search, but finds that she has become a famous singer with the help of her music director friend. Will Mangal ever get a chance to tell about his love for Mala? What will Sylvie's reaction be?

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Directed by: Chetan Anand

Release Date: January 1, 1954

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DVD Release Date: October 31, 2000

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  • svmainus
    August 23, 2007
    svmainus
    This is NOT the Taxi Driver of Robert DeNiro. This one came 20 years earlier in India. This comes from 1954 (NOT the 1960s like Flixters plot says). About the Taxi-Driver "Hero" and the women that love him. There is a musical number in nearly every scene. Comical, interestin...( read more)g and amusing. Very campy - very fifties and strangely fun to watch

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