Director: R.S. Junnarkar; Writer: V.V. Bokil, Achyut Govind Ranade; Cinematographer: Vasudev Karnataki; Editor: Vasant Kulkarni; Cast: Snehprabha Pradhan, Sudha Apte, Lata Mangeshkar, Shobha Kumari, Shahu Modak, Dada Salvi, Vishnupant Jog, Damuanna Malvankar, Gopinath Savkar, Javdekar, Baby Achrekar
Summary: This comedy about arranged marriages started as a Vinayak production, completed by Junnarkar when Vinayak left Navyug. When the handsome doctor Sadashiv (Modak) sets up a new clinic in Pune, he finds himself with no patients but is beseiged with marriage offers. Chintu (Jog), son of the crusty patriarch, tricks him into coming home to examine his supposedly ill sister Sarala (Pradhan). One of the major scenes in the film is a cross-talk as Sadashiv asks medical questions while her father examines him as a prospective son-in- law. Sarala and Sadashiv get married, when suddenly Lily, Sadashiv’s old girlfriend who is related to the local village gossip, surfaces. As with all of Huns-Navyug films, the snappy dialogue was crucial to the film, which includes kissing scenes. It is also remembered for Lata Mangeshkar’s film debut as actress and singer.
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