Mr. Sampat

Mr. Sampat
Poster
Directed by	S. S. Vasan
Based on	Mr. Sampath – The Printer of Malgudi by R. K. Narayan
Starring	Motilal Padmini Kanhaiyalal
Production company	Gemini Studios
Release dates	1952 (1952)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Mr. Sampat is a 1952 Indian Hindi-language satirical film directed by S. S. Vasan and produced by Gemini Studios. It is based on R. K. Narayan's 1949 novel Mr. Sampath – The Printer of Malgudi, and stars Motilal, Padmini and Kanhaiyalal.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Motilal as Sampat^[1]
Padmini as Malini ^[1]
Kanhaiyalal as Seth Makhanlal Gheewala^[1]
Agha as the restaurant proprietor^[1]
Swaraj as the director of Kala Mandir Company^[1]

Reception

Although Motilal received rave reviews for his performance, Mr. Sampat was a commercial failure.^[1] It was later featured in journalist Avijit Ghosh's book 40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Have Missed.^[3] Writing for Upperstall.com, Karan Bali stated that Mr. Sampat was "perhaps [Vasan's] best Hindi film", despite being significantly different from the source novel.^[4]

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by B. K. Kalla and E. Shankar Shastri.^[5]

"Aao Aao Kahani Suno" - Geeta Dutt, Jikki
"Acche Din Aa Rahe" - Shamshad Begum
"Aji HUm Bharat Ke" - Geeta Dutt
"Chalo paniya bharan" - Geeta dutt, Jikki
"Devendra Dev ki jay" - Talat Mahmood, Shamshad Begum
"Din control ke" - Geeta Dutt, Jikki
"Hindustaan Humara" - Geeta Dutt
"Jagah Nahi" - P. B. Srinivas, Geeta Dutt
"Khabardar Hoshiyar" - Shamshad BVegum
"Kyon Janam Diya" - Shamshad Begum, Talat Mahmood
"Laila Liala" n- Shamshad Begum, Talaat Mahmood
"Lo Bar Jipsi" - Shamshad Begum, P. B. Srinivas
"Lo Lai Suiyan" - Shamshad Begum
"O basiragi banwasi" - Geeta Dutt

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Lokapally, Vijay (30 September 2010). "Mr. Sampat (1952)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 September 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
↑ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press. p. 326.
↑ Bhaduri, Abhijit (1 June 2014). "40 retakes: Bollywood classics you may have missed". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
↑ Bali, Karan. "Mr. Sampat". Upperstall.com. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
↑ "Mr. Sampat". Saavn. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2016.

R. K. Narayan

Novels	Swami and Friends The Bachelor of Arts The Dark Room The English Teacher Mr. Sampath - The Printer of Malgudi The Financial Expert Waiting for the Mahatma The Guide The Man-Eater of Malgudi The Vendor of Sweets The Painter of Signs A Tiger for Malgudi Talkative Man The World of Nagaraj Grandmother's Tale

Collections	Malgudi Days An Astrologer's Day and Other Short Stories Lawley Road and Other Stories A Horse and Two Goats and Other Stories Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories The Grandmother's Tale and Selected Stories

Non-fiction	Next Sunday My Dateless Diary My Days Reluctant Guru The Emerald Route A Writer's Nightmare

Mythology	Gods, Demons and Others The Ramayana The Mahabharata

Screen adaptations	Guide Malgudi Days Banker Margayya Miss Malini Mr. Sampat

Related articles	Malgudi Indian Thought Publications

Films directed by S. S. Vasan

Chandralekha (1948) (Tamil, Hindi) Nishan (1949) Sansar (1951) Mr. Sampat (1952) Bahut Din Huwe (1954) Insaniyat (1955) Vanjikottai Valiban (1958) Raj Tilak (1958) Paigham (1959) Irumbu Thirai (1960) Gharana (1961) Aurat (1967) Teen Bahuraniyan (1968) Shatranj (1969)

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