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{{Short description|1962 film}}
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| name = Half Ticket
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| image = Half Ticket.jpg
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| caption = Film poster
| director = Kalidas
| director = Kalidas
| producer = [[Bombay Talkies]]
| producer = [[Bombay Talkies]]
| writer = Surid Kar and Ramesh Pant
| writer = Surid Kar<br />Ramesh Pant
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| starring = [[Kishore Kumar]]<br />[[Madhubala]]<br />[[Pran (actor)|Pran]]
| starring = [[Madhubala]]<br />[[Kishore Kumar]]<br />[[Pran (actor)|Pran]]
| music = [[Salil Chowdhury]]
| music = [[Salil Chowdhury]]
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| released = {{Film date|19 October 1962}}<ref>{{Cite web|title=Half Ticket - Lifetime Box Office Collection, Budget, Reviews, Cast, etc|url=https://bestoftheyear.in/movie/half-ticket/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=BOTY|date=31 January 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>
| released = {{Film date|19 October 1962}}
| runtime =
| runtime = 168 min.
| country = India
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| language = Hindi
| budget =
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| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR}}1 crore ({{Estimation}} {{INR}}119 crore as of 2011)<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-11-03|title=Worth Their Weight In Gold! {{!}} Box Office India : India's premier film trade magazine {{!}} Bollywood news, reviews, interviews, box office collection|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/|access-date=2020-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103185138/http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/ |archive-date=3 November 2011 }}</ref>
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR}}1 crore ({{Estimation}} {{INR}}119 crore as of 2016)
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'''''Half Ticket''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1962|1962]] classic Hindi film directed by Kalidas and starring [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Madhubala]] and [[Pran (actor)|Pran]].
'''''Half Ticket''''' is a 1962 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Kalidas and produced by [[Bombay Talkies]]. Starring [[Madhubala]], [[Kishore Kumar]] and [[Pran (actor)|Pran]], the film revolves around Vijay, a good-for-nothing young man who decides to leave his house when his father forces him to get married.


''Half Ticket'' is one of the last films to star Madhubala, as well as her final collaboration with her husband Kishore Kumar. It was a critical and commercial success and has become a [[cult film]] since its release. In 2020, ''[[The Indian Express]]'' listed the film in its "10 Bollywood comedies to watch in your lifetime".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-15|title=Seriously Funny: 10 Bollywood comedies to watch in your lifetime|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/bollywood-comedy-films-5454737/|access-date=2020-12-05|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
It was the last collaboration of Madhubala and Kishore Kumar, who had previously acted together in several "musical comedies" - ''[[Dhake Ki Malmal]]'' (1956), ''[[Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi]]'' (1958), ''[[Mehlon Ke Khwab]]'' (1960) and ''[[Jhumroo]]'' (1961).


==Plot==
==Plot==
Vijay ([[Kishore Kumar]]) is the good-for-nothing son of a rich [[industrialist]], who becomes bored of his father's constant railing and the efforts to marry him off, with the intention of getting him "settled" in life. So Vijay walks out of his home and decides to leave for Bombay and start life afresh there, however he does not have enough money for a ticket.
Vijay ([[Kishore Kumar]]) is the good-for-nothing son of a rich [[industrialist]], who becomes bored of his father's constant railing and the efforts to marry him off, with the intention of getting him "settled" in life. So Vijay walks out of his home and decides to leave for Bombay and start life afresh there. However he does not have enough money for a train ticket.


Vijay gets a burst of inspiration from a plump child called Munna, who is waiting in line with his mother ([[Tun Tun]]), and decides to pass himself off a child in order to get the [[eponymous]] half-ticket.
Vijay gets a burst of inspiration from a plump child called Munna, who is waiting in line with his mother ([[Tun Tun]]), and decides to pass himself off as a child in order to get the [[eponymous]] half-ticket.


Now disguised as Munna, Vijay is used as a [[mule (smuggling)|mule]] for a diamond smuggler ([[Pran (actor)|Pran]]) without his knowledge. On the train, Vijay also meets Rajnidevi ([[Madhubala]]) and falls in love with her.
Now disguised as Munna, Vijay is used as a [[mule (smuggling)|mule]] for a diamond smuggler ([[Pran (actor)|Pran]]) without his knowledge. On the train, Vijay also meets Rajnidevi ([[Madhubala]]) and falls in love with her.
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==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Kishore Kumar]] as Vijaychand vald Lalchand vald Dhyanchand vald Hukumchand alias Munna / Vijay's Mother
* [[Madhubala]] as Rajnidevi / Asha
* [[Madhubala]] as Rajnidevi / Asha
* [[Kishore Kumar]] as Vijaychand vald Lalchand vald Dhyanchand vald Hukumchand alias Munna alias Prannath / Vijay's Mother (Double Role)
* [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] as Notorious Thief Raja Babu aka Chacha
* [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] as Notorious Thief Raja Babu aka Chacha
* Shammi as Lily Raja Babu's Mistress
* [[Shammi (actress)|Shammi]] as Lily Raja Babu's Mistress
* [[Manorama (Hindi actress)|Manorama]] as Asha's Aunty
* [[Manorama (Hindi actress)|Manorama]] as Asha's Aunty
* [[Pradeep Kumar]] as Special Appearance
* [[Pradeep Kumar]] as Special Appearance
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* [[Tun Tun]] as the Real Munna's Mother
* [[Tun Tun]] as the Real Munna's Mother
* [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] as Stage Dancer in the song ''Woh ek Nigah'' (Special Appearance)
* [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] as Stage Dancer in the song ''Woh ek Nigah'' (Special Appearance)

==Production==
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==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
{{Infobox album
Music composed by [[Salil Choudhury]] and all songs are written by [[Shailendra (lyricist)| Shailendra]].
| name = Half Ticket
{| class="wikitable"
| type = Soundtrack
! Song !! Singer(s)!! Notes
| artist = [[Salil Chowdhury]]
|-
| released = {{Start date|1962}}<ref name="Apple Music">{{Cite web |date=1962 |title=Half Ticket |url=https://music.apple.com/in/album/half-ticket-original-motion-picture-soundtrack/1338719747|publisher=Apple Music|access-date=12 January 2024}}</ref>
| "Chaand Raat Tum Ho Saath"
| genre = [[Film soundtrack|Feature film soundtrack]]
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]] and [[Kishore Kumar]]
| length = {{Duration|m=27|s=}}
|
| language = [[Hindi]]
|-
| label = [[Saregama]]
|"Aankhon Mein Tum"
| producer = [[Salil Chowdhury]]
|[[Geeta Dutt]] and Kishore Kumar
| prev_title = Sapne Suhane
|
| prev_year = 1961
|-
| next_title = Sunbai
|"Chill Chill Chilla Ke"
| next_year = 1962
|Kishore Kumar
| chronology = [[Salil Chowdhury]]
|Picturized on Kishore Kumar as he is dressed as Munna.
}}
|-
{{Track listing
|"Woh Ek Nigah Kya Mili"
| all_lyrics = [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]]
|Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar
| all_music = [[Salil Chowdhury]]
|Picturized on [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] and Kishore Kumar with [[Pran (actor)|Pran]].
| headline = Songs
|-
| extra_column = Singer(s)
|"Aake Seedhi Lagi Dil Pe"
| title1 = Are Le Lo Ji Hai Yeh Dil Ka Heera
|Kishore Kumar and Kishore Kumar (''both male & female voice'')
| length1 = 3:35
|Picturized on Kishore Kumar and Pran with Kishore in drag.
| extra1 = [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| title2 = Chand Raat Tum Ho Saath
|"Are Lelo Ji Lelo"
| length2 = 4:03
|Kishore Kumar
| extra2 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]] & [[Kishore Kumar]]
|
| title3 = Ankhon Mein Tum Dil Mein Tum Ho
|-
| length3 = 4:09
|"Are Wah Re Mere Malik"
|Kishore Kumar
| extra3 = [[Geeta Dutt]] & [[Kishore Kumar]]
| title4 = Aake Seedhi Lage Dil Pe Jaise
|
| length4 = 3:40
|}
| extra4 = [[Kishore Kumar]]
| title5 = Woh Ek Nigah Kya Mili
| length5 = 4:14
| extra5 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]] & [[Kishore Kumar]]
| title6 = Chil Chil Chilla Ke
| length6 = 4:16
| extra6 = [[Kishore Kumar]]
| title7 = Are Wah Re Mere Malik
| length7 = 3:15
| extra7 = [[Kishore Kumar]]
| total_length = {{Duration|m=27|s=00}}
}}


==Box Office==
== Release ==
''Half Ticket'' was released on October 19, 1962.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Half Ticket - Lifetime Box Office Collection, Budget, Reviews, Cast, etc|url=https://bestoftheyear.in/movie/half-ticket/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=BOTY|date=31 January 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref>
''Half Ticket'' was a commercial success. The film grossed {{Indian Rupee}}1 crore, with a nett profit of {{Indian Rupee}}0.5 crore. It was the [[List of Bollywood films of 1962|year's 12 highest-grossing film]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=India|first=Box Office|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=168&catName=MTk2Mg==|title=Top Earners 1962|publisher=boxofficeindia.com}}</ref>

=== Critical reception ===
Critic reviews were generally positive. [[Sukanya Verma]] wrote, "Fabulous soundtrack, frolicking premise and frothy dialogues led by the King of Comedy (Kumar) and Queen of vivacity (Madhubala), there is nothing half-hearted about this [film]."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sukanya|title=Half Ticket: Kishore Kumar's return ticket to childhood!|url=http://www.sukanyaverma.com/2013/09/half-ticket-kishore-kumars-return-ticket-to-childhood/|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Sukanya Verma|language=en-US}}</ref>

''[[Film Geek]]'' stated: "The movie makes a little more sense than that—only a little—but it matters not at all, as Kishore Kumar's limitless zany energy, Madhubala's irresistible charm, and several absolutely superb songs combine to make ''Half Ticket'' a delightful and hysterical ride."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Half Ticket (1962)|url=https://www.filmigeek.com/2011/09/half-ticket-1962.html|access-date=2020-12-21|website=Filmi Geek}}</ref>

=== Box office ===
In India, the film had a box-office [[Gross revenue|gross]] of [[Indian rupee|₹]]1 [[crore]], with a [[Net income|nett]] of ₹0.5 crore, becoming the twelfth highest-grossing film of 1962.<ref>{{Cite book|last=India|first=Box Office|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=168&catName=MTk2Mg==|title=Top Earners 1962|publisher=boxofficeindia.com|access-date=15 August 2020|archive-date=14 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014080632/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=168&catName=MTk2Mg==|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Best of the Year gave its inflation-adjusted nett as ₹251 crore.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Half Ticket - Lifetime Box Office Collection, Budget, Reviews, Cast, etc|url=https://bestoftheyear.in/movie/half-ticket/|access-date=2020-12-05|website=BOTY|date=31 January 2018 |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Box Office'' magazine calculated its inflation-adjusted gross by comparing the collection with the price of [[gold]] in 1962, which gave it an adjusted gross of ₹119 crore in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2011-11-03|title=Worth Their Weight In Gold! {{!}} Box Office India : India's premier film trade magazine {{!}} Bollywood news, reviews, interviews, box office collection|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/|access-date=2020-12-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103185138/http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/ |archive-date=3 November 2011 }}</ref>

==Legacy==
''Half Ticket'' is considered an important [[comedy film]] made in 1960s [[Bollywood]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Best Clean Comedy Films in Hindi in 100 years from 1913-2013|url=https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000026939/|access-date=2020-12-05|website=IMDb|language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0056052}}
* {{IMDb title|0056052}}



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Latest revision as of 19:05, 30 October 2024

For the 2016 film, see Half Ticket (2016 film).

Half Ticket
Film poster
Directed byKalidas
Written bySurid Kar
Ramesh Pant
Produced byBombay Talkies
StarringMadhubala
Kishore Kumar
Pran
Edited byRaj Talwar
Music bySalil Chowdhury
Release date
  • 19 October 1962 (19 October 1962)
[1]
Running time
168 min.
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box officeest. ₹1 crore (est. ₹119 crore as of 2011)[2]

Half Ticket is a 1962 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Kalidas and produced by Bombay Talkies. Starring Madhubala, Kishore Kumar and Pran, the film revolves around Vijay, a good-for-nothing young man who decides to leave his house when his father forces him to get married.

Half Ticket is one of the last films to star Madhubala, as well as her final collaboration with her husband Kishore Kumar. It was a critical and commercial success and has become a cult film since its release. In 2020, The Indian Express listed the film in its "10 Bollywood comedies to watch in your lifetime".[3]

Plot

[edit]

Vijay (Kishore Kumar) is the good-for-nothing son of a rich industrialist, who becomes bored of his father's constant railing and the efforts to marry him off, with the intention of getting him "settled" in life. So Vijay walks out of his home and decides to leave for Bombay and start life afresh there. However he does not have enough money for a train ticket.

Vijay gets a burst of inspiration from a plump child called Munna, who is waiting in line with his mother (Tun Tun), and decides to pass himself off as a child in order to get the eponymous half-ticket.

Now disguised as Munna, Vijay is used as a mule for a diamond smuggler (Pran) without his knowledge. On the train, Vijay also meets Rajnidevi (Madhubala) and falls in love with her.

The rest of the film follows Vijay's exploits as he avoids capture by the diamond smuggler and his girlfriend (Shammi), romances Rajnidevi while avoiding her auntie-ji (Manorama), and reunites with his father.

Cast

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  • Madhubala as Rajnidevi / Asha
  • Kishore Kumar as Vijaychand vald Lalchand vald Dhyanchand vald Hukumchand alias Munna alias Prannath / Vijay's Mother (Double Role)
  • Pran as Notorious Thief Raja Babu aka Chacha
  • Shammi as Lily Raja Babu's Mistress
  • Manorama as Asha's Aunty
  • Pradeep Kumar as Special Appearance
  • Moni Chaterjee as Seth Lalchand Vijay's Father
  • Tun Tun as the Real Munna's Mother
  • Helen as Stage Dancer in the song Woh ek Nigah (Special Appearance)

Production

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Soundtrack

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Half Ticket
Soundtrack album by
Salil Chowdhury
Released1962 (1962)[4]
GenreFeature film soundtrack
Length27:00
LanguageHindi
LabelSaregama
ProducerSalil Chowdhury
Salil Chowdhury chronology
Sapne Suhane
(1961) 		Half Ticket
(1962) 		Sunbai
(1962)

All lyrics are written by Shailendra; all music is composed by Salil Chowdhury

Songs
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Are Le Lo Ji Hai Yeh Dil Ka Heera"Kishore Kumar3:35
2."Chand Raat Tum Ho Saath"Lata Mangeshkar & Kishore Kumar4:03
3."Ankhon Mein Tum Dil Mein Tum Ho"Geeta Dutt & Kishore Kumar4:09
4."Aake Seedhi Lage Dil Pe Jaise"Kishore Kumar3:40
5."Woh Ek Nigah Kya Mili"Lata Mangeshkar & Kishore Kumar4:14
6."Chil Chil Chilla Ke"Kishore Kumar4:16
7."Are Wah Re Mere Malik"Kishore Kumar3:15
Total length:27:00

Release

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Half Ticket was released on October 19, 1962.[5]

Critical reception

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Critic reviews were generally positive. Sukanya Verma wrote, "Fabulous soundtrack, frolicking premise and frothy dialogues led by the King of Comedy (Kumar) and Queen of vivacity (Madhubala), there is nothing half-hearted about this [film]."[6]

Film Geek stated: "The movie makes a little more sense than that—only a little—but it matters not at all, as Kishore Kumar's limitless zany energy, Madhubala's irresistible charm, and several absolutely superb songs combine to make Half Ticket a delightful and hysterical ride."[7]

Box office

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In India, the film had a box-office gross of ₹1 crore, with a nett of ₹0.5 crore, becoming the twelfth highest-grossing film of 1962.[8] The Best of the Year gave its inflation-adjusted nett as ₹251 crore.[9] Box Office magazine calculated its inflation-adjusted gross by comparing the collection with the price of gold in 1962, which gave it an adjusted gross of ₹119 crore in 2011.[10]

Legacy

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Half Ticket is considered an important comedy film made in 1960s Bollywood.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Half Ticket - Lifetime Box Office Collection, Budget, Reviews, Cast, etc". BOTY. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Worth Their Weight In Gold! | Box Office India : India's premier film trade magazine | Bollywood news, reviews, interviews, box office collection". 3 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Seriously Funny: 10 Bollywood comedies to watch in your lifetime". The Indian Express. 15 June 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Half Ticket". Apple Music. 1962. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Half Ticket - Lifetime Box Office Collection, Budget, Reviews, Cast, etc". BOTY. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  6. ^ Sukanya. "Half Ticket: Kishore Kumar's return ticket to childhood!". Sukanya Verma. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Half Ticket (1962)". Filmi Geek. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  8. ^ India, Box Office. Top Earners 1962. boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
  9. ^ "Half Ticket - Lifetime Box Office Collection, Budget, Reviews, Cast, etc". BOTY. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Worth Their Weight In Gold! | Box Office India : India's premier film trade magazine | Bollywood news, reviews, interviews, box office collection". 3 November 2011. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Best Clean Comedy Films in Hindi in 100 years from 1913-2013". IMDb. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
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