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Munimji is a film of genre Comedy directed by Subodh Mukherjee released in USA on 1 january 1955 with Dev Anand
Munimji (1955)
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Add to a movie listMunimji (Hindi: मुनीमजी, translation: Clerk) is a 1955 Bollywood movie starring Dev Anand and Nalini Jaywant, and directed by Subodh Mukherjee. Story Idea By Ranjan Screenplay by Nazir Hussain,Dialogues by Nazir Hussain and Qamar Jalalabadi. Pran played the villain in the film. It also starred Ameeta and Nirupa Roy. The team of Mukherjee, Nazir Hussain, Dev Anand and music director S.D. Burman later got together to produce another movie, Paying Guest, in 1957. The song "Jeevan Ke Safar Mein Rahi," sung by Kishore Kumar, became a super hit.
Synopsis
Roopa lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed dad, Captain Suresh, and brother, Shekhar. After she returns from abroad, she is told that she must now prepare to get married to her betrothed, Ratan, who is the son of a close friend of Suresh.Actors
Dev Anand
(Amar / Raj)
Nalini Jaywant
(Roopa)
Pran Krishan Sikand
(Ratan / Kala Ghoda)
Kanu Roy
Nirupa Roy
(Malti)
Nazir Hussain
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