Padosan (1968)

Padosan: Directed by Jyoti Swaroop. With Sunil Dutt, Saira Banu, Mehmood, Kishore Kumar. A simple man from a village falls in love with his new neighbor. He enlists the help of his musical-theater friends to woo the lovely girl-next-door away from her music teacher.

“The most delightful thing to me about this light comedy is the u0026quot;inventionu0026quot; of playback singing as a seduction strategy for Sunil Dutt. His Guru in the movie is a director of what appears to be neighborhood Mahabharat dramas, with pan juice usually dripping toward his chin, played by Kishore Kumar.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSunil wants to be able to sing to impress the sexy neighbor girl — but he canu0026#39;t — so Kishore comes up with the brilliant idea that HE will sing out of sight, and Sunil will — well, picturise the singing! Fantastic idea!! Which generates wonderful scenes of Sunil picturising seductively while we also see Kishore hopping around behind him singing the songs. (I imagine Kishore is actually playbacking himself here, so itu0026#39;s a great Bollywood-y hall of musical mirrors.)u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eKishore also sings and dances a number in which I believe he is doing a ladiesu0026#39; dance, playing the part of the beloved, as part of the enterprise of coaching Sunil in his love quest. His comic talent and body language are spectacular. Iu0026#39;u0026#39;ll probably buy this one just to watch this scene 1000 times. ~Virginia in New Yorku003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eETA: Nov. 16, 2006 – I just read an interview in which Shah Rukh Khan names this as his favorite movie comic scene. (Current Film Fare Magazine.)”