Half Ticket is
a classic romantic comedy Hindi film directed by Kalidas in 1962. The film is
produced by Bombay Talkies. It is starred by Kishore Kumar, Madhumala and Pran
in the leading roles. Besides, there are some supporting characters too. Te film
is made based on the Hollywood film ‘You’re Never Too Young’ (1955) directed by
Norman Taurog.
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| Half Ticket (1962) film poster |
Comedy and Romance:
It’s a romantic comedy
film. Specially, Kishore Kumar Madhubala and Pran have acted most of the comedy
scenes of the film. But there are some romantic scenes too. 'Half' means something comedy. 'Half' it is not full. it can be a half man, a half woman, anything half. It means something comedy. So, the name of the file is also noticeable to be a comedy film.
Plot Summary:
Vijay Lal Chand
(Kishgore Kumar) is a son of a rich industrialist and businessman. Vijay
protests with his friends at the college premises against wrong activities of
the college principal. But Vijay’s father does not like that. So, he wants to
marry him off to stop these activities. But Vijay at this moment does not want
to marry. At first, he wants to be settled. So, he decides to go to Bombay. But
he has not enough money to buy a full ticket. He distinguishes as Munna, a
child. On the other hand, a diamond smuggler (Pran) keeps a diamond secretly, cost
of 2 lac rupees, in Munna’s pant pocket while police coming at the ticket
counter. Munna meets Rajnidevi (Madhumala) into the train at her compartment. He
falls in love with Rajnidevi. But Rajnidevi thinks him as a child as he belongs
to a half ticket for his journey. The diamond smuggler Raja Babu follows her
and him for a whole time. In the second stage of the film, their comedy scenes
are fulfilled with their comedy activities.in Bombay, Raja Babu and Rajnidevi
can understand latter that Munna is not a child. He was just acting and
misleading her. But after that Rajnidevi starts to love him when her aunt tells
her to take him into their house. At last, she understands that Munna is the person
with whom her marriage discussion was going on. On the other hand Vijay begins
many professions in Bombay but cannot carry on them. Rajababu and his mistress always
follow Vijay to snatch the diamond from his pocket. Raja Babu sends him to the
madhouse. But he escapes from there firing in the madhouse. At last, Raja Babu snatches
the diamond from his pocket by force and threatening by pistol and tried to fly
away by stealing a plane with him but in vain. The police arrest him. On the
other hand, the wedding of Asha who was distinguished as Rajnidevi and Vijay is
completed.
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| Half Ticket (1962) film poster |
Variety of Profession:
In the film Asha is a
stage dancer. His father is a businessman and is a close friend of Lal Dhyan
Chand (Vijay’s father). On the other hand, Raja Babu and his mistress are
diamond smuggler. They illegally smuggle diamond. Lal Dhyan Chand is an
industrialist and businessman. But who is Vijay Lal Chand? What is his
profession? He has no permanent profession. He was a student in the college. But
after being dismissed from college, in Bombay, he wanted to do any work. For
the first time, he goes to a shop of a cottage industry to get a job. But he
fails to get one. Thereafter, he gets a job of ironing clothes. But he could
not carry on that job for irresponsibility. On the other hand he does work in a
tape recording shop. He works in other sectors but could not carry on there.
Challenging Shot:
In the film Kishore
Kumar’s comedy dialogues and comedy performance are noticeable. There is no
overacting performance but it’s a comedy film. Romance between Asha and Vijay
overdraws this film. On the other hand, it is also a musical film. It has seven
popular songs. These songs have helped it to be a musical movie. Director has
used some challenging shots at that time of 1962. For example the shots of
planes, helicopter, and picker machine cars and others.
