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Aar Paar
Aar Paar
	Poster
Directed by	Guru Dutt
Written by	Abrar Alvi (dialogues)
Screenplay by	Nabendu Ghosh
Produced by	Guru Dutt
Starring	Guru Dutt; Shyama; Shakila
Cinematography	V. K. Murthy
Edited by	Y. G. Chawhan
Music by	O. P. Nayyar
Production; company	Guru Dutt Productions
Release date	1954;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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Aar Paar (transl. This or That) is a 1954 Indian Hindi-language noir comedy film. Directed by Guru Dutt, it has music by O.P. Nayyar and lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. Aar-Paar stars Johnny Walker, Shyama, Shakila, Jagdeep, Jagdish Sethi. Raj Khosla and Atma Ram, Guru Dutt's brother assisted Guru Dutt in film direction.^[1]

It is written in an article by ThePrint, which states "the beauty of Aar Paar's dialogue is that every character speaks in a language that reflects where they're from, their upbringing and education. Instead of one-size-fits-all Hindi, there's a bit of Punjabi, a bit of Parsi, inflections of Urdu, a smattering of street Bambaiyya, some heartland Hindi mixed with clumsy English. That attention to detail not only made the dialogue more authentic to the character, but also to the city of Bombay, long known for its cosmopolitan population."^[2]^[3]^[4]

The film had very popular music.^[4] The album of the film was ranked #34 in the list of "Best Bollywood Albums of all time" by Film Companion.^[5] It was also named the "Best Album of Golden Era" for the year 1954 in the 7th Mirchi Music Awards, 2014.

Plot

Kalu is a migrant taxi-driver in Bombay. He has two women who love him and would like to marry him. Kalu first wants to establish himself and become rich, before he can even think of marriage.

Cast

Guru Dutt as Kalu Birju
Shyama as Nikki
Shakila as Dancer
Johny Walker as Rustam
Jagdeep as Elaichi Sandow
Jagdish Sethi as Lalaji, Nikki's father
Bir Sakhuja as Captain
V. K. Murthy as Jailor Saxena
Kumkum as a labourer (in song "Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar"; uncredited)^[6]
Noor as Rustam's Girlfriend (Uncredited)
Tun Tun as Rustam's Girlfriend's Mother (Uncredited)

Songs

All songs were composed by O. P. Nayyar with lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

Song	Singer
"Mohabbat Kar Lo, Ji Bhar Lo, Aji Kisne Roka Hai"	Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt
"Arey, Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Tauba Tauba, Main Na Pyar Karungi"	Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt
"Sun Sun, Sun Sun Zalima, Pyar Humko Tumse Ho Gaya"	Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt
"Ja Ja Ja Ja Bewafa"	Geeta Dutt
"Babuji Dheere Chalna"	Geeta Dutt
"Ye Lo Main Haari Piya"	Geeta Dutt
"Hoon Abhi Main Jawan"	Geeta Dutt
"Kabhi Aar, Kabhi Paar"	Shamshad Begum

In popular culture

Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar was sampled by Raghav in Can't Get Enough from his debut album Storyteller (2004).^[7]

References

^ Dinesh Raheja (5 June 2003). "Aar Paar: A noir comedy". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
^ Sood, Samira (4 July 2020). "Aar Paar, Guru Dutt's 1954 film that initiated authentic, realistic dialogue by Abrar Alvi". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ "Changing face of Mumbai in Hindi cinema". The Times of India. 28 October 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b Bhattacharjee, Rudradeep (28 September 2017). "Audio master: The blockbuster combination of Guru Dutt and OP Nayyar in 'Aar Paar'". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ Nair, Vipin (6 October 2017). "#34 Aar Paar: Top 100 Bollywood Albums". Film Companion. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ "Actor Kumkum (1934–2020): The face of 'Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar' dies at 86". Scroll.in. 28 July 2020. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^ "I was thrilled to be the voice for SRK: Raghav Mathur". Hindustan Times. 24 November 2012. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

External links

Aar Paar at IMDb

[1] Dinesh Raheja (5 June 2003). "Aar Paar: A noir comedy". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.

[2] Sood, Samira (4 July 2020). "Aar Paar, Guru Dutt's 1954 film that initiated authentic, realistic dialogue by Abrar Alvi". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 7 July 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[:0-3] "Changing face of Mumbai in Hindi cinema". The Times of India. 28 October 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.

[:1-4] Bhattacharjee, Rudradeep (28 September 2017). "Audio master: The blockbuster combination of Guru Dutt and OP Nayyar in 'Aar Paar'". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 18 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[5] Nair, Vipin (6 October 2017). "#34 Aar Paar: Top 100 Bollywood Albums". Film Companion. Archived from the original on 16 April 2021. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[6] "Actor Kumkum (1934–2020): The face of 'Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar' dies at 86". Scroll.in. 28 July 2020. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

[7] "I was thrilled to be the voice for SRK: Raghav Mathur". Hindustan Times. 24 November 2012. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

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-'''''Aar-Paar''''' (English: This or That) is a [[1954 in film|1954]] [[India]]n noir-comedy Hindi-language film. Directed by [[Guru Dutt]], it has music by [[O.P. Nayyar]] and lyrics by [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]]. ''Aar-Paar'' stars [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]], [[Shyama]], [[Shakila (actress)|Shakila]], [[Jagdeep]], [[Jagdish Sethi]]. The film was super-hit at box office and one of the top highest grossing films of the year.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1954|url=https://www.imdb.com/list/ls005576114/|access-date=2021-04-18|website=IMDb|language=en}}</ref> [[Raj Khosla]] and Atma Ram, Guru Dutt's brother assisted Guru Dutt in film direction.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jun/05dinesh.htm|title=Aar Paar: A noir comedy|authorlink=|date=5 June 2003|publisher=|author=[[Dinesh Raheja]]|work=Rediff.com movies|access-date=2015-05-25}}</ref>
+'''''Aar Paar''''' ({{translation|This or That}}) is a 1954 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[Film noir|noir]] [[comedy film]]. Directed by [[Guru Dutt]], it has music by [[O.P. Nayyar]] and lyrics by [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]]. ''Aar-Paar'' stars [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]], [[Shyama (Hindi actress)|Shyama]], [[Shakila (actress)|Shakila]], [[Jagdeep]], [[Jagdish Sethi]]. [[Raj Khosla]] and Atma Ram, Guru Dutt's brother assisted Guru Dutt in film direction.<ref>{{Cite web |last=[[Dinesh Raheja]] |date=5 June 2003 |title=Aar Paar: A noir comedy |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jun/05dinesh.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924142218/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/jun/05dinesh.htm |archive-date=24 September 2015 |access-date=25 May 2015 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref>
-It is written an article by [[ThePrint|The Print]], which says "the beauty of Aar Paar’s dialogue is that every character speaks in a language that reflects where they’re from, their upbringing and education. Instead of one-size-fits-all Hindi, there’s a bit of Punjabi, a bit of Parsi, inflections of Urdu, a smattering of street Bambaiyya, some heartland Hindi mixed with clumsy English. That attention to detail not only made the dialogue more authentic to the character, but also to the city of Bombay, long known for its cosmopolitan population."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sood|first=Samira|date=2020-07-04|title=Aar Paar, Guru Dutt's 1954 film that initiated authentic, realistic dialogue by Abrar Alvi|url=https://theprint.in/features/aar-paar-guru-dutts-1954-film-that-featured-authentic-realistic-dialogue-by-abrar-alvi/454001/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-04-17|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Bhattacharjee|first=Rudradeep|title=Audio master: The blockbuster combination of Guru Dutt and OP Nayyar in ‘Aar Paar’|url=https://scroll.in/reel/848284/audio-master-the-blockbuster-combination-of-guru-dutt-and-op-nayyar-in-aar-paar|access-date=2021-04-17|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}</ref>
+It is written in an article by ''[[ThePrint]]'', which states "the beauty of Aar Paar's dialogue is that every character speaks in a language that reflects where they're from, their upbringing and education. Instead of one-size-fits-all Hindi, there's a bit of Punjabi, a bit of Parsi, inflections of Urdu, a smattering of street Bambaiyya, some heartland Hindi mixed with clumsy English. That attention to detail not only made the dialogue more authentic to the character, but also to the city of Bombay, long known for its cosmopolitan population."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sood |first=Samira |date=4 July 2020 |title=Aar Paar, Guru Dutt's 1954 film that initiated authentic, realistic dialogue by Abrar Alvi |url=https://theprint.in/features/aar-paar-guru-dutts-1954-film-that-featured-authentic-realistic-dialogue-by-abrar-alvi/454001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707134830/https://theprint.in/features/aar-paar-guru-dutts-1954-film-that-featured-authentic-realistic-dialogue-by-abrar-alvi/454001/ |archive-date=7 July 2020 |access-date=17 April 2021 |website=[[ThePrint]]}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Changing face of Mumbai in Hindi cinema |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Changing-face-of-Mumbai-in-Hindi-cinema/articleshow/44959296.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524234026/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Changing-face-of-Mumbai-in-Hindi-cinema/articleshow/44959296.cms |archive-date=24 May 2015 |access-date=25 May 2015 |website=[[The Times of India]]|date=28 October 2014 }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Bhattacharjee |first=Rudradeep |title=Audio master: The blockbuster combination of Guru Dutt and OP Nayyar in 'Aar Paar' |url=https://scroll.in/reel/848284/audio-master-the-blockbuster-combination-of-guru-dutt-and-op-nayyar-in-aar-paar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418001354/https://scroll.in/reel/848284/audio-master-the-blockbuster-combination-of-guru-dutt-and-op-nayyar-in-aar-paar |archive-date=18 April 2021 |access-date=17 April 2021 |website=[[Scroll.in]]|date=28 September 2017 }}</ref>
-The film had very popular music.<ref name=":1" /> The album of the film was ranked #34 in the list of "Best Bollywood Albums of all time" by [[Film Companion]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nair|first=Vipin|date=2017-10-06|title=#34 Aar Paar: Top 100 Bollywood Albums|url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/32-aar-paar-top-100-bollywood-albums/|access-date=2021-04-17|website=Film Companion|language=en-US}}</ref> It was also named the "Best Album of Golden Era" for the year 1954 in the [[7th Mirchi Music Awards]], 2014.
+The film had very popular music.<ref name=":1" /> The album of the film was ranked #34 in the list of "Best Bollywood Albums of all time" by [[Film Companion]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Nair |first=Vipin |date=6 October 2017 |title=#34 Aar Paar: Top 100 Bollywood Albums |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/32-aar-paar-top-100-bollywood-albums/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416101349/https://www.filmcompanion.in/features/32-aar-paar-top-100-bollywood-albums/ |archive-date=16 April 2021 |access-date=17 April 2021 |website=[[Film Companion]]}}</ref> It was also named the "Best Album of Golden Era" for the year 1954 in the [[7th Mirchi Music Awards]], 2014.
-==Plot==
+== Plot ==
+{{more plot|date=November 2021}}
-Kalu is a migrant taxi-driver in Mumbai.<ref name=":0">{{cite web | title = Changing face of Mumbai in Hindi cinema| url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Changing-face-of-Mumbai-in-Hindi-cinema/articleshow/44959296.cms
-| access-date = 2015-05-25 | work = [[The Times of India]]  }}</ref> He has two women who love him and would like to marry him. Kalu first wants to establish himself and become rich, before he can even think of marriage.
+Kalu is a migrant taxi-driver in [[Mumbai|Bombay]]. He has two women who love him and would like to marry him. Kalu first wants to establish himself and become rich, before he can even think of marriage.
-==Cast==
+== Cast ==
-*[[Guru Dutt]] as Kalu
+*[[Guru Dutt]] as Kalu Birju
-*[[Shyama]] as Nikki
+*[[Shyama (Hindi actress)|Shyama]] as Nikki
 *[[Shakila (actress)|Shakila]] as Dancer
 *[[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johny Walker]] as Rustam
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 *[[Bir Sakhuja]] as Captain
 * [[V. K. Murthy]] as Jailor Saxena
+*[[Kumkum (actress)|Kumkum]] as a labourer (in song "Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar"; uncredited)<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 July 2020 |title=Actor Kumkum (1934–2020): The face of 'Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar' dies at 86 |url=https://scroll.in/reel/968783/actor-kumkum-1934-2020-the-face-of-kabhi-aar-kabhi-paar-dies-at-86 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203160636/https://scroll.in/reel/968783/actor-kumkum-1934-2020-the-face-of-kabhi-aar-kabhi-paar-dies-at-86 |archive-date=3 February 2021 |access-date=12 November 2021 |website=[[Scroll.in]]}}</ref>
-*[[Kum Kum]] as Labour (in song "Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar"; Uncredited)
 *Noor as Rustam's Girlfriend (Uncredited)
 *[[Tun Tun]] as Rustam's Girlfriend's Mother (Uncredited)
-==Songs==
+== Songs ==
 All songs were composed by [[O. P. Nayyar]] with lyrics by [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]].
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 |-
 | "Mohabbat Kar Lo, Ji Bhar Lo, Aji Kisne Roka Hai"
-| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Geeta Dutt]], [[Suman Kalyanpur]]
+| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Geeta Dutt]]
 |-
 | "Arey, Na Na Na, Na Na Na, Tauba Tauba, Main Na Pyar Karungi"
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 |}
-==In popular culture==
+== In popular culture ==
+''Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar'' was sampled by [[Raghav]] in ''Can't Get Enough'' from his debut album ''[[Storyteller (Raghav album)|Storyteller]]'' (2004).<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 November 2012 |title=I was thrilled to be the voice for SRK: Raghav Mathur |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/i-was-thrilled-to-be-the-voice-for-srk-raghav-mathur/story-AlCdjOy0BCWOUrge1UXsQK.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028175122/https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/i-was-thrilled-to-be-the-voice-for-srk-raghav-mathur/story-AlCdjOy0BCWOUrge1UXsQK.html |archive-date=28 October 2021 |access-date=12 October 2021 |website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref>
+== References ==
-''Kabhi Aar Kabhi Paar'' was sampled by [[Raghav]] in ''Can't Get Enough'' from his debut album [[Storyteller (Raghav album)|Storyteller]] (2004)
-==References==
 {{Reflist}}
-==External links==
+== External links ==
 *{{IMDb title|0046673}}
+[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
+[[Category:1950s Indian films]]
+[[Category:1954 comedy films]]
 [[Category:1954 films]]
-[[Category:Indian films]]
+[[Category:Film noir]]
-[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
 [[Category:Films directed by Guru Dutt]]
+[[Category:Films scored by O. P. Nayyar]]
 [[Category:Films set in Mumbai]]
-[[Category:Films scored by O. P. Nayyar]]
+[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
 [[Category:Indian comedy films]]
-[[Category:1954 comedy films]]
-[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
-{{1950s-Hindi-film-stub}}