Shagird

Dec 15 1967 N/A NA
Comedy, Musical, Romance

Professor Brij Mohan Agnihotri is a confirmed bachelor. Period. No amount of pleading or even begging him to get married, has had no effect on him whatsoever. His reputation gets around, and he gets a young man named Rajesh, to wishes make him his mentor, to which Brij agrees. On a visit to his friend out of town, Brij meets with his beautiful daughter, Punam, and falls head over heels in love with her. Throwing all caution to the winds, he changes his appearance, and attempts to woe Punam, only to find that Punam is attracted to his student, Rajesh. Now the professor has to decide whether to get rid of his pupil altogether, or to reverse their roles and make him his mentor.

Plot

Professor Brijmohan Agnihotri hates women, love and institution of marriage. He advises his pupil Rajesh to not fall in love or get married. Rajesh blindly follows professor until one fine day he confronts Poonam. Poonam's guardian happens to be Professor Agnihotri's teacher. He asks professor to take care of Poonam before he leaves for pilgrimages. Poonam stays with professor and calls him uncle but professor now wants to marry her. Professor and Rajesh are now at loggerhead. Finally, professor realizes his mistake and agrees for Rajesh and Poonam's marriage.

Written by

Vishwamitter Adil, Nirmal Dey, Gulzar

Directed by

Samir Ganguly

Cast

Joy Mukherjee, Saira Banu, I.S. Johar

Crew

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Production Countries

India

Languages

Awards

1 nomination

Scores
# of Votes
165
Average Rating
7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA