Mr. Sampat (1952)
2h 45m
Running Time
December 25, 1952Release Date
Plot.
The charming Mr. Sampat weaves his way into theatrical company with his moneymaking schemes, only to cause the everyone involved to go bankrupt, including Malini, the young actress who has fallen in love with him.
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Cast & Crew.
Motilal
Mr. Sampat
Padmini
Malini
M. S. Sundari Bai
Nirmala
Kanhaiyalal Chaturvedi
Seth Makhanlal Jhaverimull Gheewala
Swaraj
Director of Kalamandir Theatre
Agha
Bajrang Brahmachari
Kailash
Prince Raj Mohan
Badri Prasad
Malini's father
L. Narayana Rao
Banker (as Narayan Rao)
L.R. Mudaliar
Kavi
Kadam
Assistant Director of Kalamandir Theatre
Talat Mahmood
Playback Singer
Kothamangalam Subbu
Screenplay
S. S. Vasan
Director / Producer
Balkrishna Kalla
Music
Geeta Dutt
Playback Singer
Jamuna Swaroop Kashyap
Lyricist
M. A. Partha Sarathy
Producer
Shamshad Begum
Playback Singer
Shanker Shashtri
Music
R.K. Narayan
Story
Pandit Indra
Lyricist
J.S. Casshyap
Writer
Chandru
Editor
Details.
Wiki.
Mr. Sampat is a 1952 Indian Hindi-language satirical film produced and directed by S. S. Vasan of Gemini Studios. It is based on R. K. Narayan's 1949 novel Mr. Sampath – The Printer of Malgudi, and the Tamil film Miss Malini (1947). The film revolves around the titular con artist (Motilal) who manipulates an actress (Padmini) and a merchant (Kanhaiyalal) for his own benefits.
Mr. Sampat was released on 25 December 1952. Although Motilal received rave reviews for his performance, the film was a commercial failure.