Movie buffs, rejoice! The 1968 film Padosan makes it to the top 100 Indian Movie List of IMDb. Actor Saira Banu, who starred in the film, said that the film was offered to her early in her career and she was glad she could stand up to the “formidable” talent of her co-stars. She had starred opposite Sunil Dutt, Kishore Kumar and Mehmood.
“I’m truly happy to learn that Padosan figures in the count of top 100 films of India on IMDb,” Saira Banu said in a statement.
“Padosan came to me in the early stages of my career, when I was a happy, carefree and lively young woman. Much of the vibrancy you can see in the character of Bindu is a reflection of my real personality at that time. I was really enjoying my work and was effortlessly standing up to the formidable talent of my co-stars who were not only brilliant in comedy but also very respected actors,” Saira Banu added.
However, the biggest compliment came from her husband and actor Dilip Kumar, who she married in 1966. “He watched the film and complimented my innate sense of precise comic timing,” the actor said.
A remake of the Bengali film Pasher Bari, Padosan is about a simple man from a village who falls in love with his fashionable and very urban neighbour. He seeks help from his music-theatre friends to woo the girl and take her away from her music teacher, who always finds a way to stay near her.
(With inputs from IANS)
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