![]() ![]() ![]() The last scene in the film has the three women in the front seat of Champion, with Madhubala driving, and the three men in the back seat. I cannot think of another Hindi film from the 1950s (or even 1960s or 1970s, in fact) that treats women so equally as men, and in which all the male protagonists are less chauvinistic. ![]() Ashok Kumar’s former girlfriend was forcibly married off, but he does not think twice about taking her back when they meet 10 years later. Anoop Kumar’s beloved runs a petrol pump. Her father would not agree to a wedding proposal from a prince unless she gives her consent. Madhubala’s character is that of a remarkably liberated woman, driving her own car and determined to be in charge of her life in a male-dominated world. What is not often mentioned about Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi is its portrayal of women. If this is true, then he failed miserably. There is also the rumour that Kishore Kumar made the film, hoping that it would be a flop and he could show losses to evade income tax officials hounding him. And that no one till now has a clear idea about who spoke the words O Mannu, tera hua, ab mera kya hoga? mouthed by Anoop Kumar in the song Hum the voh thi. My friend, president’s award-winning film historian Aniruddha Bhattarcharjee, tells me that the song Paanch rupaiya baara anna refers to the five rupees and twelve annas that Kishore Kumar owed the canteen at Indore Christian College when he left for Bombay to seek his fortune as a singer-actor. ![]()
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