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{{Infobox film
| name = Aap Ki Marzi
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| director = [[Sarvottam Badami]]
| producer = [[Sudama Productions]]
| writer =
| narrator =
| starring = [[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]]<br>[[Sabita Devi]]<br>[[Khursheed Bano|Khursheed]]<br>[[K. N. Singh]]
| music = [[Gyan Dutt]]
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| distributor =
| studio = Sudama Productions
| released = {{film date|df=yes|1939}}
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| country = India
| language = Hindi
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'''''Aap Ki Marzi''''' ({{Trans|As You Please}}) is [[List of Bollywood films of 1939|1939]] [[Hindi]] romantic comedy film directed by [[Sarvottam Badami]].<ref name="Willemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PT233|year=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|page=233}}</ref> The film was produced under the Sudama Productions banner. The music composer was [[Gyan Dutt]] with lyrics credited to [[Pyare Lal Santoshi]] and S. P. Kalla. It starred [[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]], [[Sabita Devi]], [[Khursheed Bano|Khursheed]], [[K. N. Singh]], [[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905)|Mazhar Khan]], Vasanti and Sunalini Devi.<ref name="citwf">{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film2858.htm|title=Aap Ki Marzi 1939|publisher=Alan Goble|accessdate=19 September 2014}}</ref> This was director Badami's second comedy film; he had earlier directed the comedy ''[[Teen Sau Din Ke Baad]]'' (1938) which turned out be a box office success.<ref name="Narwekar2012">{{cite book|author=Sanjit Narwekar|title=Eena Meena Deeka: The Story of Hindi Film Comedy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KbSbAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT66|year=2012|publisher=Rupa Publications|isbn=978-81-291-2625-2|page=54}}</ref> ''Aap Ki Marzi'' was based on the MGM produced, [[Edward Buzzell]] directed film ''[[Paradise for Three]]'' (1938) from [[Erich Kästner|Erich Kastner's]] novel.<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen2014">{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha|author2=Paul Willemen|author3=Professor of Critical Studies Paul Willemen|title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SLkABAAAQBAJ&pg=PA50|year=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|page=50}}</ref>

The film is the story of an unemployed youth played by Motilal who wins the first prize in a crossword puzzle and the romantic-comic situations that arise thereafter.

==Plot==
Seth Bansilal ([[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905)|Mazhar Khan]]) posing as an ordinary man Govindlal, takes part in a crossword puzzle competition; he wins the second-prize trip to [[Kashmir]]. The first prize is won by an unemployed youth, Sumant ([[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]]). Bansilal, accompanied by his niece Shashi ([[Sabita Devi]]), lands up at a hotel in Kashmir at the same time as Sumant. Due to some misunderstanding Sumant gets the room Bansilal's wife (Sunalini Devi) has booked for him. Bansilal opts to stay in a common cheaper room as Govindlal. Several comic situations follow along with Sumant and Shashi falling in love and Sumant getting black-mailed by a girl in the hotel, Manjri ([[Khursheed Bano|Khursheed]]). The misunderstandings are finally cleared with the lovers getting united.

==Cast==
*[[Motilal (actor)|Motilal]] as Sumant
*[[Sabita Devi]] as Shashi
*[[Khursheed Bano|Khursheed]] as Manjri
*[[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905)|Mazhar Khan]] as Sir Bansilal/Govindlal,
*[[K. N. Singh]]
*Jagdish Sethi
*Sunalini Devi

==Music==
The music direction was by Gyan Dutt and the lyricists were Pyare Lal Santoshi and S. P. Kalla. The songs were sung by Khursheed, Gyan Dutt and Vasanti.<ref name="Muvyz">{{cite web|url= http://muvyz.com/moviepage/td491214/songs/#tabs|title=Aap Ki Marzi|publisher=Muvyz, Inc|accessdate=19 September 2014}}</ref>

===Song List===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer !! Lyricist
|-
| 1
| "Aaj Mere Ghar Mehmaan Aaye"
| Khursheed
| [[:es:Pyarelal Santoshi (1916-1978)]]
|-
| 2
| "Bhanwara Rasiya Re Man Basiya"
| Khursheed
| P. L. Santoshi
|-
| 3
| "Akash Se Laayi Tod Ke Taare"
| Sabita Devi
| S. P. Kalla
|-
| 4
| "Chal Dheere Dheere Chal Dheere Dheere"
| Vasanti
| P. L. Santoshi
|-
| 5
| "Bataoongi Bataoongi Main Tumhe Bataoongi"
| Vasanti
| P. L. Santoshi
|-
| 6
| "Gowve Chara Ke Banke Bihari"
| Khursheed, Gyan Dutt
| P. L. Santoshi
|-
| 7
| "Jaa Na Sakoge Bahan Chhudake"
| Khursheed
| P. L. Santoshi
|-
| 8
| "Kaun Batlaaye Kya Hai Raze Zindagi"
| Gyan Dutt
| S. P. Kalla
|-
| 9
| "Maano Na Naano Aap Ki Marzi"
| Vasanti
| S. P. Kalla
|-
| 10
| "Prem Lata Lipti Jaye"
| Sabita Devi, Gyan Gutt
| S. P. Kalla
|-
| 11
| "Roothi Ladki Kaun Manaye"
|
| S. P. Kalla
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0154107 |title =Aap Ki Marzi (1939) }}

{{Sarvottam Badami}}

[[Category:1939 films]]
[[Category:1930s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films based on works by Erich Kästner]]
[[Category:Films scored by Gyan Dutt]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:1939 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Sarvottam Badami]]
[[Category:Hindi-language comedy films]]

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