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{{Infobox film
| name = Humsaya
| image = Humsaya 1968.jpg
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| director = [[Joy Mukherjee]]
| producer = [[Joy Mukherjee]]
| writer = P. D. Shenoy
| narrator =
| starring = [[Joy Mukherjee]]<br />[[Mala Sinha]]<br />[[Sharmila Tagore]]
| music = [[O. P. Nayyar]]
| cinematography = [[Fali Mistry]]<br />[[Jal Mistry]]
| editing = D. N. Pai
| distributor =
| studio = Joy Mukherjee Productions
| released = 1968
| runtime = 162 min
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
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'''''Humsaya''''' (Neighbour) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1968|1968]] [[Hindi]] romantic spy thriller film produced and directed by [[Joy Mukherjee]].<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=PA164|accessdate=11 October 2014|date=10 July 2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-135-94318-9|pages=164–}}</ref> The film was made under the newly established Joy Mukherjee Productions banner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/hum-saaya-movie-cast-crew/3920|title=Hum Saaya|publisher=Gomolo.com|accessdate=11 October 2014}}</ref> The music direction was by [[O. P. Nayyar]] with lyrics by Shevan Rizvi, [[S. H. Bihari]] and [[Hasrat Jaipuri]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lyricsbogie.com/category/movies/humsaya-1968|title=Humsaya 1968|publisher=Lyricsbogie|accessdate=11 October 2014}}</ref> The cast included [[Joy Mukherjee]], [[Mala Sinha]], [[Sharmila Tagore]], [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]], [[Madan Puri]], [[Sapru (actor)|Sapru]] and [[Gajanan Jagirdar]].

The story revolves around [[Joy Mukherjee]] playing the Double Role of an Indian Air Force Officer and his lookalike Chinese Officer, with [[Mala Sinha]] and [[Sharmila Tagore]] providing the romantic angle.

==Plot==
Shyam ([[Joy Mukherjee]]), an officer in the Indian Air Force, is court-martialled for having committed a murder. He denies the charges but is stripped of his rank and de-mobbed. Professor Tao Ki Chen ([[Madan Puri]]), a Chinese spy, having framed Shyam for the murder, plays up to him and takes him to a shack near the [[India-China border]]. There Shyam overhears Chen talking to Lin Tan (also [[Joy Mukherjee]]) a Chinese officer, who has had plastic surgery done to look like Shyam. The plan is for Lin to impersonate Shyam and try getting army secrets out. Somehow Shyam manages to kill Lin and pretends to be Lin impersonating Shyam. He goes back to India and is re-instated in the army when he tells them about Chen's nefarious planning. However he's told to continue playing Lin. Lin's wife Sin Tan ([[Mala Sinha]]) comes to India with a Chinese Delegation brought by Chen, which leads to misunderstandings due to Shyam's girlfriend Reena ([[Sharmila Tagore]]) being present. Sin Tan thinks that Shyam is her husband Lin, changed to look like Shyam while Reena does not know about the subterfuge. She gets angry and jealous seeing Shyam and Sin Tan together. After several tension-filled protracted incidents Shyam manages to complete the task entrusted to him by his superiors. The film ends with Lin's wife going back to China and Shyam reuniting with Reena.

==Cast==
* [[Joy Mukherjee]] as Shyam Singh / Lin Tan (Double Role)
* [[Mala Sinha]] as Sin Tan
* [[Sharmila Tagore]] as Reena Sen
* [[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] as Prince Pratap Singh
* [[Madan Puri]] as Professor Tao Ki Chen
* [[Sapru (actor)|Sapru]] as Mr. Sen
* [[Malika Askari|Malika]] as Shakuntala
* [[Gajanan Jagirdar]] as Intelligence Officer Sharma

==Production==
Songs were an important factor in Joy Mukherjee's films as an actor being a success at the box office. Having started acting in 1960 with ''Love in Simla'', his career started declining in the late 1960s. ''Humsaaya'' was produced as a means of saving his career, but the film did not do well at the box office.<ref name="Raj2009">{{cite book|author=Ashok Raj|title=Hero Vol.2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2wo9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT93|accessdate=11 October 2014|date=1 November 2009|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-03-6|pages=93–}}</ref> According to the [[Times Of India]] blog the film "collapsed" at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Addictions/sixties-star-joy-mukherjee-passes-away/|title=Sixties star Joy Mukherjee passes away|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd|accessdate=11 October 2014}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
[[O. P. Nayyar]] has composed the music. The lyricists were [[Shewan Rizvi]], [[S. H. Bihari]] and [[Hasrat Jaipuri]]. The playback singers are [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Mohammed Rafi]] and [[Mahendra Kapoor]].

===Song list===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Dil Ki Awaaz Bhi Sun"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Mujhe Mera Pyar De De, Tujhe Aazma Liya Hai"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Badi Mushkil Se Kaabu Mein Dil-E-Deewana Aaya Hai"
| [[Mahendra Kapoor]], '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "O Kanhaiya Kanhaiya"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Woh Haseen Dard De Do"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Aaja Mere Pyar Ke Sahare"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Kitna Haseen Hai Yeh Jahan"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0063111 |title =Humsaya (1968) }}

[[Category:1960 films]]
[[Category:Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by O. P. Nayyar]]

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