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{{short description|1953 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Ladki
| image = Ladki AVM.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = M. V. Raman
| producer = [[A. V. Meiyappan]]
| writer = [[Rajendra Krishan]]
| story = R. Venkatachalam
| narrator =
| starring = [[Vyjayanthimala]] [[Kishore Kumar]] [[Bharat Bhushan]] [[Anjali Devi]] [[Chittor V. Nagaiah]]
| music = [[R. Sudarsanam]] Dhaniram
| cinematography = T. Muthusami Yusuf Mulji
| editing = M. V. Raman [[K. Shankar]]
| studio = [[AVM Productions]]
| distributor =
| released = 1953
| runtime = 160 mins
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = {{INR}}70,00,000
| gross = {{INR}}1,50,00,000
}}
'''''Ladki''''' ({{trans|Girl}}) is a 1953 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic comedy]] film written by V.S. Venkatasalam and directed by M.V. Raman. The film starred [[Vyjayanthimala]], [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Bharat Bhushan]] and [[Anjali Devi]] in the lead, while [[Chittor V. Nagaiah]], Leela Mishra, [[Om Prakash]], Raj Mehra and Master Chhotu were the [[ensemble cast]]. The film was produced by [[Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar|A. V. Chettiar]] of [[AVM Productions]]. The film's score was composed by R. Sudarsanam and Dhaniram, edited by K. Shankar and M. V. Raman and was filmed by Yusuf Mulji and T. Muthu Sami.

== Plot ==
Rani (Vyjayanthimala), a [[Feminism|feminist]], is best friends with Kamini (Anjali Devi), much to the disapproval of her mother, since Kamini's father (Chittor V Nagaiah) had married a woman of low caste. They meet Raja (Bharat Bhushan), a medical student, and Kishore (Kishore Kumar). After the initial tussle, Raja and Kamini fall in love while Kishore likes Rani. Rani goes to Colombo for the University Sports Tournament, and while winning every single event she enters there, she injures her leg and is in hospital. Meanwhile, Kamini and Raja marry secretly, since he knows his woman-hating, upper caste father will never agree to this marriage. Captain Sundar, Kamini's childhood friend, comes from Rangoon and wants to marry Kamini, but is shattered as he finds out she is married to Raja. Raja's parents are told of the wedding and they call him home asking him to forget the marriage and marry a girl of their choice. Raja refuses and goes back to Kamini and misunderstands the situation when he sees Kamini with Sundar. He returns to his parents and tells them he's willing to marry the girl of their liking who turns out to be Rani, having returned from Colombo. Kamini, devastated by Raja's betrayal, decides to commit suicide. Finally with Kishore and Sundar's help, everything is sorted out and Raja is re-united with Kamini, while Kishore marries Rani.<ref name="upperstall">{{cite news|url=http://www.upperstall.com/films/1953/ladki |title=Ladki |publisher=Upperstall.com |access-date=2011-04-04}}</ref>

== Cast ==
* [[Vyjayanthimala]] as Rani Mehra
* [[Anjali Devi]] as Kamini
* [[Bharat Bhushan]] as Raja
* [[Kishore Kumar]] as Kishore
* [[V. Nagaiah|V. Nagiah]] as Kamini's father
* [[Om Prakash]] as Hazurdas
* Umesh Sharma
* [[Randhir (actor)|Randhir]] as Nainsukh
* [[Raj Mehra]] as Colonel Mehra, Rani Mehra's father
* Master Chotu
* Sope
* [[Leela Mishra]] as Mrs. Hazurdas
* Indira Acharya as Kamini's Mother

== Production ==
''Ladki'' was produced by [[A. V. Meiyappan]], founder of [[AVM Productions]]. It was simultaneously shot in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Penn (film)|Penn]]'' and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''[[Sangham]]'', with [[Vyjayanthimala]] starring as the female lead in all three versions.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Memories of Madras: Its Movies, Musicians & Men of Letters |last=Guy |first=Randor |publisher=Creative Workshop |year=2016 |isbn=978-81-928961-7-5 |pages=334–335 |author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref>

== Soundtrack ==
The film's soundtrack was composed by R. Sudarsanam and Dhaniram, while the lyrics were provided by [[Rajendra Krishan]]. The song "Baat Chalat Nai Chunari Rang Dari" and "Shaadi Shaadi" sung by [[Geeta Dutt]] and [[Kishore Kumar]] respectively, becomes the successful songs of the film.<ref name="upperstall" />
{| class="wikitable"
! Track # !! Song !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| "Baat Chalat Nai Chunari Rang Dari"
| [[Geeta Dutt]]
|-
| 2
| "Shaadi Shaadi Kismat Ki Baat Hai"
| [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| 3
| "Sajna Aaja Daras Dikha Ja"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| 4
| "Tod Ke Duniya Ki Deewar"
| Lata Mangeshkar
|-
| 5
| "Mann Mor Machave Shor"
| Lata Mangeshkar, Geeta Dutt
|-
| 6
| "Mere Watan Se Achchha"
| Lata Mangeshkar
|-
| 7
| "Aurat Na Ho To"
| Kishore Kumar, [[C. Ramchandra|Chitalkar]]
|-
| 8
| "Woh Bhi Thukra Ke Chale"
| Geeta Dutt
|-
| 9
| "Gopal Krishna Radhe Krishna"
| [[Om Prakash]]
|-
| 10
| "Insaan Jo Rota Hai Toh"
| Krishna Goel
|-
| 11
| "Dance Theme"
| Music
|-
|}

== Reception ==
Upperstall's reviewer Karan Bali wrote: "As with Bahar and many of her early films, it is Vyjayanthimala's dances that are the film's saving graces although it is unintentionally funny now to see how deliberate and obviously tacky the sequences are which lead into her dances [...] Ladki too makes no real demands on 'feminist' tomboy Vyjayanthimala histrionically [...] Kishore Kumar are strictly supportive appendages at best [...] Kishore Kumar does what he can, bringing the film to life with his lively antics whenever he is on screen. One sees his potential for zany comedy that would go on to flower fully in films like ''[[Aasha (1957 film)|Aasha]]'' (1957), ''[[Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi]]'' (1958) and ''[[Half Ticket]]'' (1962)".<ref name="upperstall" />

== Box office ==
At the end of its theatrical run, the film grossed around {{INR}}1,50,00,000, and became the [[Bollywood films of 1953|second highest-grossing film of 1953]] with a verdict of "hit".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=159&catName=MTk1Mw==== |title=Box Office 1953 |publisher=Boxofficeindia.com |access-date=2011-03-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708090519/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=159&catName=MTk1Mw==== |archive-date=8 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Table of ''Penn'' and its remakes ==
{| class="wikitable"
! ''Ladki'' ([[Hindi language|Hindi]])
! ''[[Penn (film)|Penn]]'' ([[Tamil language|Tamil]])
! ''[[Sangham]]'' ([[Telugu language|Telugu]])
|-
| Rani Mehra ([[Vyjayanthimala]])
| Rani ([[Vyjayanthimala]])
| Rani ([[Vyjayanthimala]])
|-
| Kamini ([[Anjali Devi]])
| Kanmani ([[Anjali Devi]])
| Kamini ([[Anjali Devi]])
|-
| Raja ([[Bharat Bhushan]])
| Raja ([[Gemini Ganesan]])
| Raja ([[N. T. Rama Rao]])
|-
| Kishore ([[Kishore Kumar]])
| Raghu ([[Sundaram Balachander|S. Balachander]])
| Chandram ([[Sundaram Balachander|S. Balachander]])
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist |2}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0259390|Ladki}}
{{AVM Productions}}

[[Category:1953 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian multilingual films]]
[[Category:1953 romantic comedy films]]
[[Category:1950s multilingual films]]

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