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{{Infobox film
| name = Love in Simla
| image = Love in simla.jpg

| caption = Poster
| director = [[R.K. Nayyar|R. K. Nayyar]]
| producer = [[Sashadhar Mukherjee]]
| writer = [[Aghajani Kashmeri|Agha Jani]]<br />[[R.K. Nayyar|R. K. Nayyar]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Joy Mukherjee]]<br />[[Sadhana Shivdasani|Sadhana]]
| music = [[Iqbal Qureshi]]
| cinematography = D. K. Dhuri
| editing = Indu Kumar
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1960}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Love in Simla''''' is a 1960 [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[romance film]], produced by [[Sashadhar Mukherjee]] and his Filmalaya production house. Directed by R. K. Nayyar, who co-wrote the script with [[Aghajani Kashmeri|Agha Jani]], the film had the producer's son, [[Joy Mukherjee]], in the lead role. The actress [[Sadhana Shivdasani|Sadhana]] made her Hindi movie lead debut in the film and became a star.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actress|title=Page on top actresses of Bollywood |publisher=[[Box Office India]]|accessdate=23 June 2017}}</ref> The film also starred Azra, [[Shobhana Samarth]] and [[Durga Khote]].
The film was a light musical with humour as well as slapstick comedy. It became a hit at the box office.<ref name="gold">{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/ |title=Worth Their Weight in Gold! – Box Office India : India's premier film trade magazine |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |date=2011-11-01 |accessdate=2017-06-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103185138/http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/ |archive-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The film is a part of the ''Love in'' trilogy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/joy-mukherjee-s-love-in-bombay-set-for-release-after-40-years-395957|title=Joy Mukherjee's Love in Bombay set for release after 40 years|website=Movies.ndtv.com|date=23 July 2013|accessdate=23 June 2017|archive-date=7 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007134155/http://movies.ndtv.com/bollywood/joy-mukherjee-s-love-in-bombay-set-for-release-after-40-years-395957|url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was inspired by the 1938 English film ''[[Jane Steps Out]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/fashion-and-trends/sadhana-s-fringe-benefits-from-audrey-hepburn/story-cNVsRoJfB68gvxTwCtKlqI.html|title=Sadhana's fringe benefits from Audrey Hepburn|date=28 August 2011|website=Hindustan Times|accessdate=23 June 2017}}</ref>

==Plot==
After the untimely death of her father and mother, Sonia is orphaned and lives with her aunt and paternal uncle (General and Mrs. Rajpal Singh). Sonia is plain-looking, like her real mother, and often invites unappreciative taunts and critical remarks from her aunt and cousin, Sheela. Sheela has a boyfriend, Dev Kumar Mehra, and she plans to marry him. Fed-up with hearing frequent taunts and adverse remarks about her plain-looks, Sonia challenges Sheela that she will make Dev fall in love with her.

==Songs==
Lyrics of all songs were written by Rajendra Krishan.

#"Dil Tham Chale Hum Aaj Kidhar" – [[Mohammed Rafi]]
#"Love Ka Matlab Hai Pyar" – Mohammed Rafi, [[Asha Bhosle]]
#"Gaal Gulabi Kiske Hai" – Mohammed Rafi
#"Alif Zabar Aaa Alif Zer Ae Alif Pesh O" – Mohammed Rafi, Sudha Malhotra
#"Ae Baby Ae Jee Idhar Aao" – Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi
#"Hasinon Ki Sawari Hai" – Mohammed Rafi, [[Suman Kalyanpur]]
#"Kiya Hai Dilruba Pyar Bhi Kabhi" – Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
#"Dar Pe Aaye Hain" – Mukesh
#"Muskuraye Khet Pyase Tarse Tarse" – Mohammed Rafi, Suman Kalyanpur
#"Husnwale Wafa Nahi Karte" – Mohammed Rafi, Shamshad Begum
#"Dil Tham Chale Hum Aaj Kidhar v2" – Mohammed Rafi
#"Yoon Zindagi ke raaste sanwaarte chale gaye" – Mohammed Rafi

==Cast==
* [[Joy Mukherjee]] as Dev Kumar Mehra
* [[Sadhana Shivdasani|Sadhana]] as Sonia
* Azra as Sheela
* [[Kishore Sahu]] as General Rajpal Singh (Sonia's uncle)
* [[Shobhna Samarth]] as Mrs. Rajpal Singh (Sheela's mom)
* [[Durga Khote]] as Sonia's grandmother
* Vijayalaxmi as Vijaya
* [[Hari Shivdasani]] as Announcer
* Master Ramesh
* Bazid Khan
* Fouza Singh
* [[Ravi Tandon]]
* Saibee Sabherwal
* Kiran Kumar
* Cesar
* Muhammad Ali

==Box office==
In India, ''Love in Simla'' was the fifth highest-grossing film of 1960.<ref name="gold"/> It grossed [[Indian rupee|{{INR}}]]1.7 [[crore]] in 1960.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=166&catName=MTk2MA== |title=Box Office India |accessdate=2017-06-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014060830/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=166&catName=MTk2MA== |archivedate=14 October 2013}}</ref>

In the [[Soviet Union]], the film was released in 1963 and came third place on the year's [[List of Soviet films of the year by ticket sales|Soviet box office chart]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=cpoLAQAAMAAJ ''Indian Films in Soviet Cinemas: The Culture of Movie-going After Stalin''], page 210, [[Indiana University Press]], 2005</ref> The film drew a Soviet box office audience of 35 million viewers, making it one of the top 20 most successful Indian films in the Soviet Union.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kinanet.livejournal.com/1469857.html|title=Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)|author=Sergey Kudryavtsev|author-link=Sergey Kudryavtsev (film critic)|website=Kinanet.livejournal.com|accessdate=2017-06-23}}</ref>

== Sequels ==
Love in Simla had 2 sequels thus forming a trilogy. The first one was [[Love in Tokyo]] starring Mukherjee and [[Asha Parekh]] in the lead roles and was released in 1966<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/love-in-tokyo | title=Love in Tokyo | Rotten Tomatoes | publisher=Rotten Tomatoes }}</ref> and the second one was [[Love in Bombay]] starring Mukherjee and [[Waheeda Rehman]] which released in 2013 due to going over the budget.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why it took 42 YEARS to release Joy Mukherjee's Love in Bombay |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-why-it-took-42-years-to-release-joy-mukherjees-love-in-bombay/20130730.htm |access-date=2024-07-21 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{cite web|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2003/mar/08dinesh.htm |title=Love in Simla: Grin fairytale |website=Rediff.com |accessdate=2017-06-23}}
* {{IMDb title|0318405|Love in Simla}}

[[Category:1960 films]]
[[Category:1960 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1960 Indian films]]
[[Category:Films set in Shimla]]
[[Category:Films shot in Himachal Pradesh]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Iqbal Qureshi]]
[[Category:1960 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Films set in Himachal Pradesh]]

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