An Evening in Paris.(Film India Jadul).

An Evening in Paris, Directed by Shakti Samanta,Produced byShakti
Samanta,Written by Sachin Bhowmick
Ramesh Pant.Starring :Shammi Kapoor
Sharmila Tagore
Pran.
Music by Shankar Jaikishan.Cinematography:V. Gopi Krishna.
Editing by Govnd
Dalwadi
Release dates1967.Running time168 mins
Country
India Language
HindiBox
office15 million (US$250,000)[1]

An Evening In Paris is a 1967 Indian Hindi film produced and directed by
Shakti Samanta with story by Sachin Bhowmick. The movie stars Shammi
Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore in a double role, Pran as the villain, and
Rajindernath in the comic subplot. Tight screenplay, fine acting, beautiful
locations and haunting music made this film a big hit.

Plot.

After being unsuccessful in finding her true love in her own country,
India, the rich Deepa (Sharmila Tagore) goes to Paris, France in search of
it. Her father's secretary already lives there, so to take care of her in
the unknown country, her father informs him and also hires an assistant,
Honey, and a driver, Makhan Singh (Rajindernath). On one of her outings,
Deepa meets Shyam/Sam (Shammi Kapoor), who immediately falls in love with
her and begins to follow her around. After some initial resistance, Deepa
eventually gives in to his charms.

Meanwhile, Deepa's father's secretary's son, Shekhar (Pran) needs money to
clear his gambling debts. Knowing that Deepa is rich, he plans to marry
her. Jack, a gangster to whom he owes the money, threatens him to repay the
debts at the earliest. Shekhar tells him that he will do so soon by
marrying a rich girl, Deepa. However, since Deepa does not love him, she
refuses telling him that she only loves Sam.

When Jack sees Deepa, he is taken aback and mistakes her to be someone he
knows. But Deepa remains clueless. Jack then takes Shekhar to his casino/
hotel, where they see a girl who is identical to Deepa. Her name is Suzy
(Sharmila Tagore), a club dancer in the same casino.

Shekhar, angry at Deepa, hatches a plan. He approaches Suzy and convinces
her to be a part of his plan by offering her a huge amount of money. He
takes Suzy with him and shows her Deepa with Sam, so that she can learn her
mannerisms. When Jack kidnaps the real Deepa, Shekhar puts Suzy in her
place at her home. Due to this replacement, initially nobody finds out
about Deepa's kidnapping. Suzy pretends to be Deepa and goes out with Sam.
Eventually Sam starts to notice the difference. He get suspicious when he
notices Suzy (pretending to be Deepa) smoking and drinking.

Deepa's father learns of Deepa's kidnapping and flies to Paris. He and Sam
discover that Suzy is Deepa's lost twin sister, who had been kidnapped when
she was very young and her real name is Roopa. Deepa's father is overjoyed
that he has found his daughter, but Suzy refuses to accept herself as his
daughter.

Sam follows Suzy to find whereabouts of Deepa. Suzy puts a condition that
Sam has to marry her before she will tell him about Deepa. She has fallen
in love with him while pretending to be Deepa. Sam refuses saying that he
only loves Deepa. This angers Suzy at first but later she realises that she
should not come between her sister and her love.

Jaggu, now working for Jack, who has also been an ex-employee of Deepa's
father, goes to see him asking for ransom to release his daughter. Deepa's
father agrees, but Sam slams him unconscious, before which he tells them to
go to a certain place with the ransom money. Shekhar overhears this
conversation.

As the story climaxes, Suzy arrives with Jack at his hideout where he has
kept Deepa to show her the resemblance and leaves them alone for a while to
take care of some chores. Suzy then reveals to Deepa that she is her lost
twin sister. Despite her refusal, she convinces Deepa to switch places and
escape.

Sam and Shekhar go separately to Niagara Falls to ransom Deepa. Shekhar
arrives at the secret hide out first. At the same time, one of Jack's men
informs him about Sam's arrival. When Jack confronts him, Shekhar kills him
and the real Deepa (pretending to be Suzy) escapes just before that.
Shekhar then collects Suzy thinking she is Deepa. He learns that she is
actually Suzy when she sees Sam and yells a warning that Deepa has escaped
and is waiting for him at Jack's Boat. Angered, Shekhar shoots Suzy and
tries to shoot Sam. Sam escapes, and just before following Shekhar, he
tells Makan Singh to go and help injured Suzy. Shekhar reaches the boat
where Deepa is waiting for Sam and drives off with her. Sam also reaches
just after Shekhar drives off. He jumps in the boat from a helicopter and
beats Shekhar up. Sam throws him overboard where he floats over the
waterfall. Deepa and Sam escape to a small rock in the middle of waterfall
from where they are rescued by the helicopter.

The movie closes with Sam and Deepa hanging to the ladder of helicopter
with a song (Aasmaan se aya farista) playing in the background.

Cast.

Sharmila Tagore...Deepa/Roopa/SuzyShammi
Kapoor...Shyam/SamRajindernath...Makhan SinghPran...ShekharK.N. Singh...Jack

Soundtrack.

An Evening in ParisSoundtrack album by
Shankar Jaikishan Released1967
GenreFilm
soundtrack Language Hindi Label Saregama#TitleSinger(s)1"An Evening in
Paris"Mohammed Rafi2"Akele Akele Kahan Ja Rahe Ho"Mohammed Rafi3"Diwane Ka
Naam To Poochho"Mohammed Rafi4"Raat Ke Hamsafar"Mohammed Rafi, Asha
Bhosle5"Aasman Se Aaya Farishta"Mohammed Rafi6"Hoga Tumse Kal Bhi
Samna"Mohammed Rafi7"Leja Leja Mera Dil"Sharda Rajan8"Zuby Zuby
Jalembu"Asha Bhosle9"Mera Dil Hai Tera"Mohammed Rafi

Cultural impact.

Sharmila Tagore's appearance in a bikini in An Evening in Paris set off a
cultural wave in India[2] and the film's claim of first bikini appearance
of an Indian actress remains one of its most notable aspects.[3] She also
posed in a bikini for the glossy Filmfare magazine.[4][5] The costume
shocked the conservative Indian audience,[6][7] and set a trend of
bikini-clad actresses carried forward by Parveen Babi (in Yeh Nazdeekiyan,
1982[8]), Zeenat Aman (in Heera Panna 1973; Qurbani, 1980[8]) and Dimple
Kapadia (in Bobby, 1973[8]).[9] Wearing a bikini put her name in the Indian
press as one of Bollywood's ten hottest actresses of all time,[10] The move
was a transgression of female identity through a reversal of the state of
modesty, which functions as a signifier of femininity in Bombay films.[11]
But, when Tagore was the chairperson of the Central Board of Film
Certification, she expressed concerns about the rise of the bikini in
Indian films.[12] (Refutation: Sharmila Tagore wasn't the first actress to
don a bikini (actually a one-piece) on the big-screen; Vyjayanthimala did
it in Sangam (1964), Sadhana Shivdasani did it in Waqt, and Nargis wore one
in Awaara (1951).)