Mr. Sampat

Mr. Sampat (1952)

The charming Mr. Sampat weaves his way into theatrical company with his moneymaking schemes, only to cause the everyone involved to go bankrupt, including Malini, the young actress who has fallen in love with him.

Date of release
1952-12-25
TMDB
9.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 45m
Genres
Comedy
Director
S. S. Vasan

Casting

Interesting facts

Mr. Sampat is a 1952 Indian Hindi-language satirical film produced and directed by S. S. Vasan of Gemini Studios. It is based on R. K. Narayan's 1949 novel Mr. Sampath – The Printer of Malgudi, and the Tamil film Miss Malini (1947). The film revolves around the titular con artist (Motilal) who manipulates an actress (Padmini) and a merchant (Kanhaiyalal) for his own benefits.

Production

Mr. Sampat is based on the 1949 novel Mr. Sampath – The Printer of Malgudi by R. K. Narayan, and the Tamil film Miss Malini (1947) from which the novel developed. It was produced and directed by S. S. Vasan of Gemini Studios. The film was made on a shoestring budget, unlike Vasan's earlier directorial venture, the blockbuster Chandralekha (1948).

The film substantially deviated from the novel, with Vasan making it "a broad burlesque film and using it successfully to lampoon politicians, ex-princes, journalists, filmstars, religious zealots and bogus philanthropists." Padmini was chosen to reprise the role of Malini, originally played by Pushpavalli in Tamil, and Mr. Sampat marked her first major appearance in a Hindi film.

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