Half Ticket

<p>Vijay ( ) is the good-for-nothing son of a rich , who becomes bored of his father’s constant railing and the efforts to marry him off, with the intention of getting him “settled” in life. So Vijay walks out of his home and decides to leave for Bombay and start life afresh there. However he does not have enough money for a train ticket. Vijay gets a burst of inspiration from a plump child called Munna, who is waiting in line with his mother ( ), and decides to pass himself off as a child in order to get the half-ticket. Now disguised as Munna, Vijay is used as a for a diamond smuggler ( ) without his knowledge. On the train, Vijay also meets Rajnidevi ( ) and falls in love with her. The rest of the film follows Vijay’s exploits as he avoids capture by the diamond smuggler and his girlfriend ( ), romances Rajnidevi while avoiding her auntie-ji ( ), and reunites with his father. All lyrics are written by ; all music is composed by . was released on October 19, 1962. Critic reviews were generally positive. wrote, “Fabulous soundtrack, frolicking premise and frothy dialogues led by the King of Comedy (Kumar) and Queen of vivacity (Madhubala), there is nothing half-hearted about this [film].” A review on the website stated, “The movie makes a little more sense than that—only a little—but it matters not at all, as Kishore Kumar’s limitless zany energy, Madhubala’s irresistible charm, and several absolutely superb songs combine to make a delightful and hysterical ride.” In India, the film had a box-office of 1 , with a of ₹0.5 crore, becoming the twelfth highest-grossing film of 1962. The Best of the Year gave its inflation-adjusted nett as ₹251 crore. magazine calculated its inflation-adjusted gross by comparing the collection with the price of in 1962, which gave it an adjusted gross of ₹119 crore in 2011. is considered an important made in 1960s .</p>