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Albela (1951)

Albela poster
Directed by
Bhagwan Dada
Country
India
Runtime
2h 38m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young man's carefree attitude leads him into comedic situations. The film is a musical comedy full of songs and dance.

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What happens

Albela is a 1951 Bollywood musical comedy film directed by and starring Bhagwan Dada and Geeta Bali. A Hindi classic, it was the third highest-grossing film at the Indian Box Office in 1951 and its soundtrack by C. Ramchandra was acclaimed. The film was later dubbed in Tamil as Nalla Pillai (Tamil: நல்லப் பிள்ளை) in 1953. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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