An Evening in Paris

Plot synopsis:
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.

Tags: romantic

Review:
Bearable but not entertaining despite great cast ; great songs.
Music is excellent with Mohd Rafi and Shankar Jaikishan.
The villains are portrayed by three legendary character actors Pran KN Singh, and HB Shetty.
David is great and Rajendrath is hilarious and charming.
Sharmila Tagore is lovely and plays her part well.
Scenery is beautiful.So why only a 6 despite all that?
The plot was not well written.
The first 20 minutes is good, the story seems promising and the French man is hilarious.
Then the next 75 minutes is just Shammi Kapoor trying to woo Sharmila Tagore repeatedly and it really isn't amusing or charming but kind of a drag.
If the director was someone as skilled as Hrishikesh Mukherjee it could have been different but that's not the case here.
Shammi Kapoor had potential but too bad he didn't always take care of himself.
Then the last hour is just a trite conflict, nothing remarkable.
Everything was great but the story was average - and that is important.
You can watch this movie completely for free and legally at rajshri and so for this I'll give it an extra point and make it a 7..
Lovely to Watch, but Very Little Thrills.
Rich and pretty Deepa (Sharmila Tagore) comes to Paris to get away from failed relationships in India.
She meets Sam (Shammi Kapoor), who falls in love with her and tries to win her affection.
In the meantime, wicked gambler Shankar and his evil friends are scheming a way to get Deepa's money.
What follows is kidnapping, impersonation, and dangerous adventures.Filmed in four locations outside India, An Evening in Paris is lovely to watch.
As for the plot-- the better part of the first hour of the is spent with Deepa in various locations, pretending to ignore Sam who is behind her, singing.
All the excitement comes in the last 30 minutes or so, and the climax occurs too quickly.
Kapoor is energetic and exuberant in every movement, which is entertaining.
Tagore, who shocked the public by wearing a bikini, does a nice job of playing a double role.
The music, and there is a lot of it, is catchy with a definite 60's feel to it.
Tagore's costumes were exceptionally lovely.
Overall, though the acting is great, the movie is somewhat dull up until the "thriller" aspect begins, and there just isn't enough suspense to make it better than okay..
Wonderful Music!.
I am watching this movie on Zee Classic and enjoying it, mostly because of the songs than anything else.
My vote is 10/10 for music and 8/10 for the movie though I am a great fan of Shammi Kapoor.
Besides, I always love to see old movies because there is lots of comic relief, in this movie it is by Rajendra Nath.
I also loved to see K.N.Singh and Pran Sahab.
I had the privilege to meet Pran Sahab twice at his house in Bombay.
K.N.Singh had really a very unique style and it always interesting to see the same.My most favourite songs from this movie are "Akele Akele Kaha Ja Rahe Ho", "Raat Ke Humsafar" and "An Evening in Paris".
I normally like Bollywood films but just couldn't take this one.....
I have seen far more Bollywood films than the average American, though I am far from an expert on these movies.
For a change of pace, I thought I'd try watching an older Indian film--to see what they looked like decades ago (most Indian films available in the US are much more recent)."An Evening in Paris" is about a couple of Indian ladies who, not surprisingly, go to Paris.
However, one is very tired of men wanting her for her money, so she poses as the other's maid.
Lots of kooky adventures, romance, a kidnapping and humor (such as it is) results.
Other than the nice scenery, there really isn't a lot I liked about this film.
The acting is just awful---very, very, very broad and the director seemed to encourage the actors to really ham it up for the audience.
Subtle, this certainly isn't!!
As a result, nothing about the film worked for me--it was so fake and plastic that I got VERY tired of the film and couldn't take it after a while.
About the only thing I like about the film are a few of the musical numbers.
While the sound quality of the songs is bad, they were catchy and easy to enjoy.
I also liked some of the location shots during these songs--particularly the one in the Swiss Alps.
Perhaps all this would play better for someone more familiar with and forgiving of the genre--I just thought it was rather dumb.
Plus, how did so many Indians just happen to be in Paris?!
I was there a few months back and didn't see Indians cavorting and singing anywhere in the city limits!
Just my two cents worth..
The Best Best Best Best Best Movie I have ever seen in my life!!!.
The Most Excellent Movie I have ever seen since 25 years, and I am still loving it, but I could not get it since that time.
Anybody can provide me that movie and I shall pay the price?Thanks...