| Opera House | |
| Director: | P.L. Santoshi |
| Producer: | A.A. Nadiadwala |
| Starring: | Ajit B. Saroja Devi K.N. Singh Lalita Pawar |
| Music: | Chitragupta |
| Editing: | Dharamvir |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Hindi |
Opera House is a 1961 Indian Hindi-language mystery film produced by A.A. Nadiadwala and directed by P.L. Santoshi. The film stars Ajit, B. Saroja Devi, K.N. Singh and Lalita Pawar among others. It marked Saroja Devi's Bollywood debut.
Saroj (B. Saroja Devi) lives a poor lifestyle in Nagpur along with her widowed mother, Leela Sharma (Lalita Pawar) and a younger sister, Nanhi. She gets employed as a singer/dancer in Bombay and relocates there. Once there, she meets with Ajit Rai (Ajit), and the couple fall in love. Circumstances compel her to re-locate to Nagpur and seek employment with another dance/drama company run by Chunilal. Ajit decides to follow her to Nagpur, and visits her mother and sister. It is from here he locates the dance/drama company and does meet Saroj — only to find out that she has changed her name to Mary D'Souza. Ajit will eventually discover that Saroj had witnessed the murder of Chunilal and the killer(s) are now out to silence her — and whoever else dares to come in their way...
| Character | Actor | |
|---|---|---|
| Ajit Rai | Ajit | |
| Saroj Sharma/Mary D'Souza | B. Saroja Devi | |
| Danial | K.N. Singh | |
| Leela Sharma | Lalita Pawar | |
| Lily | Bela Bose | |
| Peter | Maruti Rao | |
| Street Singer | Johnny Whisky | |
| Chunilal | S.N. Banerjee | |
| Nanhi Sharma | Leela | |
| Munshi Munakka | Munshi Munakka | |
| Mirza Panwala | Mirza Musharraf | |
| Sarju | Sarjoo | |
| Mr. Ranjit Rai | Niranjan Sharma | |
| Mrs. Ranjit Rai | Mumtaz Begum |
Music in the film has been given by Chitragupta and Lyricist is Majrooh Sultanpuri. The song "Dekho Mausam Kya Bahar Hai" is based on the Jim Reeves song "Bimbo".[1]
| Title | Singer | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Dekho Mausam Kya Bahar Hai" | Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar | |
| 2 | "Balma Maane Na, Bairi Chup Na Rahe" | Lata Mangeshkar | |
| 3 | "Na Milte Hum To Kaho Tum" | Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh | |
| 4 | "Raste Mein Tere Kab Se Hain Khade" | Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi | |
| 5 | "Sona Na Sitaron Ka Hai Kahna" | Lata Mangeshkar | |
| 6 | "Saiyan Hae Hae Tere Gaon Mein" | Lata Mangeshkar |