An Evening in Paris

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An Evening in Paris
Directed by Shakti Samanta
Produced by Shakti Samanta
Written by Sachin Bhowmick
Ramesh Pant
Starring Shammi Kapoor
Sharmila Tagore
Sarita
K. N. Singh
Rajendranath
Music by Jaikishan Dayabhai Pankal
Shankarsinh Raghuwanshi
Cinematography V. Gopi Krishna
Editing by Govnd Dalwadi
Release date(s) 1967
Running time 168 mins
Country India
Language Hindi
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An Evening In Paris is a 1967 Indian Hindi film. Produced and directed by Shakti Samanta , Story by Sachin Bhowmick. The movie stars Shammi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore as the lead pair, Pran as the villain and Rajindernath as the comic turn. The plot is thin and overall it has a lot of foreign locales such as Paris and the Niagara Falls where the climax is shot.

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A rich girl named Deepa (Sharmila Tagore) has gone to Paris, France in search of true love. She has not had much success in India, and has decided to go to Paris. Her father's secretary lives there and has hired an assistant, Honey, and a driver Makkan Singh (Rajindernath)for her there. There she meets Shyam/Sam (Shammi Kapoor). They both eventually fall in love. Honey and Makkan Singh also fall in love with each other.

Meanwhile Deepa's father's secretary's son, Shekhar (Pran) is in a gambling debt and needs the money otherwise his boss, Jack (K.N. Singh) will harm him. Knowing that Deepa is rich, he tries to marry her. She does not love him however, she loves Sam, so she refuses. Shekhar is angered. He goes and tells his boss. There at his boss's casino, he sees a girl who looks just like Deepa! Her name is Suzy. Shekhar gets an idea. He kidnaps the real Deepa and puts Suzy in her place. For a few days no one can tell that she's not Deepa. However, after a few days Sam starts to wonder what has happened to her. She seems different. He starts to get suspicious.

Meanwhile, Deepa's father come to Paris. Sam finds out that she is not Deepa. He tells this to her father. Her father thinks that Suzy is Deepa's lost twin sister. He says that Suzy had been kidnapped when she was young, and that her real name was Roopa. At that moment, Suzy arrives. Deepa's father is overjoyed that he has found his daughter, but Suzy refuses to accept herself as his daughter. She does not recognize him. She leaves in anger. Sam goes after Suzy to find out where Deepa is. Suzy says she will tell him if he marrys her. Suzy says that she has fallen in love with Sam. Sam says that this is impossible and that he only loves Deepa. This angers Suzy at first. She later realizes that she should not come between her sister and her love. Meanwhile, one of Jack's accomplices has asked for money as ransom for the real Deepa. Sam offers to go there to get Deepa. Suzy also goes before him, and switches places with Deepa. The real Deepa escapes. Sam arrives there, and gets into a fight with Jack. Jack shoots the real Suzy, pretending to be Deepa. Suzy tells Sam that she's really Suzy and that Deepa has escaped. Sam runs away, but tells Makan Singh to go help Suzy. Sam finds Deepa and they run away. Suzy is taken to the hospital and survives.

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