Junglee

• Film Director: Subodh Mukerji
• Year: 1961
• Main Cast: Shammi Kapoor, Saira Banu, Shashikala, Lalita Pawar, Anoop Kumar, Azra, Asit Sen, Helen
• Music Director: Shankar Jaikishan

Movie Synopsis

Junglee is a 1961 Indian movie produced and directed by Subodh Mukherjee. Junglee means "Wild" or "ill mannered" in Urdu & Hindi. The music is by Shankar Jaikishan and the lyrics by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri. The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Lalita Pawar, Shashikala and Asit Sen. Saira Banu, in her debut film, earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress and became a star. The movie was a lighthearted musical that further enhanced Shammi Kapoor's stature as the youth icon of the times. The "Yahoo" song became a symbol of Shammi's wild loverboy image of the times. The switch from the serious actor image Shammi started out with, was started by Tumsa Nahin Dekha, reinforced by Dil Deke Dekho and completed by Junglee. The film became a "superhit" at the box office. The film was later remade into the Telugu film "Saradaa Ramudu" starring N.T. Rama Rao and Jayasudha.