Professor Ki Padosan

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| director = Shantilal Soni

| producer = Kant Kumar

| writer = Bhushan Banmali

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| starring = Sanjeev Kumar
Asha Parekh
Padmini Kolhapure
Shekhar Suman

| music = R. D. Burman

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| released = {{Film date|1994|04|29|df=yes}}

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| country = India

| language = Hindi

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Professor Ki Padosan is a 1994 Indian comedy drama film directed by Shantilal Soni.{{Cite web |title=Professor Ki Padosan {{!}} Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/professor-ki-padosan |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}} The film stars Sanjeev Kumar, Asha Parekh, Padmini Kolhapure, Shekhar Suman in the lead roles, with Deven Verma, Aruna Irani, Dalip Tahil in supporting roles.{{Cite web |title=Professor Ki Padosan (1994) |url=https://indiancine.ma/AIXV |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=Indiancine.ma}} It marked Kumar's last film appearance, released more than 8 years after his death in 1985.{{Cite book |last1=Zaveri |first1=Hanif |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cY9FEAAAQBAJ&dq=professor+ki+padosan&pg=PT186 |title=An Actor's Actor: The Authorized Biography of Sanjeev Kumar |last2=Batra |first2=Sumant |date=2021-10-25 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |isbn=978-93-5492-311-1 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2023-11-06 |title=9 Sanjeev Kumar Movies Released After His Demise-In Pics |url=https://www.india.com/webstories/entertainment/9-sanjeev-kumar-movies-released-after-his-demise-in-pics-6477888/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=India.com |language=en}} The film pays tribute to Sanjeev Kumar with Amitabh Bachchan serving as the narrator of the film and shown paying tribute to Kumar in the end credits.{{Cite web |last=cr |first=times news |date=2024-04-14 |title=Sanjeev Kumar died during the shooting of 'Professor Ki Padosan', the shoot was completed by making the actor invisible - sanjeev kumar movie professor ki padosan was shot after his death director made him invisible and dubbed voice filmy friday - 2024-04-14 08:39:26 |url=https://time.news/sanjeev-kumar-died-during-the-shooting-of-professor-ki-padosan-the-shoot-was-completed-by-making-the-actor-invisible-sanjeev-kumar-movie-professor-ki-padosan-was-shot-after-his-death-director-mad/ |access-date=2024-04-18 |website=TIme News |language=en-US}}

Cast

Sanjeev Kumar as Professor Vidyadhar
Asha Parekh as Shobha
Padmini Kolhapure as Menka
Shekhar Suman as Vinod
Deven Verma as Pyarelal
Aruna Irani as Mandha
Dalip Tahil as Ranjeet
Anant Mahadevan as Vaidyaji
Abhi Bhattacharya as Dr. Dharamdas (Scientist)
Amitabh Bachchan as Narrator

Production

The film started production in the 1980s, but was left incomplete with its leading actor Sanjeev Kumar's death in November 1985. At the time of his death, the film was only 75% complete and the script was subsequently changed to make him invisible in the remaining portions of the film and complete it for release in 1993. Sudesh Bhosle did the dubbing for Sanjeev Kumar in the film.{{Cite web|url=http://meetkalakar.com/Artist/2112-Sudesh-Bhosle|title=Book Sudesh Bhosle for event | Request Sudesh Bhosle for performance | Learn Hindustani Classical Vocal, Kathak, Tabla, Light Vocal, Flute, Harmonium, Sitar, Modern dance forms, Bharatnatyam}}