Mischievous KishoreKumar is very entertaining.
So are the retaliations by MeenaKumari.
Some slapstick stuff was not.
But Kishore's deft footwork - prancing or dancing - made up for the poor intended-to-be-comical scenes.
In those days, his fast footwork was unique in male Bollywood actors.
His sleight of hand with cards against the street goon was also fun to watch.
Kishore's female impersonation joining the widows in fundraising and MeenaKumari's retaliation disguised as her brother were hilarious scenes.
The music was good too. Hum matwaalay naujavan was a big hit. My favorite was Dekh baboo chhed ka maza sung by Lata and enacted by KumKum in a beautiful dance, after she muds up his car in retaliation to being splashed by it. Tera teer O bay peer by Lata was also popular in its time. The two romantic KishoreKunar-GeetaDutt duets were enjoyable too. Near the end of the movie, Ajab hai dastaan teree ai zindagee in two parts might be considered the signature song of the movie, after the movie changes from a comedy to a melodrama. According to folklore on the internet, Kishore (even though he is a good singer himself and sang the other male songs in the movie) requested that this song be sung by Rafi.
Kishore's double role seemed contrived - playing MeenaKumari's boyfriend in the first part of the movie and brother-in-law in the second part of the movie. It seemed two different storylines were joined in one movie. While I enjoyed MeenaKumari's fun episodes in the first part of the movie, her melodramatic role in the last part of the movie seemed exploitative (Bollywood had popularized her has the tragedy queen).
