& Mrs. '55" has hit songs, "Jaane Kahan Mera Jigar Gaya Jee" (a duet sung by Geeta Dutt and Mohammed Rafi) and "Thandi Hawa Kali Ghata" (sung by Geeta Dutt). & Mrs. 55" was the fifth highest-grossing film of that year. She also acted in costume dramas such as "Shirin-Farhad" (1956), "Raj-Hath" (1956) (both with Pradeep Kumar). "Dhake Ki Malmal" was a romantic musical comedy directed by J.K. Nanda and produced under the Nanda Film banners. The film starred Madhubala and Kishore Kumar together for the first time. Both of them later acted in several popular "musical comedies" such as "Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi" (1958), "Jhumroo" (1961) and "Half Ticket" (1962). In "Kala Pani", Madhubala starred opposite Dev Anand. The film was produced by Dev Anand for Navketan Films and was directed by Raj Khosla. The film was the remake of the 1955 Bengali film "Sabar Uparey" and which itself was based on A.J. Cronin's 1953 novel "Beyond This Place". The film has the hit song "Achchha Jee Main Hari" sung by Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle. In the film, "Howrah Bridge", she starred with her future brother-in-law Ashok Kumar and played an Anglo-Indian Cabaret singer involved in Calcutta's Chinatown underworld. In the song "Aaiye Meherebaan" from this film, she lip-synced a torch song dubbed by Asha Bhosle which has remained popular to this day. "Howrah Bridge" performed above average at box office. Its name is a reference to Howrah Bridge, which connects Howrah to Kolkata over the Hooghly River. It features the well known Hindi song Mera Naam Chin Chin Chu sung by Geeta Dutt which was re-used in the film "Salaam Bombay!". "Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi" features Madhubala and her future husband Kishore Kumar in lead roles and Kumar's two brothers Anoop Kumar and Ashok Kumar. It was the second highest-grossing film of the year.