Amar Prem
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| Directed by | Shakti Samanta |
| Produced by | Shakti Samanta |
| Written by | Bibhuti Bhushan Banerji (Story), Arvind Mukherjee (screenplay), Ramesh Pant (Dialogue) |
| Starring | Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Vinod Mehra, Madan Puri |
| Music by | Rahul Dev Burman |
| Release date(s) | 1971 |
| Language | Hindi |
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Amar Prem (Hindi: अमर प्रेम, Urdu: امر پریم, Translation: "Immortal Love") is a 1971 Bollywood film starring Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Vinod Mehra and Madan Puri. It was directed by Shakti Samanta.
The movie is a remake of a Bengali movie, by the same director. The film sentimental and has great music by R.D. Burman and sung by famous playback singers Kishore Kumar, RD Burman's father S.D. Burman and Lata Mangeshkar, and the lyrics are by Anand Bakshi.
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[edit] Synopsis
Pushpa (Sharmila Tagore) is sold to a brothel in Calcutta by her village-uncle, Nepali Babu (Madan Puri). On her audition at the brothel, Anand Babu (Rajesh Khanna), a business man seeking love, is attracted by her singing. Anand Babu is unhappily married, and lonely and becomes her regular and exclusive customer as love blossoms.
Later a widowed man with his family, from the same village as her, moves in close to Pushpa's place. The new neighbour's son, Nandu Vinod Mehra doesn't get any love at home, as his father works all the time and his step mother doesn't care about him. Pushpa starts treating Nandu as her own son when she gets to know that he is from the same village as her.
The story evolves around Pushpa's great love for both Anand Babu and Nandu. The story details how circumstances stop Pushpa from meeting them as people and society prejudge her.
[edit] Cast
- Rajesh Khanna ... Anand Babu
- Sharmila Tagore ... Pushpa
- Vinod Mehra ... Nandu - Nandkishore Sharma
- Madan Puri ... Nepali Babu
- Bindu ... Kamla Sharma
- Sujit Kumar ... Sharma
[edit] Awards
Amar Prem won 3 Filmfare Awards for:
- Best Dialogue: Ramesh Pant
- Best Screenplay: Arvind Mukherjee
- Best Sound Recording: Jehzngir Nowroji
and was nominated for another 3 Filmfare Awards:
- Best Actor: Rajesh Khanna
- Best Lyricist: Anand Bakshi - Chingari Koi Bhadke
- Best Singer Male: Kishore Kumar - Chingari Koi Bhadke
[edit] Songs
- Doli mein bithai ke.....S.D. Burman
- Raina beeti jaye........Lata Mangeshkar
- Chingari koi bhadke.....Kishore Kumar
- Kuchh toh log kahenge...Kishore Kumar
- Yeh kya hua.............Kishore Kumar
- Bada natkhat hai yeh....Lata Mangeshkar
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