Amar Prem

Amar Prem
Directed by	Shakti Samanta
Produced by	Shakti Samanta
Written by	Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay (Story) Arbinda Mukherjee (screenplay), Ramesh Pant (Dialogue)
Starring	Sharmila Tagore, Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Mehra Abhi Bhattacharya Madan Puri
Music by	Rahul Dev Burman
Release date(s)	1972
Language	Hindi

Amar Prem (Hindi: अमर प्रेम, Urdu: امر پریم, translation: Immortal Love) is a 1972 Hindi film directed by Shakti Samanta, based on a story "Nishipadma" by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay and starring Sharmila Tagore, Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Mehra and Madan Puri.

The thought-provoking song 'Chingaari Koi Bhadke' written by Anand Bakshi and sung by Kishore Kumar, is one of the highlights of this classic.

The movie is a remake of a Bengali film Nishipadma (1970) by Arabinda Mukherjee, who wrote screenplay for both the films; it starred Uttam Kumar and Sabitri Chatterjee as leads.^[1]

The film portrays the decadence of human values and relationships and contrasts it by presenting an illustrious example of a boy's innocent love for a neighbourhood courtesan.^[2] It was noted for its music by R.D. Burman, numbers sung by famous playback singers like Kishore Kumar, R.D. Burman's father S.D. Burman and Lata Mangeshkar; lyrics were by Anand Bakshi.

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 businessman 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, doesn't get any love at home, as his father works all the time and his stepmother 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. Once Nandu suffers from fever and his treatment is secretly financed by Anand babu on Pushpa's recommendation.

The story revolves around Pushpa's great love for Anand Babu and Nandu. The story details how circumstances stop Pushpa from meeting them as people and society prejudges her. Several years later, Nandu grows up to become a government engineer posted in the same town. Nandu meets Anand babu, who takes him to meet Pushpa. In the end Nandu takes Pushpa home with him, like a son who is reunited with his long lost mother.^[3]

Cast

• Sharmila Tagore - Pushpa
• Rajesh Khanna - Anand Babu
• Vinod Mehra - Adult Nandu
• Abhi Bhattacharya - Dr. Ghosh
• Madan Puri - Nepali Babu
• Bindu - Kamla Sharma
• Farida Jalal - Nandu's wife
• Sujit Kumar - Sharma
• Om Prakash - Drunk Man^[4]
• Leela Mishra

Awards

• 1973: Filmfare Awards
• Best Dialogue: Ramesh Pant
• Best Screenplay: Arabinda Mukherjee
• Best Sound: Jehangir Nowrojee^[5]
• Best Actor: Rajesh Khanna: Nominated
• Best Lyricist: Anand Bakshi - Chingari Koi Bhadke: Nominated
• Best Singer Male: Kishore Kumar - Chingari Koi Bhadke: Nominated

Music

Music: R.D.Burman; Lyrics: Anand Bakshi.

• 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

References

External links

• Amar Prem at the Internet Movie Database
• Amar Prem at AllRovi
• The Magic of Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila and Amar Prem at Rediff.com

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