Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Meri Surat Teri Ankhen (1963)

Asha Parekh - Kavita
Ashok Kumar - Pyare
Pradeep Kumar - Sudhir Kumar
Director - R.K. Rakhan
Music Director - S.D. Burman
Lyrics - Shailendra
Writer (novel) - Nihar Ranjan Gupta
Screenplay - Qamar Jalalabadi

Synopsis: Raj Kumar is a wealthy businessman and dislikes everything ugly. When his wife, Kamla, becomes pregnant and gives birth to an ugly son, he asks the attending Dr. Mathur to inform his wife that their child was still-born. Dr. Mathur places the child in the hands of Rahmat and his wife, Naseeban, who welcome him with open arms. But misfortune follows them, as the child, who is named Pyare, accidentally burns their dwelling down, killing Naseeban. Rahmat then re-locates to his village when he teaches Pyare the skills required to play musical instruments and sing. Years later, Rahmat passes away, and informs Pyare that he is really a Hindu. Dr. Mathur fills the rest of the blanks for Pyare, and arranges a song and dance play and hopes that Raj will overcome his dislike for his now-grown son. But that does not happen, instead, Raj offers to pay some compensation so that Pyare can look after himself. When Pyare goes to Raj to return the money, Kamla sees him and asks him not to leave and adopts him as her son. Then misfortune visits the Raj family when their other son, Sudhir, is abducted and held for ransom for 4 Lakh rupees. Sudhir's fiancée believes that Pyare is behind this abduction. Will misfortune and tragedy also follow Pyare to his new-found family?

Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon (1963)

Asha Parekh - Mona
Joy Mukherjee - Mohan
Rajendranath - Difu
Pran - Ramesh
Director - Nasir Hussain
Writer - Nasir Hussain
Music Director - O.P. Nayyar
Genre - Romance

Synopsis: Due to a growing marital rift between Jamuna and her husband, she decides to leave him. He does not permit her to take their son, so she arranges his abduction, and disappears from her husband's life. Years later, Jamuna's son, Mohan, has grown up, and together they live a middle-class existence. One day, Mohan meets with Mona and both are attracted to each other. But Mona's guardian would like her to marry Biharilal alias Difu, who is foreign returned and comes from a very wealthy family. Mona and her friends embark on a trip to Srinagar, and Mohan follows her there. Then Jamuna's overjoyed husband announces the return of his son, Mohan, back to his household. When Jamuna gets this news, she is shocked beyond words as the man claiming to be her son, is none other than an impostor named Ramesh. She will have to come out of hiding, admit to abducting Mohan, in order to bring the truth to light. But will Jamuna be willing to re-open the unpleasant past, or will she be content with the way things have turned out to be.

Chhaya (1961)

Asha Parekh - Sarita J. Choudhary
Sunil Dutt - Arun/Rahee
Nirupa Roy - Manorama/Aayah
Nasir Hussain - Jagatnarayan Choudhary
Lalita Pawar - Rukmani
Director - Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Music Director - Salil Chowdhury
Genre - Romance
Awards - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress - Nirupa Roy

Synopsis: Young and attractive Sarita Choudhary lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed dad, Jagatnarayan in a palatial house with her aunt, Rukmani; cousin, Lalli, and a maid-servant, Manorama Lal. Her dad recruits a tutor, Arun, to teach her essay-writing, and both Arun and Sarita end up falling in love with each other, especially when Sarita finds out that he is really a famous poet by the name of 'Rahee'. But her aunt would like to see her married to her nephew, Ramu alias Romeo, and she has Jagatnarayan recruit him to teach Sarita music. Jagatnarayan himself would like Sarita to get married to the son of a wealthy man, Moti Lal, and openly rejects any alliance with Arun, who comes from a poor family. Watch what happens when Moti Lal gets an anonymous letter informing him that Sarita is not the real daughter of Jagatnarayan, and that her parentage. religion, and caste are unknown.

Gharana (1961)

Asha Parekh - Usha Gupta
Rajendra Kumar - Kamal
Raaj Kumar - Kailash
Director - S. S. Vasan
Genre - Drama; Family
Music Director - Ravi
Awards:

Won:

* Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist - Shakeel Badayuni (for "Husnwale Tera Jawab Nahin").
* Filmfare Award for Best Music Director - Ravi

Nominations:

* Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer (Male) - Mohammad Rafi (for "Husnwale Tera Jawab Nahin").
* Best Supporting Actress - Shubha Khote

Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai (1961)

Asha Parekh - Nisha R. Singh
Dev Anand - Sunder / Popat Lal / Monto
Rajendra Nath - Popat Lal / Charlie
Pran - Sohan Mofat Lal
Director - Nasir Hussain
Writer - Nasir Hussain (Idea by: Anis Khan)
Genre - Romance
Music Directors - Shankar - Jaikishan

Synopsis: Nisha lives a very wealthy lifestyle in Neelgaon, India, with her businessman dad, Sardar Roop Singh. She is now of marriageable age, and her dad wants her to marry his friend's son, Sohan, but Nisha dislikes him. While traveling to Darjeeling with a dance troupe, she meets with her dad's business associates' son, Popat Lal, and after a few misadventures, both fall in love with each other. She takes him to meet her dad where he can also finalize his business transaction, but when Roop comes inside, he finds that Popat has disappeared, and in his place is another man claiming to be the real Popat. Nisha heart is broken and she starts to hate Popat. She does meet with Popat, who tells her that his real name is Sunder and both had been promised to each other by their respective parents, but Roop had subsequently changed his mind. Nisha believes him and agrees to marry him without her father's blessings. When the marriage is to take place, a man named Khanna comes over and tells Nisha that Sunder is already married to woman named Shanti, who he subsequently killed, and had been the primary accused in this case by the police. Watch what impact this news has on the marriage, and see what excuses Sunder now comes up with.

Ghunghat (1960)

Director - Ramanand Sagar
Awards - Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Bina Rai

Hum Hindustani (1960)

Asha Parekh - Sudha
Sunil Dutt - Surendra Nath
Joy Mukherjee - Satyendra Nath
Helen - Kalpana
Also starring: Prem Chopra and Sanjeev Kumar as the police inspector.
Director - Ram Mukherjee
Genre - Drama; Family
Music Director - Usha Khanna
Lyrics - Prem Dhawan

Synopsis: Surendra Nath and Satyendra Nath are two brothers who live in an old palatial home with their dad, mom, and sister. The Nath family is undergoing hard times as their property is under dispute, and a unfavorable decision by the courts, causes the family to lose face in the community. To make matters worse, Satyendra is arrested by the police for theft of Rs.10,000/- from his workplace. Satyendra thinks his brother stole the money, and is covering up for him, while the rest of the family is shocked and dismayed at this turn of events. All eyes and ears are now on the decision of the Court, which will decide who is guilty in the eyes of the law.