52-565: Amar Prem ( transl. Immortal Love ) is a 1972 Indian Hindi romantic drama film directed by Shakti Samanta . It is a remake of the Bengali film Nishi Padma (1970), directed by Arabinda Mukherjee , who wrote screenplay for both the films based on the Bengali short story Hinger Kochuri by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay . The film portrays the decline of human values and relationships and contrasts it by presenting an illustrious example of
104-406: A baby girl, but Dinu abducted her, intending to kill her so that Rajiv will be the sole heir to Rani Maa's wealth. However, on the way, Dinu tripped and fell, and loses his eyesight, so he does not kill the girl. Rajiv is shocked at the revelation, but more so is Rani Maa, who had assumed that her baby girl was still-born. Before Karuna can say who the girl is, she dies. Shyamlal informs the two that
156-437: A bonus of 5 lakh rupees for all the workers, annoying his mother. A servant at the house, Karuna (Mridula Rani), suggests marrying him off to stop his immature antics, to which Rani Maa agrees. Her manager, Shyamlal, arranges for her to meet some girls, as she insists that Rajiv will marry a girl of her choice. Rajiv returns home and sees all the girls – he correctly surmises that his mother wants him to marry, and he pretends to be
208-408: A boy's innocent love for a neighbourhood tawaif (courtesan). The movie is about a school boy, who is ill-treated by his step mother, and becomes friends with a courtesan neighbour. The film stars Sharmila Tagore playing a hooker with a heart of gold , with Rajesh Khanna in the role of a lonely businessman and Vinod Mehra as adult Nandu, the young child, who they both come to care for. The film
260-577: A businessman trapped in a bad marriage, whose wife is constantly busy in beauty-parlours and parties, and seeks company in Pushpa and alcohol. Pushpa, herself lonely, fulfills her maternal instincts through Nandu, a young boy in the neighbourhood, often ill-treated by his step mother. Thus three lonely people become surrogates for each other and create their own family unit, even though briefly, as Anand Babu defines it, "Koi agar apna na hoke bhi bahut apna ho, toh ise kya kehte hain? Bahut pyara rishta, na?" (If someone
312-504: A classic, and later Burman called it his "best lesson in music" from his father. Finally, Burman roped in his father, S. D. Burman to sing "Doli Mein Bithai Ke Kahaar" in his typical bardic voice, and the song which appears twice in the film, was to become one of the most memorable songs of his career as a playback singer. The song "Kuchh Toh Log Kahenge" is considered to be one of the most loved filmi songs of all time. Prior to
364-516: A far more realistic and feisty prostitute in Gulzar , directed, Mausam (1975), meanwhile, B.R. Ishara had already made the bold film Chetna (1970), with Rehana Sultan , clearly ringing in the end of monochromatic filmi-version of prostitutes and courtesans, which was seen in films like Bimal Roy 's Devdas (1955), B. R. Chopra 's Sadhna (1958) and even in Guru Dutt 's classic Pyaasa . As
416-468: A few days. Dinu returns home and Champa questions him. He lies to her at first, but when Rajiv drops a hint that he is the son that Dinu had sold all those years ago, the latter hugs him and admits that Champa is not his daughter. Rani Maa comes in and finds Champa, and the two embrace. Mohan arrives with his goons and decides to forcibly marry Champa. Dinu tries to stop him, but Mohan beats him badly. The goons tie Rajiv up and then take Rani Maa and Champa to
468-455: A fight, and the police come to take the latter away. The film ends with a shot of Rajiv and Champa, happily married, driving away in his car. Sujata, Neeta, Samar Chatterji, Aruna, Hamida, Sabita, Pradeep Chowdhry, Shukla The film's shooting was stalled for 21 days due to incessant heavy rains in Kashmir. After weather cleared, it didn't rain for the next 25 days, and the entire Kashmir schedule
520-440: A girl who sells flowers for a living. He buys her flowers for 20 rupees when they are priced at 5, and tells her that he is not the owner, but the driver. Soon enough, after a few misadventures, they fall in love and decide to marry, but there are a few obstacles. First of all, Mohan ( Pran ), the forest manager, has loaned out some money to Champa's father, Dinu ( Nazir Hussain ), and he insists on marrying Champa if Dinu cannot repay
572-402: A government engineer posted in the same town. Anand Babu meets Pushpa, now working as a maidservant who is ill-treated and they both reconcile. Nandu unsuccessfully searches for her and gives up after inquiring in the neighbourhood. Nandu's son gets sick and they go to the same doctor. Meanwhile, having met Pushpa, Anand Babu decides to catch up with all his old friends and meets the doctor. During
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#1732890535153624-473: A mother. This genre was in direct contrast with similar maternal melodrama of 1930s Hollywood, where the abandoned mother often disappeared into oblivion and destitution; it continued in Hindi cinema for another decade, before the "avenging heroine" marked her entry and the women narratives began to change. The film also deals with the theme of urban melancholy, of the bhadralok , the gentlefolk, through Anand Babu,
676-485: A mute who walks with a limp in order to chase all the prospective suitors off. His plan succeeds, although he is in a dilemma as his mother is furious at him. One of his friends suggests that he should go away to their bungalow in Kashmir – after all, Rani Maa never goes there. Upon arrival in Kashmir, he finds that his estate manager, Bholaram ( Dhumal ), has made a hotel out of their bungalow and has rented out some rooms for
728-474: A trunk call from his mother, and he is informed that Karuna is seriously ill. After telling Bholaram to explain everything to Champa, he leaves for Bombay, and finds Karuna on her deathbed, with Rani Maa at her side. Karuna tells Rajiv that he is not the real son of Rani Maa and that his biological father is none other than her brother, Dinu. Many years ago, Dinu had sold him off to Karuna for alcohol, and Rani Maa had taken him in. Soon after, Rani Maa gave birth to
780-633: Is a list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1972: The top ten grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1972: Kashmir Ki Kali Kashmir Ki Kali ( lit. ' The Bud of Kashmir ' ) is a 1964 Indian Hindi-language romance film directed by Shakti Samanta . The film stars Shammi Kapoor , Sharmila Tagore in her Hindi movie debut role, Pran , Dhumal , Nazir Hussain and Anoop Kumar . The music
832-536: Is also conveyed with the use of symbolism like the handful of mud being taken from Pushpa's brothel grounds to make goddess Durga idols prior to the annual Durga Puja festival, a popular festival of goddess worship. Further towards the end of the film, her purity is compared with that of the Ganges itself by Anand Babu, when she finally visits the banks of Hooghly river, a distributary of the sacred Ganges River to break her bangles after her ill-treating husband dies; and in
884-577: Is bound to you in spite of not being related to you, isn't that a lovely relationship?) Also through his song, Kuch To Log Kahenge , Anand Babu mocks society's moral judgement and hypocrisy, as he consoles a despondent Pushpa by singing, "Sita bhi yahan badnaam hui" (Even Sita (King Rama 's wife in Ramayana ) was insulted here) relating to an episode in epic, where in Sita having returned from captivity of demon king Ravana , she had to prove her purity, and even then
936-468: Is expelled from her house by her husband and his new wife. When she refuses to leave, her husband beats her and throws her out. She goes to her mother for help, but her mother too disowns her. When she tries to commit suicide, she is sold to a kotha (brothel) in Calcutta by her village-uncle, Nepal Babu. On her audition at the kotha, Anand Babu, a businessman seeking love, is attracted by her singing. Anand Babu
988-502: Is mistreated at home, and often goes hungry. Nandu also comes to love Pushpa and starts to regard her as his mother. He visits her every day and comes upon Anand Babu, who also becomes fond of him becoming a father figure, calling him Pushpa's son, seeing the way Pushpa loves the child. One day, Anand Babu's brother-in-law comes to see Pushpa and demands that she tell Anand Babu to stop visiting her. With great reluctance, Pushpa agrees and she turns Anand Babu away when he comes to see her. It
1040-399: Is noted for its music by R. D. Burman ; numbers sung by playback singers like Kishore Kumar , R.D. Burman's father S.D. Burman and Lata Mangeshkar ; lyrics were by Anand Bakshi . The songs and soundtrack written by Anand Bakshi and sung by Kishore Kumar were well-received, with Chingaari Koi Bhadke topping at 5th position on the year-end chart Binaca Geetmala annual list 1972 . Pushpa
1092-427: Is passing, Shyam (Krishna) hasn't arrived), calling on to Krishna; however in many part of the film she is treated by her environment as common prostitute. This blurring in representation of a courtesan and a common prostitute has been a recurrent feature in mainstream Bollywood cinema, just as the theme of the fallen woman is. However, things were changing rapidly, only a few years later, Sharmila Tagore herself portrayed
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#17328905351531144-401: Is then that the businessman realises that he is in love with Pushpa. When Nandu suffers from fever and his treatment is too expensive, Pushpa asks Anand Babu for help and he secretly finances the treatment and does not let anybody know. When the doctor asks him why is he so keen on helping Nandu, he replies some relationships have no names. However, when Nandu's father asks the doctor who paid for
1196-460: Is tricked into prostitution. Thus the fallen women ends up as courtesan , with a heart of gold ; though the original version Nishi Padma (1970), clearly portrays her as a common prostitute, in Samanta's version she is a tawaif who sings to her customers for a living. As Pushpa is introduced to the audience singing a genteel mystic Meera Bai -like bhajan , Raina Beeti Jai, Shyam Na Aaye (Night
1248-556: Is unhappily married and lonely and becomes her regular and exclusive visitor 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, does not get any love at home, as his father works all the time and his stepmother does not care about him. Nandu's father learns about Pushpa's new life and forbids her from interacting with him and his family as he fears what people would say. However, Pushpa starts treating Nandu as her own son when she realises that he
1300-527: The Apu Trilogy . Shakti Samanta asked Mukherjee who also wrote Nishi Padma ' s screenplay to write a Hindi version, with Ramesh Pant, a longtime-collaborator with Samanta penning the Hindi dialogues. The famous dialogue, "Pushpa, I hate tears" though also there in the original, was merely part of a dialogue, Samanta decided to use it to great effect, delivered in Rajesh Khanna's trademark style. Later, both
1352-434: The 1960s, with Aradhana (1969) and Kati Patang (1971), Samanta had entered the phase of emotional dramas in his career. Nishi Padma (Night Flower, 1970), for night-flowering-jasmine, was made by Arabinda Mukherjee with Uttam Kumar and Sabitri Chatterjee as leads. When Samanta saw the film, he was so impressed by the performance of Uttam Kumar, that he decided to remake it. However, he decided to make some changes in
1404-720: The best scores of his career, with hits like "Chingaari Koi Bhadke", "Kuchh Toh Log Kahenge", "Yeh Kya Hua" sung by Kishore Kumar and "Raina beeti jaaye" by Lata Mangheskar. Won Nominated After the film's success, the Rajesh Khanna–Sharmila Tagore pair, which had already achieved success in Aradhana (1969), worked again in Yash Chopra 's Daag (1973) and Basu Bhattacharya 's Avishkaar (1974), besides films like Chhoti Bahu (1971), Maalik (1972) and Raja Rani (1973). Today, they are still considered one of
1456-463: The conversation, he reveals that he has stopped drinking and visiting brothels once he left Pushpa. He also tells him that he is now divorced/separated due to his wife's partying ways, but is finally at peace and is happy with Pushpa's love and affection in his heart. They talk about Nandu and the Doctor informs him that Nandu is in town. Nandu meets Anand Babu when he comes to meet the doctor to ask regarding
1508-437: The crew filming in knee-deep water. Samanta has been using music directors like O. P. Nayyar and Shankar-Jaikishen , but chose R. D. Burman once again after Kati Patang (1971), who also laboured to produce one of his best scores; later in an interview Samanta recalled: "Pancham (R. D. Burman) would go into his room and work from 9 o'clock in the morning till 9 o'clock in the night for Amar Prem." Amar Prem takes forward
1560-449: The day Karuna fell ill, a man from Kashmir had come to see her and asked about Rani Maa's girl, but Karuna hadn't told him anything. The man turns out to be Mohan. Rajiv and Rani Maa head back to Kashmir to find out who the girl is, and Rajiv, acting on a tip from Bholaram, goes to confront Mohan. He beats Mohan unconscious, and Mohan's friend tells Rajiv who the girl is – Champa. He goes to find her and finds out that she will marry Mohan in
1612-488: The debt. Things become complicated when Mohan finds out that Dinu is not Champa's real father, and he blackmails Dinu into getting Champa married to him, or else he will let out the secret to Champa. Champa still continues to meet Rajiv on the sly, but all of that comes to an end when three girls, who are tenants in his house, reveal in her presence that he is not the driver, but the owner of the estate. Feeling betrayed, Champa runs off. Before Rajiv can go after her, he receives
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1664-504: The fashion trends of the time, the puff-sleeved blouses, which were first seen on Devika Rani in the 1950s were revived again after Tagore's character Pushpa wore them through the film. In July 2009, after Samanta's death in April of the same year, Amar Prem was the inaugural film of a retrospective on Shakti Samanta Films organised in Delhi. List of Hindi films of 1972 The following
1716-421: The film and the rest 2 songs (both are solo songs by Asha Bhosle ) are edited from the film, but Audio of those songs are available. All songs are romantic and were picturized on both Shammi Kapoor and Sharmila Tagore . Originally Shankar–Jaikishan were chosen to compose the music score for the film but when O. P. Nayyar made Shammi Kapoor to listen to some of his compositions he was immediately chosen as
1768-432: The film evolves, Pushpa is no longer the fallen woman; she is not just redeemed — Anand Babu tells her, Tumne is kamre ko mandir bana diya (You have turned this room into a temple) – but in the end is deified , as she chooses to relinquish her profession and makes a living washing utensils, quietly suffering societal and psychological abuses all through the film, instead of fighting back or standing up for herself. This
1820-446: The leading on-screen romantic couples in the 100 years of India cinema. Rajesh Khanna's dialogue "Pushpa, I hate tears", which appeared five times in the film, was not only parodied over the years, but also went on to become one of the epic dialogues of Indian cinema. Apart from her work with Satyajit Ray, lead actress Tagore's films with Samanta including Amar Prem , defined her screen image for her career. The film's success also affected
1872-471: The medicine, who takes him to meet Pushpa. Both of them, unable to see Pushpa ill-treated, stand up for her and in the end Nandu takes Pushpa home with him, like a son who is reunited with his long lost mother with Anand Babu looking on, crying happily. After making entertainers like China Town (1962), Ek Raaz (1963), Kashmir Ki Kali (1964), Sawan Ki Ghata (1966) and An Evening in Paris (1967) through
1924-512: The nautch-girl she plays. Her motherly instincts have been aroused by that kid. Your tune therefore must communicate all the agony of the nautch-girl wanting to be the mother she can never be. Do it again, your way, but with the moving human situation in mind." Thus R.D. Burman made a tune in Raga Khamaj , which Lata Mangeshkar too sang with marked emotional clarity and abandon, who is usually prone let her technical dexterity outshine. The song became
1976-466: The popular genre of self-sacrificing mother or woman prevalent in the decade as seen in Aradhana (1969) and Kati Patang (1971), though seen as early as in 1957 in Mother India , though here it places a wronged wife Pushpa in the narrative. When her husband marries the second time, due to her apparent infertility, she is kicked out of her home, her mother and community both abandon her, subsequently she
2028-593: The release of the film, a special show was organised in Delhi, where Gen Sam Manekshaw invited the cast, however the next day a blackout was declared, as the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 had begun. Though 1972 was a year of the big films Pakeezah , Dushman and Beimaan , upon its release, Amar Prem was eighth amongst Khanna's top releases in the year. Samanta achieved a hat-trick of hits with Rajesh Khanna , which started with Aradhana (1969) and Kati Patang (1971). The music by R. D. Burman proved one of
2080-547: The script. The original film was based on the Bengali short story Hinger Kochuri , written by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay ,. The title derives its name from a typical Bengali late afternoon snack, kachori , made with of fried dough stuffed with lentils, and hing ( asafoetida ). The story was first published in Bandopadhyay's short story collection, Galpa Panchashat (Fifty Stories, 1956). His stories had previously been adapted by Satyajit Ray as Pather Panchali (1955) and
2132-465: The season. He tells the tenants that he is Rajiv Lal, although when he meets Bholaram, the latter informs him that Rani Maa had called him, and told him not to let Rajiv stay at the bungalow, should he come. Rajiv manages to convince Bholaram to tell Rani Maa that he is not there. Bholaram tells the tenants in the house that Rajiv is mad, and in his madness, thinks that he is the real owner of the estate. The next day, Rajiv meets Champa ( Sharmila Tagore ),
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2184-549: The treatment, the doctor says that his mother did. Then Nandu's father discovers that it was Pushpa who saved her son's life and he thanks her and gives her the sari that he had bought for his wife, telling her that it was a gift from a brother to a sister. A touched Pushpa accepts. Nandu's family has to move to the village and Nandu plants a sapling of night-flowering jasmine ( Harsingaar or Parijat ) at Pushpa's home, making her promise to always take care of it. Pushpa cries and agrees. Several years later, Nandu grows up to become
2236-517: The very end, the juxtaposition of the home-coming of Durga idols used in Durga Puja festival just as Nandu is taking Pushpa home. This makes her a veritable model for womanhood, although conservative and affirming patriarchal traditions. The fallen woman, solely longs to marry the man, but in vain, Pushpa too is reunited with Anand Babu in the end, however this is only a momentary meeting, and Anand Babu suggests she goes home with her foster son, Nandu as
2288-570: The wedding venue forcibly. Back at Rajiv's bungalow, Chander ( Anoop Kumar ), Rajiv's friend, and Shyamlal decide to go after them and see why they are taking so long. Rajiv manages to escape from his captors, but Dinu is still unconscious. He meets with Chander and Shyamlal on the way and tells them to get the police while he goes after Mohan. He breaks into Mohan's hideout and stops the wedding ceremony. A fight ensues, and Mohan runs off, Rajiv hot on his tail. The police arrive soon after and arrests all of Mohan's goons. Meanwhile, Rajiv and Mohan get into
2340-426: The writers of the film won Filmfare Awards in their respective categories. Once the script was ready, Samanta approached Sharmila Tagore, with whom he had done a string of films, like Kashmir Ki Kali (1964), An Evening in Paris (1967) and most recently Aradhana (1969), with Rajesh Khanna. Tagore found her character "Pushpa", "a very strong role in the iconic mould of Mother India " and instantly agreed, thus it
2392-463: Was banished by Rama to the forest. The score and soundtrack for film was composed by R.D.Burman , with lyrics by Anand Bakshi . The soundtrack was melody based, which gave Lata Mangeshkar her finest classical solo of the decade, Raina Beti Jaaye , set in an unusual blend of two Ragas , Todi in mukhara or the opening verse and Khamaj in the antara . Burman had heard his father, music composer S. D. Burman sing, Bela Boye Jaye , which he said
2444-650: Was completed. Recommended by film's lead Shammi Kapoor himself, originally duo Shankar–Jaikishan were to compose film's music, however veteran composer OP Nayyar invited Samanta to listen to some tunes, which he liked. Eventually 12 were selected for the film, and the remainder were used in Sawan Ki Ghata (1966). The film's music was composed by O. P. Nayyar , and the lyrics were penned by S. H. Bihari . Mohammed Rafi sang four solos for Shammi Kapoor and three duets with Asha Bhosle . There are total 9 songs in this film soundtrack, out of which 7 songs are picturised on
2496-462: Was composed by O.P. Nayyar and the lyrics penned by S.H. Bihari . It became the sixth-highest-grossing film of the year and was declared a hit at the box office. The film was remade in Telugu as Srungara Ramudu . Wealthy and pampered Rajiv Lal ( Shammi Kapoor ) is the only son of widowed Rani Maa. At the silver jubilee anniversary of the mill that his father, the late Sanjiv Lal opened, he announces
2548-402: Was giving final touches to the tune, his father heard the tune, and asked for the precise description of situation. On listening to the situation, he expressed his dismay as not doing justice to the situation, as R.D. Burman recounted in a later interview, "But where's the composer in you in this tune, Pancham (Burman's nickname)?" and went on to explain: "..For Sharmila here is something more than
2600-473: Was on his mind, while composing the song. Bakshi's lyrics, created a Meera bhajan-like idiom for the song, employing the Krishna - Radha motif. However, when it came to "Bada Natkhat hai Re Krishna Kanhaiyya", things took a different turn when his father, veteran music director, S. D. Burman intervened and asked Burman to redo the tune. Burman was given the brief of "usual bhajan situation" by Samanta, later as he
2652-611: Was one of the first films she signed on after the birth of her son Saif Ali Khan . For the role Anand, actor Raaj Kumar was Samanta's first choice, as he believed Khanna who had become a super star after the hit Aradhana , wouldn't be interested in doing a film that focussed on the female lead. However, Khanna convinced Samanta that would do justice to the role. However, Khanna changed the character's name from Ananta to Anand to draw connection to his character in Hrishikesh Mukherjee 's critically acclaimed Anand (1971). The film
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#17328905351532704-610: Was shot in Eastmancolor , entirely at Natraj Studios in Mumbai, including the famous song, Chingari koi bhadke , which was set on a boat on the Hooghly River , with Howrah Bridge of Kolkata in the background. Earlier authorities in Kolkata didn't give the film crew permission to shoot under the bridge, as it would be a crowd problem. Thus the song was shot in a water tank in the studio, with
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