Mere Mehboob

Mere Mehboob
Film poster
Directed by	Harnam Singh Rawail
Produced by	Harnam Singh Rawail
Starring	Rajendra Kumar Ashok Kumar Sadhana Shivdasani Ameeta Nimmi Pran Johnny Walker
Music by	Naushad
Release dates	1963
Running time	164 min.
Country	India
Language	Urdu-Hindi

Mere Mehboob ('My Lover') is a 1963 Indian film directed by Harnam Singh Rawail and starring Rajendra Kumar, Sadhana Shivdasani, Ashok Kumar, Nimmi, Pran, Johnny Walker and Ameeta. The film became a big hit and took the number one position at the box office in 1963.^[1] The movie drew a background from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh and traditional Lucknow. The famous song "Mere Mehboob Tujhe Mere" was shot in the University Hall and in a couple of places one gets to see the university. The opening scene of the movie shows the famous residential hall and the associated clock tower 'Victoria Gate'.

Plot

While studying in Aligarh Muslim University, Anwar Hussain Anwar falls in love with a veiled woman and is unable to get her out of his mind. En route to Lucknow, they meet with Nawab Buland Akhtar Changezi, and subsequently meet with him a few days later so that he can use his influence to secure an editor's job for Anwar with a magazine. Nawab then asks Anwar to teach his sister, Husna, some poetry, to which he agrees, and eventually finds that she is the very same veiled woman. Both fall in love with each other and the Nawab approves of this alliance even though Anwar lives a poor lifestyle. The formal engagement ceremony takes place and arrangements are made for the wedding to take place soon. The heavily indebted Nawab does not realize that soon he will find Anwar in the company of a lowly courtesan, Najma; and pressure will be brought on him to get Husna to marry wealthy Munne Raja - who is all set to auction the former's mansion as well as belongings.

Cast

• Rajendra Kumar as Anwar Hussain
• Sadhana Shivdasani as Husna Begum
• Mumtaz Begum as Munne's Chachi
• Johny Walker
• Ashok Kumar- as Nawab Buland Akhtar sahib
• Pran- as Munne Raja
• Nimmi as Nazma

Awards and nominations

National Film Awards

• 1963: Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film in Hindi^[2]

Filmfare Awards

• Filmfare Best Art Direction Award-Sudhendu Roy^[3]
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Supporting Actor-Johnny Walker
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Supporting Actress-Ameeta
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Supporting Actress-Nimmi
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Music Director-Naushad
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Lyricist-Shakeel Badayuni for the song "Mere Mehboob Tujhe Mere"
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Playback Singer-Mohd. Rafi for the song "Mere Mehboob Tujhe Mere"

Music

Mere Mehboob
Soundtrack album by Naushad
Released	1963
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	EMI
Naushad chronology
Son of India (1961) Mere Mehboob (1963) Leader (1964)

The soundtrack for the movie was composed by Naushad and lyrics penned by Shakeel Badayuni. The soundtrack consists of 9 songs, featuring vocals by Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. The song Mere Mehboob Tujhe became very much popular upon release. The song composed on raga Jhinjhoti, was later slightly adapted into Malayalam by M. S. Baburaj, to give two all-time classic songs, "Thamasamenthe Varuvaan" (from Bhargavi Nilayam) and "Pranasakhi Njan Verumoru" (from Pareeksha).^[4] These songs were selected by Naushad as one of the few of his favourite songs when he visited Baburaj Music Academy in 1988.

Audio listing

References

1. ↑ http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/
2. ↑ "11th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Retrieved 13 September 2011. 
3. ↑ List of Filmfare Awards
4. ↑ http://www.mysticswara.com/baburaj.aspx

External links

• Mere Mehboob at the Internet Movie Database