Char Dil Char Rahen
Char Dil Char Rahen | |
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Directed by | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas |
Written by | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas[1] Inder Raj Anand V. P. Sathe |
Screenplay by | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas |
Based on | Char Dil Char Rahen |
Produced by | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas |
Starring | Raj Kapoor Ajit Shammi Kapoor Meena Kumari Nimmi |
Cinematography | S. Ramachandra |
Music by | Anil Biswas Sahir Ludhianvi |
Production company | Naya Sansar |
Release date | 1959 |
Running time | 160 min. |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Box office | est. ₹52.7 million ($11 million) |
Char Dil Char Rahen (English title: Four Hearts, Four Roads) is a
Plot
Three young man Govinda (
Cast
- Raj Kapoor as Govinda
- Ajit as Dilawar
- Shammi Kapoor as Johny Braganza
- Meena Kumari as Chavli
- Kumkum as Stella D'Souza
- Nimmi as Pyari
- Anwar Hussain as Nawab Saab
- David Abrahamas Ferreira
- Nana Palsikaras Pujariji
- Achala Sachdev
- P. Jairaj as Nirmal Kumar
- Rashid Khan
- Kumari Naaz (as Baby Naaz)
Soundtrack
{{Music in the film was given by Anil Biswas, with lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi.
"Kachhi hai umariya" Meena Kapoor
"Nahi kiya to karke dekh" Mukesh
"Kadam kadam se Dil se dil " Mukesh, Mahendra Kapoor, Meena Kapoor
"Intezar aur abhi aur abhi " Lata Mangeshkar
"Koyi maane na maane" Lata Mangeshkar
"Koyi dil koyi chahat se " Lata Mangeshkar
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Box office
It was released simultaneously with other big films, Devendra Goel's
However, it later went on to become an
Controversy
Shammi Kapoor received a legal notice from director Abbas when he refused to act for one of the songs in the film, and many other controversies with the stars of that era caused director Abbas to vow to stop making movies with mainstream movie stars.[2]
Notes
References
- IMDb
- ^ a b "Char Dil Char Rahen (1959)". The Hindu. 6 March 2009. Retrieved 21 February 2018 – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ 1959: Year that was Archived 11 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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- ^ "Boxofficeindia.com". 30 October 2013. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
External links
- Char Dil Char Rahen at IMDb