Mere Huzoor

Mere Huzoor

DVD Cover
Directed by Vinod Kumar
Produced by Malik Chand Kochar
Vinod Kumar
Written by Vinod Kumar
(story / screenplay / dialogues)
Hasrat Jaipuri (lyrics)
Starring Raaj Kumar
Mala Sinha
Jeetendra
Music by Shankar-Jaikishan
Cinematography Prakash Antra
Edited by Prabhakar Supare
Production
company
Movie Mughals
Distributed by Shemaroo Movies
Release dates
  • 26 October 1968 (1968-10-26)
Running time
 165 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi/Urdu

Mere Huzoor (English: My Lord) is a 1968 Hindi-Urdu romance drama film produced by Malik Chand Kochar, Vinod Kumar on Movie Mughals banner and directed by Vinod Kumar. Starring Raaj Kumar, Mala Sinha, Jeetendra in the lead roles and music composed by Shankar-Jaikishan.

Plot

Akhtar Hussain saves the life of Nawab Salim and earns his gratitude. Salim invites Akhtar to come to his palatial home, and Akhtar does so. On the way, he meets beautiful Sultanat, and falls in love with her. On arrival at Salim's house, Akhtar is treated with utmost respect, provided employment, and a place to live. Akhtar meets with Saltanat and both plan to get married. Unknown to them, Salim also loves Saltanat, but Saltanat rejects his advances, and proposal, leaving his heartbroken. Soon Saltanat and Akhtar get married and settle down. Saltanat soon gives birth to a son. Salim is very affectionate with this child and the child too grows to like Salim. Akhtar, meanwhile, has fallen in bad company, drinks alcohol, and romances a courtesan. When Saltanat finds out about this affair, she is outraged, and asks Akhtar to improve, but instead, Akhtar divorces her, leaving her and her child alone, homeless, and nowhere to turn to. Salim offers to assist her, but Saltanat thinks that Salim is to blame for the current situation, as he may have had a hand in bringing ruin upon herself and Akhtar just to get even for her not marrying him. Only time will tell who the real culprit, as the drama slowly unfolds over the years.

Cast

Soundtrack

The film score was by duo Shankar-Jaikishan with lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri .[1] Classical Raga Darbari Kanada was used for the fast-paced Kathak dance number, "Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baje Payaliya" sung by Manna Dey.[2] Dey later won the National Film Award for the song. Another song, "Rukh Se Zara Naqab Utha Do Mere Huzoor" was set on train, hence the music directors added train whistle and rhythms of a moving train into the song.[3] The muslim social film set in Lucknow,[4] "Rukh Se Zara Naqab Utha Do Mere Huzoor" sung by Mohammed Rafi and classical-based dance number, "Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baje Payaliya" sung by Manna Dey, which won him the 1968 National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.[5]

# Title Singer(s) Duration
1 "Woh Khushi Mili Hain" Mohammed Rafi 03:48
2 "Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baje" Manna Dey 06:51
3 "Rukh Se Zara Naqab Utha Do" Mohammed Rafi 04:42
4 "Gham Uthane Ke Liye" Mohammed Rafi 04:09
5 "Aap Ki Khatir" Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar 04:24
6 "Allah Allah Wo Le Gaya" Lata Mangeshkar 05:09
7 "Meri Jaan Apne Ashiq Ko" Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi 03:40

References

  1. ↑ "Songs from the Movie Mere Huzoor (1968)". Retrieved 2014-09-30.
  2. ↑ Bharatan, Raju (1 September 2010). A Journey Down Melody Lane. Hay House, Inc. pp. 175–. ISBN 978-93-81398-05-0.
  3. ↑ Ranade, Ashok Damodar (1 January 2006). Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries. Bibliophile South Asia. pp. 275–. ISBN 978-81-85002-64-4.
  4. ↑ Sardar, Ziauddin; Yassin-Kassab, Robin (2013). Critical Muslim 05: Love and Death. Hurst. pp. 249–. ISBN 978-1-84904-382-3.
  5. ↑ "16th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2014.

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