Mehrban

Mehrban
Poster
Directed by A. Bhimsingh
Produced by A. V. Meiyappan
Screenplay by A. Bhimsingh
Starring Ashok Kumar
Mehmood
Nutan
Sunil Dutt
Jayanti
Padma
Shashikala
Shyama
Sulochana
Music by Ravi
Cinematography A. Vincent
Edited by A. Paul Duraisingam
Production
company
Distributed by Vidyut
Release date
  • 21 April 1967 (1967-04-21)
Running time
 164 minutes[1]
Country India
Language Hindi

Mehrban (lit. The Merciful) is a 1967 Indian Hindi-language film written and directed by A. Bhimsingh, and produced by A. V. Meiyappan. It is a remake of Bhimsingh's own Tamil film Padikkadha Medhai (1960) which itself was a remake of the Bengali film Jog Biyog.[2] The film stars Ashok Kumar, Mehmood, Nutan, Sunil Dutt, Jayanti, Padma, Shashikala, Shyama and Sulochana.[1][3]

Plot

Shanti Swarup, a wealthy businessman, lives with his three sons Ram, Shyam, and Sunder; his wife Parvati; widowed sister Devki; unmarried daughter Geeta; and servant Kanhaiya. Parvati wants Sunder to marry Laxmi, the daughter of a formerly rich man, but Sunder instead chooses to marry a maid named Rachna. As a result, Laxmi marries Kanhaiya. Shanti arranges for Geeta to marry his Ramesh, the son of his friend Lala Karamchand. Financial losses cause Shanti to lose all his wealth. Ram and Shyam refuse to help him at all, and Karamchand cancels the impending marriage. Disheartened, depressed and unable to face anyone, Shanti dies. Even as his palatial house is to be auctioned by Karamchand, who is voracious, a devastated Parvati is on her deathbed as she cannot think of living anywhere else, and only a miracle can save the now ruined family.

Cast

Production

Mehrban was written and directed by A. Bhimsingh and produced by A. V. Meiyappan under AVM Productions.[1] It was remade from the 1960 Tamil film Padikkadha Medhai, also directed by Bhimsingh.[4] The dialogues were written by Rajendra Krishan. A. K. Sekhar was the art director, A. Paul Duraisingam was the editor, and A. Vincent was cinematographer.[1]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Ravi and the lyrics by Rajinder Krishan.[5]

No.TitleSingersLength
1."Aye Mere Dost"Mohammed Rafi 
2."Saari Duniyamen"Lata Mangeshkar 
3."Aayega Aayega"Mohammed Rafi 
4."Title Music" (Instrumental)  
5."Ek Raja Ki"Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi 
6."Mera Gadha"Mohammed Rafi 
7."Sawan Ki Raat"Asha Bhosle 
8."Theme Music" (Instrumental)  

Release

Mehrban was released on 21 April 1967,[4][6] and was distributed by Vidyut.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Elley 1977, p. 270.
  2. ↑ Vamanan (23 April 2018). "Tamil cinema's Bong connection". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  3. ↑ "Mehrban 1967". Osianama. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  4. 1 2 Saravanan 2013, p. 193.
  5. ↑ Ravi. "Mehrban". Discogs. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  6. ↑ "Movies from AVM Productions". AVM Productions. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 2018-08-28.

Bibliography

  • Elley, Derek (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press.
  • Saravanan, M. (2013) [2005]. AVM 60 cinema (in Tamil) (3rd ed.). Rajarajan Pathippagam.
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