Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai

Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai (transl. When One Falls in Love) is a 1961 Hindi-language musical comedy film that became a box office hit.[1] It was written, produced, and directed by Nasir Hussain. The first film Hussain ever produced, it featured Dev Anand and Hussain fixture Asha Parekh in the leading roles. Pran played the villain in the film and Rajindernath starred in a supporting role.[2]

Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai
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Directed byNasir Hussain
Written byNasir Hussain
Produced byNasir Hussain
StarringDev Anand
Asha Parekh
Pran
Rajendra Nath
CinematographyDilip Gupta
Edited byBabu Rao
Music byShankar Jaikishan
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office 1,80,00,000

Hussain would rework some of the elements from this film into a later film, Teesri Manzil (1966). This was also the only time that he used Shankar Jaikishan as music directors and Dev Anand in a leading role. The playback singers were Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar.[3]

In 2010, Shammi Kapoor revealed that Nasir Hussain had brazenly offered the film to him. Unhappy with his attitude, Kapoor declined the role. But he opined that this may have been an excuse by Hussain as he had already signed Dev Anand.[4]

Plot

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Nisha belongs to a very wealthy family of Neelgaon, India. She is now of marriageable age, and her businessman father, Sardar Roop Singh wants her to marry his friend's son, Sohan, but Nisha dislikes him. While traveling to Darjeeling with a dance troupe, she meets Popat Lal, the son of one of her father's business associates, and after a few misadventures, both fall in love with each other. She takes Popat to meet her father, where he can also finalize his business transaction, but when Roop comes inside, he finds that Popat has disappeared, and in his place is another man claiming to be the real Popat. Nisha's heart is broken and she starts to hate Popat. She does meet with Popat, who tells her that his real name is Sunder and both had been promised to each other by their respective parents, but Roop had subsequently changed his mind. Nisha believes him and agrees to marry him without her father's blessings. When the marriage is to take place, a man named Khanna comes over and tells Nisha that Sunder is already married to a woman named Shanti, who he subsequently killed, and had been the primary accused in this case by the police. Watch what impact this news has on the marriage, and see what excuses Sunder now comes up with.

Cast

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Soundtrack

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The music was by Shankar–Jaikishan, and the soundtrack was sung by Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar. The song lyrics were written by Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra.

The famous song "Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche" (used in Brahmachari (1968)) was written for this movie but was not included as Dev Anand rejected it.[citation needed]

Many of the songs went on to become classics and are still popular today, particularly, "Jiya O Jiya (Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai)" and "Teri Zulfon Se Judai," sung by Mohammed Rafi, were big hits, as was "Sau Saal Pehle," sung by Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar. "Sau Saal Pehle" was later used in the Tamil film Vallavanukku Vallavan as "Manam Ennum".[5]

In one scene, Popat Lal (Rajendra Nath) hums a song "Baba, Man Ki Aankhen Khol", which is originally from 1935 movie Dhoop Chhaon.

# Song Singer(s) Lyrics Picturized on
1 "Jiya O Jiya" Mohammed Rafi Hasrat Jaipuri Picturized on Dev Anand and Asha Parekh
2 "Yeh Aankhen Uff Yun Maa" Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar Hasrat Jaipuri Picturized on Dev Anand and Asha Parekh
3 "Sau Saal Pehle" Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar Hasrat Jaipuri Picturized on Dev Anand and Asha Parekh
4 "Tum Jaise Bigade Babu Se" Lata Mangeshkar Hasrat Jaipuri Picturized on Asha Parekh
5 "Teri Zulfon Se Judai" Mohammed Rafi Hasrat Jaipuri Picturized on Dev Anand and Asha Parekh
6 "Bin Dekhe Aur Bin Pehchane" Mohammad Rafi Shailendra Picturized on Dev Ananad
7 "Nazar Mere Dil Ke Paar Hui" Lata Mangeshkar Shailendra Picturized on Asha Parekh
8 "Jiya O Jiya" Lata Mangeshkar Hasrat Jaipuri Picturized on Dev Anand and Asha Parekh

References

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  1. ^ "Worth Their Weight in Gold! | Box Office India : India's premier film trade magazine | Bollywood news, reviews, interviews, box office collection". Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Revisiting Dev Anand-Asha Parekh's frothy romance, Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai". Rediff.
  3. ^ "Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai Movie: Showtimes, Review, Trailer, Posters, News & Videos | eTimes" – via timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  4. ^ Yahoo could have been Dev Anand - Shammi Kapoor Unplugged, retrieved 28 February 2022
  5. ^ Rangan, Baradwaj (5 October 2013). "Idharkuthane Aasaipattai Balakumara: The booze brothers". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
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