Amar Prem
Directed by	Shakti Samanta
Produced by	Shakti Samanta
Written by	Bibhuti Bhushan Banerji (Story), Arvind Mukherjee (screenplay), Ramesh Pant (Dialogue)
Starring	Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Vinod Mehra, Madan Puri
Music by	Rahul Dev Burman
Released	1971
Language	Hindi
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Amar Prem (English: Eternal Love) is a 1971 Bollywood film starring Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore, Vinod Mehra and Madan Puri. It was directed by Shakti Samanta. TRIVIA: Born in Bengal on 13th January 1926. ... TRIVIA: Born in Bengal on 13th January 1926. ... Rajesh Khanna (Born Jatin Khanna on December 29, 1942 in Amritsar) is an Indian Bollywood actor, now active in politics. ... Sharmila Tagore is a renowned Indian movie actress, who as of April 2005 heads the Indian Film Censor Board. ... Madan Puri had a film acting career ,spanned over 50 years and reached the 400 movie mark. ... This article needs cleanup. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... Typical Bollywood movie poster—Devdas (2002) Bollywood (Hindi: बॉलीवुड) is the informal name given to the popular Mumbai-based Hindi language film industry in India. ... Rajesh Khanna (Born Jatin Khanna on December 29, 1942 in Amritsar) is an Indian Bollywood actor, now active in politics. ... Sharmila Tagore is a renowned Indian movie actress, who as of April 2005 heads the Indian Film Censor Board. ... Madan Puri had a film acting career ,spanned over 50 years and reached the 400 movie mark. ... TRIVIA: Born in Bengal on 13th January 1926. ...

The movie is a remake of a Bengali movie, by the same director. The film sentimental and has great music by RD_Burman and sung by famous playback singers Kishore Kumar, RD Burman's father S D Burman and Lata Mangeshkar, and the lyrics are by Anand Bakshi. This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar (August 4, 1929 - October 13, 1987), born as Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was a Bollywood film playback singer (Hindi, Bangla, Marathi, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Oriya) and actor of Bengali Indian origin. ... Sachin Dev Burman (1906 - 1975) was one of the most famous Bollywood music composers. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Anand Bakshi was an Indian poet and lyricist writer born in Rawalpindi in 1920 in pre-partitoned India, now Pakistan. ...

Synopsis

Pushpa (Sharmila Tagore) is sold to a brothel in Calcutta by her village-uncle, Nepali Babu Madan Puri. On her audition at the brothel, Anand Babu Rajesh Khanna, a business man seeking love, is atracted by her singing. Anand Babu is unhappily married, and lonely and becomes her regular and exclusive customer as love blossoms. Sharmila Tagore is a renowned Indian movie actress, who as of April 2005 heads the Indian Film Censor Board. ... This article is on Calcutta/Kolkata, the city. ... Madan Puri had a film acting career ,spanned over 50 years and reached the 400 movie mark. ... Rajesh Khanna (Born Jatin Khanna on December 29, 1942 in Amritsar) is an Indian Bollywood actor, now active in politics. ...

Later a widowed man with his family, from the same village as her, moves in close too Pushpa's place. The new neighbour's son, Nandu Vinod Mehra doesn't get any love at home, as his father works all the time and his step mother doesn't care about him. Pushpa starts treating Nandu as her own son when she gets to know that he is from the same village as her.

The story evolves aroun Pushpa's great love for both Anand Babu and Nandu, and how circumstances stops her from meeting them, as people and society prejudges Pushpa.

Cast

• Rajesh Khanna ... Anand Babu
• Sharmila Tagore ... Pushpa
• Vinod Mehra ... Nandu - Nandkishore Sharma
• Madan Puri ... Nepali Babu
• Bindu ... Kamla Sharma
• Sujit Kumar ... Sharma

Rajesh Khanna (Born Jatin Khanna on December 29, 1942 in Amritsar) is an Indian Bollywood actor, now active in politics. ... Sharmila Tagore is a renowned Indian movie actress, who as of April 2005 heads the Indian Film Censor Board. ... Madan Puri had a film acting career ,spanned over 50 years and reached the 400 movie mark. ... Bindu was an Indian actress during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. ...

Awards

Amar Prem won 3 Filmfare Awards for: The filmfare award. ...

• Best Dialogue: Ramesh Pant
• Best Screenplay: Arvind Mukherjee
• Best Sound Recording: Jehzngir Nowroji

and was nominated for another 3 Filmfare Awards: The filmfare award. ...

• Best Actor: Rajesh Khanna
• Best Lyricist: Anand Bakshi - Chingari Koi Bhadke
• Best Singer Male: Kishore Kumar - Chingari Koi Bhadke

Songs

• Doli mein bithai ke.....S D Burman
• Raina beeti jaye........Lata Mangeshkar
• Chingari koi bhadke.....Kishore Kumar
• Kuchh toh log kahenge...Kishore Kumar
• Yeh kya hua.............Kishore Kumar
• Bada natkhat hai yeh....Lata Mangeshkar

External links

• review with pictures
• IMDB listing
• The Magic of Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila and Amar Prem
• Songs
• Lyrics