Mehrban

Mehrban (transl. 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 1953 Bengali film Jog Biyog based on the novel of the same name by Ashapoorna Devi.[2] The film stars Ashok Kumar, Mehmood, Nutan, Sunil Dutt, Jayanti, Padma, Shashikala, Shyama and Sulochana.[1][3]

For the 1993 film, see Meherbaan.

Mehrban
Poster
Directed byA. Bhimsingh
Produced byA. V. Meiyappan
Screenplay byA. Bhimsingh
StarringAshok Kumar
Mehmood
Nutan
Sunil Dutt
Jayanti
Padma
Shashikala
Shyama
Sulochana
Music byRavi
CinematographyA. Vincent
Edited byA. Paul Duraisingam
Production
company
Distributed byVidyut
Release date
  • 21 April 1967 (1967-04-21)
Running time
164 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

Shanti Swarup, a wealthy businessman, lives with his three sons Ram, Shyam, and Sunder; his wife Parvati; widowed daughter Devki; unmarried daughter Geeta; and adopted orphan Kanhaiya. Kanhaiya is raised as Shanti Swarup's family member and he in return is very dedicated to this family, especially his adopters – Shanti and Parvati. They come across Laxmi whose parents, known to the Swarups, died and so they also bring Laxmi into their family. Parvati wants Sunder to marry Laxmi, but Sunder wants to marry his lover Rachna. Through a dramatic twist of events, Kanhaiya marries Laxmi and Sundar marries Rachna. Shanti arranges for Geeta to marry 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. Kanhaiya and Laxmi leave the house due to the instance of Shanti to make him self dependent and also Ill-treatment by his sons.But they are given shelter by Laxmis long lost brother Madhu who doesn't reveal his identity to Laxmi. 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.but Kanhaiya saves Karamchands son Ramesh from a car accident. Thus karamchand gives the palatial house in favour of Kanhaiya and on turn reunites with the family and fulfils the wishes of Shanti Swaroop

Cast

Production

Mehrban was written and directed by A. Bhimsingh and produced by A. V. Meiyappan under AVM Productions.[1] It was remade from Bhimsingh's own Tamil film Padikkadha Medhai (1960),[4] which itself was a remake of the Bengali film Jog Biyog,[5] based on the novel of the same name by Ashapoorna Devi.[6] 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.[7]

No.TitleSingersLength
1."Aye Mere Dost"Mohammed Rafi5:56
2."Saari Duniyamen"Lata Mangeshkar3:26
3."Aayega Aayega"Mohammed Rafi3:56
4."Title Music" (Instrumental) —2:14
5."Ek Raja Ki"Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi6:27
6."Mera Gadha"Mohammed Rafi4:25
7."Sawan Ki Raat"Asha Bhosle3:27
8."Theme Music" (Instrumental) — 

Release

Mehrban was released on 21 April 1967,[4][8] and was distributed by Vidyut.[1]

References
  1. Elley 1977, p. 270.
  2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/tracking-indian-communities/tamil-cinemas-bong-connection/
  3. "Mehrban 1967". Osianama. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  4. Saravanan 2013, p. 193.
  5. Vamanan (23 April 2018). "Tamil cinema's Bong connection". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  6. ரவிக்குமார், வா (5 August 2016). "திறந்த வெளி திரையரங்கத்தின் முன்னோடி!". The Hindu Tamil. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  7. Ravi (1967). Mehrban (liner notes) (in Hindi). Angel Records.
  8. "Movies from AVM Productions". AVM Productions. Archived from the original on 7 June 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2018.

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