Tumse Achha Kaun Hai
Tumse Achha Kaun Hai (transl. Who is better than you) is a 1969 Romantic-Comedy Drama Indian film, written by Sachin Bhowmick and produced-directed by Pramod Chakravorty. The film starred Shammi Kapoor, Babita, Mehmood, Lalita Pawar and Pran. The music was composed by the duo Shankar Jaikishan and song lyrics written by Hasrat Jaipuri.[1]
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Directed by | Pramod Chakravorty |
Produced by | Pramod Chakravorty |
Written by | Sachin Bhowmick |
Starring | Shammi Kapoor Babita Mehmood Lalita Pawar Pran |
Music by | Shankar Jaikishan |
Cinematography | V. K. Murthy |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Plot
This is the story of a man named Ashok. He could not forget or forgive himself for the fact that because of a childhood prank, his sister Roopa became blind. His only ambition was to restore his sister's eyesight. There was a ray of hope when he came to know that a newly discovered operation could restore her eyesight - but the money required was beyond what he could ever manage to earn. While there is an aristocrat lady Sarojini, who hates love marriages because her twin sister had a distressing experience because of love marriage and had gone astray after that. Sarojini Devi wished that her three granddaughters who had lost their parents should have arranged marriages and should not fall in love. But she found it difficult to get them married to young men of her choice because the eldest of the three sisters was a man-hater and the two young sisters were already in love. Sarojini Devi offers Ashok the job of breaking the love affairs of the two younger sisters and making the elder sister agreeable to the idea of marrying a young man of her granny's choice. To get the money for her sister's eye operation, Ashok accepts the offer and the unusual assignment. During his new position in the new household, where Ashok admirably succeeds in carrying out his assignment, but he himself falls in love with the eldest sister Asha. Granny gets furious, she exposes Ashok as a paid man and turns him out of the house. On reaching his own house empty-handed Ashok discovers that his blind sister has been raped by an unknown criminal in his absence. Swearing revenge, Ashok set out in search of the rapist. The rapist, Pran in the meanwhile, has managed to get engaged to Asha. In a criminal conspiracy, he abducts the honest granny and substituted her evil sister in her place. Ashok, in search of his sister, was injured in an explosion caused by Pran. In the hospital, he is nursed by none else than his own lost sister Roopa, who recovered her eyesight after the kind behaviour of a saintly surgeon. But feeling ashamed of her own dishonour, Roopa left the hospital without meeting her brother. Pran and Asha engaged, the granny abducted, his sister lost again.. Ashok finds that life was being too harsh upon him. He loses his faith in God, but soon he finds his sister again but she is critically ill.. he is left with no alternative but to pray for his sister's life. His prayers are heard and Roopa is saved and reunited with her brother. The Divine powers have guided him to the road to happiness. With the help of Asha's faithful chauffeur Mahesh, Ashok is able to foil the villain's conspiracy, rescue the real granny and save Asha from Pran's clutches. Now granny and Asha both understand Ashok and a new sun of
Cast
- Shammi Kapoor as Ashok
- Babita as Asha
- Mehmood as Mahesh
- Lalita Pawar as Sarojini Devi / Sarita
- Pran as Pran
- Shubha Khote as Sheila
- Aruna Irani as Lily
- Jayanthi as Roopa (Ashok's Sister)
- Leela Mishra as Sheila's Mother
- Dhumal as Sheila's Father
- Mohan Choti as Mahesh's Friend
- Asit Sen as Groom
- Birbal as Sindhi Groom
- Jagdish Raj as Police Inspector
- Murad as Jailor
- Madan Puri as Brothel Patron
Soundtrack
# | Song | Singer |
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1 | "Ganga Meri Maa Ka Naam" | Mohammed Rafi |
2 | "Janam Janam Ka Saath Hai" | Mohammed Rafi |
3 | "Tumse Achha Kaun Hai" | Mohammed Rafi |
4 | "Kis Kisko Pyaar Karun" | Mohammed Rafi |
5 | "Pyaar Ka Lekar Uran Khatola" | Mohammed Rafi, Sharda |
6 | "Rangat Teri Surat Si Kisi Mein Nahin" | Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar |
7 | "Mujhe Kuch Hota Hai" | Lata Mangeshkar |
References
- "A joyous life that jumped queue and left". www.telegraphindia.com. Retrieved 4 January 2018.