Mehbooba

For other uses, see Mehbooba (2008 film).

Mehbooba
Directed by	Shakti Samanta
Produced by	Mushir-Riaz
Written by	Gulshan Nanda
Starring	Rajesh Khanna Hema Malini Prem Chopra
Music by	R. D. Burman Anand Bakshi (lyrics)
Cinematography	Aloke Dasgupta
Editing by	Bijoy Chowdhury
Release date(s)	19 July 1976
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Mehbooba is a 1976 Hindi film produced by Mushir-Riaz and directed by Shakti Samanta. The film stars Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini and Prem Chopra. The music is composed by R. D. Burman. The plot it is based on Gulshan Nanda's novel Sisakate Saaz, and Nanda also wrote the screenplay himself.

Plot

Singer Suraj (Rajesh Khanna) is stranded in a resthouse during a rainstorm. While there he experiences the feeling he has been there before. He feels himself transported to another lifetime, and is drawn to a woman named Ratna (Hema Malini). He is unable to forget the experience and, investigating further, discovers that in his past life he was a Chief Singer in the emperor's court - his name was Prakash, he was in love with a courtesan named Ratna, much to the chargin and anger of his family and the emperor, and they were tragically separated. He subsequently comes across a portrait of Ratna, and shortly meets a gypsy, Jhumri (also Malini) who looks exactly like Ratna. Soon Jhumri is also able to remember her past life and her love for Prakash to the chagrin of Rita Malhotra (Asha Sachdev) who loves Suraj, and Appa (Prem Chopra), the son of the leader of the gypsies (Madan Puri), who will stop at nothing to make Jhumri his wife. Appa steals the portrait, and sets the gypsies against Suraj, so that he can marry Jhumri, and perhaps separate the two lovers again.

Cast

Actor/Actress	Character/Role	Notes
Rajesh Khanna	Prakash/Suraj
Hema Malini	Ratna/Jhumri
Prem Chopra	Appa
Asrani	Sinha
Asha Sachdev	Rita Malhotra
Harindranath Chattopadhyay	Rita's father
Sujit Kumar	Dr. Vinod
Manmohan Krishna	Bandhe Ali Khan	as Manmohan Krishan
Madan Puri	Sardar
Meena T.	Gauri
Nasir Hussain	Guruji	as Nazir Hussain
Leela Mishra	Jhumri's mother	as Leela Misra
Alankar Joshi	Buntu	as Master Alankar
Chandrashekhar	Thakur Himmat Singh
Yogeeta Bali	Jamuna Singh	Guest Appearance

Crew

• Director: Shakti Samanta
• Story: Gulshan Nanda
• Screenplay: Gulshan Nanda
• Dialogue: Akhtar Romani
• Producer: Mushir Alam, Mohammad Riaz
• Production Company: M. R. Productions
• Cinematographer: Aloke Dasgupta
• Editor: Bijoy Chowdhary
• Art Director: Shanti Dass
• Stunts: M. B. Shetty
• Costume and Wardrobe: Bhanu Athaiya, Jaya Chakravarthy, Dattaram, Shalini Shah, Shriman
• Choreographer: Suresh Bhatt, Gopi Krishna
• Music Director: Rahul Dev Burman
• Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
• Playback Singers: Manna Dey, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar

Soundtrack

Song Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon is an evergreen number and Parbat Ke Peechhe too was popular number.

Song Title	Singers	Time
Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon	Lata Mangeshkar	6:20
Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon	Kishore Kumar	5:25
Gori Tori Paijaniya	Manna Dey	6:00
Parbat Ke Peechhe	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar	3:55
Jamuna Kinare Aa Ja	Lata Mangeshkar	5:05
Chalo Ri Chalo Ri	Lata Mangeshkar	4:00
Aapke Shahar Mein Aai Hoon	Lata Mangeshkar	5:00

External links

• Mehbooba at the Internet Movie Database