Apparently Mehboob’s favourite film in which the cowardly hero Amar (D. Kumar), a lawyer, seduces a milkmaid, Sonia (Nimmi), while engaged to Anju (Madhubala). The hero watches silently as Sonia suffers the consequences of their passionate moment while the villain, Sankat (Jayant), offers her help and comfort. Sankat causes havoc in the village before getting killed in a fight with Amar. Sonia is arrested and defended in court by Amar who eventually marries her. The film continues Mehboob’s fascination with a kind of cultural primitivism (cf. Roti, 1942) shown here in the harvest number and in the temple sequences with both Anju and Sonia. The melodramatic subject combined with some unusually surreal imagery made the film an oddity in the genre. It was not a commercial success, possibly because the audience refused to accept Dilip Kumar in a negative role.
Cast: Dilip Kumar, Madhubala
Crew: Mehboob Khan (Director), Faredoon Irani (Director of Photography), Naushad Ali (Music Director)
Release Dates: 01 Jan 1954 (India)
Hindi Name: अमर
Did you know? R. Kaushik's work for this film won him the Filmfare Award for Best Sound Design. Read More
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as Advocate Amarnath
as Anju
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as Sonia
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Film Type:
Feature
Language:
Hindi
Colour Info:
Black & White
Sound Mix:
Mono
Frame Rate:
24 fps
Aspect Ratio:
2.35:1
Stereoscopy:
No
Trivia:
R. Kaushik's work for this film won him the Filmfare Award for Best Sound Design.
Despite already having shot a movie in color, filmmaker Mehboob Khan opted to make this one in black-and-white.
Despite already having shot a movie in color, filmmaker Mehboob Khan opted to make this one in black-and-white.
