Theater: Amar Prem (1971)
Movies | DestinyKuri | February 12, 2010 at 9:03 am
Amar Prem (Hindi: अमर प्रेम, Urdu: امر پریم, Translation: “Immortal Love”) is a 1971 Bollywood film directed by Shakti Samanta, based on a story by Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay, and starring Sharmila Tagore, Rajesh Khanna, Vinod Mehra and Madan Puri.
The movie is a remake of a Bengali film ‘Nishipadma’ (1970) by Arabinda Mukherjee, who wrote screenplay for both the films; it starred Uttam Kumar and Sabitri Chatterjee as leads[1].
The film portrays the decadence of human values and relationships and contrasts it by presenting an illustrious example of a young boy’s innocent love for neighbourhood courtesan[2]. It was also noted for its music by R.D. Burman, numbers sung by famous playback singers like Kishore Kumar, R.D. Burman’s father S.D. Burman and Lata Mangeshkar, and the lyrics were by Anand Bakshi.
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 attracted by her singing. Anand Babu is unhappily married, and lonely and becomes her regular and exclusive customer as love blossoms.
The story evolves around Pushpa’s great love for both Anand Babu and Nandu. The story details how circumstances stop Pushpa from meeting them as people and society prejudge her.
Tags: Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore
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