Dulha Dulhan (दूल्हा दुल्हन) 1964

Published on April 29, 2012 in Cinema

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Banner	Nagina Films
Director	Ravindra Deve
Writer	Dhruva Chatterjee
Producer	Ravindra Dave
Orginal music	Kalyanji-Anandji , Anandji Veerji Shah
Cinematography	M.W. Mukadam
Film Editing	S.R. Sawant
Art Director	Kanwal Nayyar
Camera Operator	Pratap Dave
Assistant Cameramen	Arvind Dave
Playback Singers	Kamal Barot, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh

Character	Actor / Actress
Raj Kumar	Raj Kapoor
Rekha / Chanda	Sadhana
Bansi	Agha [Agha Jan] Baig
Thakur Dharam Singh	K.N. Singh
Manager of Akashwani - Jaipur	Raj Mehra
	Khurshid
	Yusuf
Shankar Rao's wife (as Anwari Bai)	Anwari Bai
	Vishwa Mehra
(as Kummo Tripathi)	Kumud Tripathi
	Bhola
Mrs. Dharam Singh (as Mridula)	Mridula Rani
Chanda's friend	Madhumati

True than life and sweeter than a dream, the story of "Dulha Dulhan", in nutshell is a lovers story, with a narrative that will hold the audience spell bound because of its dramatic values. . Raj Kumar is a simple soft hearted man, blessed with a voice that has magical touch about it, a real throb of million hearts. He is a Radio Singer who quite often broadcasts his programmes from A.I.R. Bombay. Bansi his dearet friend is a Radio Drama artist who also plays bits roles in films. The stay together in a room hired by Bansi. . Life is not kind to them and they struggle hard facing the trials and tribulations of life with a spirited determination and a broad smile on their lips. . One day Raj received a letter from his friend Ramesh at Ahmedabad, requesting him to look after his bosss daughter, who is visiting Bombay all alone, for the first time. He further states that her father would join her soon. In the meantime he should arrange for her stay in some posh hotel and look to her comforts and other requirement "If the girls stay in Bombay is made as pleasant as possible, my boss might promote me" writes his friend. . Raj receives her, takes her to the city hotel but she insists upon staying with him in his room. Raj polietly explains that the room does not belong him but finding her very adamant, Raj eventually agrees to accomadate her till her father arrives. The situation explodes when Bansi comes to know of her presence in the room. The other residents of the building have their own notions and doubts. They point out their fingers at Rekha and shower questions on Raj and Bansi. Raj lays bare the facts. The stir subsides for the time being and together they live happily. . One day Raj receives another letter from his friend that Rekha has not come to Bombay. Raj is stunnedend litiaily dazed at this revelation now confronting him. He lashes out the girl rebuking hr for concealing her identity. The girl only cries pleading innocent. . Caught in a peculiar dilema Raj tries all the tricks and stunts to get rid of the girl but fails in every attempt. The critisim of the neighbourers also reaches its feverish peak. Finding no honourable clue Raj decides to marry her when in utter despair she tries to commit suicide. Raj saves her life and marries her purely on humanitarian grounds. Every individual of the builiding makes a humble contribution whatever each one can. Bansi also joins and the ceremony is celebrated in a grand manner, uniting the two in a holy bondage. . Destiny has its own course. The short spell of happiness is soon broken when on Divali night Rekha suddenly disappears under mysterious circumstances. AlLl the efforts of Raj to trace Rekha prove futile-- What happens there after which leads into very dramatic and moving climax, makes it must for the audience to see this picture, which is further enriched by the soulful musical score, created by Kalyanji Anandji specially for this picture. Producer-Director Ravindra Daves handling of this Human Drama is commendable. He was spared no pains to make it a real moving-experience