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Anokhi Ada (1948)

Anokhi Ada poster
Directed by
Mehboob Khan
Genre
drama, romance
Country
India
Runtime
2h 21m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two men both love the same woman. She has amnesia and cannot remember her past.

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What happens

Anokhi Ada (Hindi: अनोखी अदा, Unique Style) is a 1948 romantic Hindi film directed by Mehboob Khan. The story was by Zia Sarhadi, with screenplay and dialogue by Agha Jani Kashmiri. The music composer was Naushad, assisted by Ghulam Mohammed and the lyricists were Shakeel Badayuni and Anjum Pilibhiti. The director of photography was Faredoon Irani. It was produced under the Mehboob Productions banner and starred Naseem Banu, Surendra, Prem Adib, Zeb Qureshi, Reehan, Pratima Devi and Cuckoo. The story was a romantic triangle involving Surendra and Prem Adib as the two men in love with Naseem Banu, who played the role of a woman suffering from amnesia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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