Albeli (1955)

Directed by

Devendra Goel

Country

India

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A girl is infatuated with a theatre personality and tries to win his attention by staging a fake kidnapping. The two fall in love during the scheme while a side story follows her sister's elopement.

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What happens

Albeli is a 1955 Hindi romantic drama film produced and directed by Devendra Goel. The film starred Geeta Bali in the title role of Albeli. It was produced under the Films And Televisions banner. The music director and lyricist was Ravi, who had made his debut as a composer with Goel's film Vachan released the same year as Albeli. Besides Geeta Bali, the film co-starred Pradeep Kumar, Brijranjana Shukla, Om Prakash, Randhir, Johnny Walker and Tun Tun. The film involves a girl infatuated by a theatre personality and her antics in trying to get his attention, to the extent of staging a false kidnapping, both falling in love midway through the drama. A side story focuses on the love affair and elopement of the heroine's sister. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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