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New Delhi (1956)

New Delhi poster
Directed by
Mohan Segal
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
India
Runtime
2h 56m
Rated
G
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Punjabi boy and a Tamil girl fall in love but their families try to keep them apart.

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What happens

New Delhi (Hindi: न्यू डेल्ही) is a 1956 Indian Hindi-language black and white romantic comedy film written by Radhakishen with Inder Raj Anand and directed by Mohan Segal. The film starred Vyjayanthimala and Kishore Kumar in the lead, with Jabeen Jalil, Nana Palsikar, Nazir Hussain, Prabhu Dayal, Dhumal, Brahm Bhardwaj, Radhakrishan, Mumtaz Begum, Mirza Musharraf and Shivraj as the ensemble cast. The film was produced by Mohan Segal himself. The film's score was composed by Shankar Jaikishan duo with lyrics provided by Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra, edited by Pratap Dave, and was filmed by K. H. Kapadia. The story is about the Punjabi boy Anand and the Tamil girl Janaki who fall in love with each other, but are unfortunately separated by their families. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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