Kohinoor (1960)

Directed by

Sami Ullah Sunny

Genre

soundtrack

Country

India

Runtime

2h 31m

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A prince and a princess from rival kingdoms get into sword fights and sing songs. The film has a light and fun tone with comedic scenes.

lightheartedwhimsicalmusicalswashbucklingromanticcomicalupbeatcolorful

What happens

Kohinoor is a 1960 Bollywood action adventure film produced by V. N. Sinha and directed by S. U. Sunny. The film stars Dilip Kumar, Meena Kumari, Leela Chitnis and Kumkum. The film's music is by Naushad. A huge box-office success, it was the third-highest grossing Indian film of 1960. The film was a blockbuster at the box office in India. It is said that Dilip Kumar went into depression after playing tragic roles in films such as Devdas (1955) and his psychiatrist recommended to him to do light roles. One such role that he took up was Kohinoor. Kohinoor cast Dilip Kumar and Meena Kumari to play a prince and princess of different kingdoms and was full of sword fights, songs and dances. This film is also notable for some rare comical and funny scenes by Meena Kumari, who is otherwise known as the tragedy queen. Its tone was light and it lacked the intense characterizations of their earlier films. The film included the melodic songs "Madhuban Mein Radhika Nache Re" and "Do Sitaron Ka Zameen Par Hai Milan Aaj Ki Raat". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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