Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (1960)

Directed by

Kishore Sahu

Genre

drama, romance

Country

India

Rated

U

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A surgeon must marry the daughter of a family friend even though he is in love with a nurse who works with him. The story follows the emotional conflict between duty and personal desire.

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What happens

Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai (transl. My Heart is Mine and My Love is for Someone Else's) is a 1960 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film, produced by S. A. Bagar. It was written and directed by Kishore Sahu. The film stars Raaj Kumar, Meena Kumari and Nadira as leads. The film tells the story of a surgeon who is obligated to marry the daughter of a family friend, while he is in love with a colleague nurse, played by Meena Kumari. It is one of the noted acting performances of lead actress Meena Kumari's career. The film's music is by Shankar Jaikishan, and features a hit song, "Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh". At the 1961 Filmfare Awards it created an upset by beating the popular musical epic, Mughal-e-Azam of Naushad, for the Best Music Director category. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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