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Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai (1961)

Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai poster
Original title
जब प्यार किसी से होता है
Directed by
Nasir Hussain
Genre
comedy, drama
Country
India
Runtime
2h 20m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young man falls in love and must win over his sweetheart while dealing with a scheming villain. This Hindi musical comedy follows the romantic escapades of the hero and his beloved.

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What happens

Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai (transl. When One Falls in Love) is a 1961 Hindi-language musical comedy film that became a box office hit. It was written, produced, and directed by Nasir Hussain. The first film Hussain ever produced, it featured Dev Anand and Hussain fixture Asha Parekh in the leading roles. Pran played the villain in the film and Rajindernath starred in a supporting role. Hussain would rework some of the elements from this film into a later film, Teesri Manzil (1966). This was also the only time that he used Shankar Jaikishan as music directors and Dev Anand in a leading role. The playback singers were Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar. In 2010, Shammi Kapoor revealed that Nasir Hussain had brazenly offered the film to him. Unhappy with his attitude, Kapoor declined the role. But he opined that this may have been an excuse by Hussain as he had already signed Dev Anand. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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