Prem Pujari (1970)

Directed by

Dev Anand

Genre

spy film

Country

India

Runtime

3h 12m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man devoted to love becomes entangled in a spy plot. He navigates romance and betrayal in 1970s India.

romanticdramaticmelancholicsong-filledclassicemotionallightheartedspy-elementbittersweet

What happens

Prem Pujari (lit. 'Love Devotee') is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film produced, directed and written by Dev Anand for Navketan Films, his directorial debut. It stars Anand, Waheeda Rehman, Shatrughan Sinha, Prem Chopra, Madan Puri and a then-unknown Amrish Puri. It has several popular songs composed and directed by S. D. Burman. The songs were written by Gopaldas Neeraj. The film was a commercial failure, however the soundtrack album is regarded as a masterpiece among classical Hindi film music aficionados, particularly the songs "Shokhiyon Mein Ghola Jaye" sung by Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar, "Phoolon Ke Rang Se" sung by Kumar and "Rangeela Re Tere Rang Mein" sung by Mangeshkar. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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