Heer Raanjha (1970)

Original title

हीर राँझा

Directed by

Chetan Anand

Genre

romance film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 22m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film retells the classic Punjabi legend of Heer and Ranjha, a pair of star-crossed lovers whose romance is opposed by their families. The entire story is told through verse dialogue and songs, following their passionate but doomed relationship.

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What happens

Heer Raanjha is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film directed by Chetan Anand and produced by his son Ketan Anand. The film stars Raaj Kumar, Priya Rajvansh, Pran, Prithviraj Kapoor, Ajit, Jayant, Sonia Sahni, Kamini Kaushal, Indrani Mukherjee, Achla Sachdev and Tun Tun. The film's music is by Madan Mohan. The film is based on the legend of Heer Ranjha, the epic poem Heer by Punjabi poet, Waris Shah, written in 1766. As with Waris Shah's classical retelling of the tragic romance of Heer Ranjha, the entire film and its dialogue is in verse, with Urdu poet Kaifi Azmi writing the verse dialogue. The film's songs and music are notable as is the photography by Jal Mistry, who shot most of Chetan Anand's films and won the Filmfare Award for the film. The film also showcases some of the best dialogues from the legendary actor Raaj Kumar. It was a box-office hit. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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