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Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1973)

Aa Gale Lag Jaa poster
Directed by
Manmohan Desai
Genre
romantic drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 29m
Rated
U
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A man and a woman fall in love but face obstacles that keep them apart. The story follows their struggle to be together.

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What happens

Aa Gale Lag Jaa (transl. Come, embrace me) is a 1973 Hindi romantic film directed by Manmohan Desai, based on a story by Smt. Jeevanprabha Desai. It stars Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore and Shatrughan Sinha. The film became a box office hit and was the 10th highest grossing Hindi film of 1973. Poornima received a Filmfare nomination as Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Tera Mujhse Hai." Her nomination is the only Filmfare nomination for the film. Aa Gale Lag Jaa is noted for its wonderful hit songs which had music by R.D. Burman with lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi. The film was remade in Telugu as Manchi Manushulu, in Tamil as Uthaman and in Persian as Ranande-ye-ejbari. The Sinhalese movie Yali Hamuwennai directed by Sena Samarasinghe in the 1980s is said to be a direct copy of this film. The 1977 Pakistani movie Aina and the 1985 Hindi movie Pyar Jhukta Nahin were also inspired by this movie. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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