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<div>{{for|the 1993 film|Meherbaan}}<br />
{{short description|1967 film by A. Bhimsingh}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Mehrban<br />
| image = Mehrban poster.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| native_name = <br />
| director = [[A. Bhimsingh]]<br />
| producer = [[A. V. Meiyappan]]<br />
| writer = <br />
| screenplay = [[A. Bhimsingh]]<br />
| story = <br />
| based_on = <br />
| starring = [[Ashok Kumar]]<br />[[Sunil Dutt]]<br />[[Nutan]]<br />[[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]]<br />[[Shashikala]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = [[Ravi (music director)|Ravi]]<br />
| cinematography = [[A. Vincent]]<br />
| editing = A. Paul Duraisingam<br />
| studio = [[AVM Productions]]<br />
| distributor = Vidyut<br />
| released = {{release date|df=y|1967|04|21}}<br />
| runtime = 164 minutes<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| language = [[Hindi]]<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Mehrban''''' ({{trans|The Merciful}}) is a 1967 Indian [[Hindi]]-language film written and directed by [[A. Bhimsingh]], and produced by [[A. V. Meiyappan]]. It is a remake of Bhimsingh's own [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Padikkadha Medhai]]'' (1960) which itself was a remake of the 1953 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film ''Jog Biyog'' based on the novel of the same name by [[Ashapurna Devi]].<ref name=":0" /> The film stars [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Sunil Dutt]], [[Nutan]], [[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]], [[Shashikala]], [[Sulochana Latkar]].<ref name="osianama">{{Cite web |url=https://www.osianama.com/film-titles/mehrban-1967 |title=Mehrban 1967 |website=Osianama |language=en |access-date=28 August 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Shanti Swarup, a wealthy businessman, lives with his three sons Ram, Shyam, and Sunder; his wife Parvati; widowed daughter Devki; unmarried daughter Geeta; and adopted orphan Kanhaiya. Kanhaiya is raised as Shanti Swarup's family member and he in return is very dedicated to this family, especially his adopters&nbsp;– Shanti and Parvati. They come across Laxmi whose parents, known to the Swarups, died and so they also bring Laxmi into their family. Parvati wants Sunder to marry Laxmi, but Sunder wants to marry his lover Rachna. Through a dramatic twist of events, Kanhaiya marries Laxmi and Sundar marries Rachna. Shanti arranges for Geeta to marry Ramesh, the son of his friend Lala Karamchand. Financial losses cause Shanti to lose all his wealth. Ram and Shyam refuse to help him at all, and Karamchand cancels the impending marriage. Kanhaiya and Laxmi leave the house due to the instance of Shanti to make him self-dependent and also ill-treatment by his sons. But they are given shelter by Laxmis long-lost brother Madhu who doesn't reveal his identity to Laxmi. Disheartened, depressed and unable to face anyone, Shanti dies. Even as his palatial house is to be auctioned by Karamchand, who is voracious, a devastated Parvati is on her deathbed as she cannot think of living anywhere else, and only a miracle can save the now ruined family, but Kanhaiya saves Karamchands son Ramesh from a car accident. Thus Karamchand gives the palatial house in favour of Kanhaiya and on turn reunites with the family and fulfils the wishes of Shanti Swaroop.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
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* [[Ashok Kumar]] as Shanti Swaroop<br />
* [[Sunil Dutt]] as Kanhaiya<br />
* [[Nutan]] as Laxmi<br />
* [[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]] as Madhu<br />
* [[Shashikala]] as Devki<br />
* [[Sulochana Latkar]] as Parvati<br />
{{div col end}}<br />
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== Production ==<br />
''Mehrban'' was written and directed by [[A. Bhimsingh]] and produced by [[A. V. Meiyappan]] under [[AVM Productions]].{{sfn|Elley|1977|p=270}} It was remade from Bhimsingh's own [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Padikkadha Medhai]]'' (1960),{{sfn|Saravanan|2013|p=193}} which itself was a remake of the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film ''Jog Biyog'',<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=https://epaper.timesgroup.com/olive/apa/timesofindia/SharedView.Article.aspx?href=TOICH%2F2018%2F04%2F23&id=Ar00819&sk=6633D1AA&viewMode=text |title=Tamil cinema's Bong connection |last=Vamanan |date=23 April 2018 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=5 September 2018 |author-link=Vamanan}}</ref> based on the novel of the same name by [[Ashapoorna Devi]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/cinema/hindu-talkies/217877-.html |title=திறந்த வெளி திரையரங்கத்தின் முன்னோடி! |last=ரவிக்குமார் |first=வா |date=5 August 2016 |work=[[The Hindu (Tamil)|The Hindu Tamil]] |access-date=25 November 2019}}</ref> The dialogues were written by [[Rajendra Krishan]]. A. K. Sekhar was the art director, A. Paul Duraisingam was the editor, and [[A. Vincent]] was cinematographer.{{sfn|Elley|1977|p=270}}<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The soundtrack was composed by [[Ravi (music director)|Ravi]] and the lyrics by Rajinder Krishan.<ref name="liner notes">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.discogs.com/Ravi-Mehrban/release/12255383 |title=Mehrban |last=Ravi |type=[[liner notes]] |language=hi |publisher=Angel Records |year=1967 |author-link=Ravi (music director) }}</ref><br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
! Song !! Singer<br />
|-<br />
| "Aayega Aayega"<br />
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Ae Mere Dost"<br />
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Mera Gadha"<br />
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Ek Raja Ki Sun Lo Kahani" (Solo) <br />
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Ek Raja Ki Sun Lo Kahani" (Duet) <br />
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]] <br />
|-<br />
| "Sari Duniya Mein"<br />
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]<br />
|-<br />
| "Sawan Ki Raat"<br />
| [[Asha Bhosle]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Release ==<br />
''Mehrban'' was released on 21 April 1967,{{sfn|Saravanan|2013|p=193}}<ref name="AVMwebsite">{{Cite web |url=http://www.avm.in/movies.html |title=Movies from AVM Productions |website=[[AVM Productions]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607080546/http://www.avm.in/movies.html |archive-date=7 June 2016 |access-date=2018-08-28 }}</ref> and was distributed by Vidyut.{{sfn|Elley|1977|p=270}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* {{cite book|title=World Filmography: 1967|last=Elley|first=Derek|publisher=[[Fairleigh Dickinson University Press]]|year=1977|isbn=9780498015656|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jp7ayTLX1D8C&q=mehrban&pg=PA270|author-link=Derek Elley}}<br />
* {{cite book|title=AVM 60 cinema|last=Saravanan|first=M.|publisher=Rajarajan Pathippagam|year=2013|edition=3rd|language=ta|author-link=M. Saravanan (film producer)|orig-year=2005}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0061963}}<br />
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{{AVM Productions}}<br />
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