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{{distinguish|text=Pakistani TV series, Mere Huzoor}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Mere Huzoor
| image = Mere Huzoor.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Vinod Kumar
| producer = Malik Chand Kochar<br>Vinod Kumar
| writer = Vinod Kumar
| starring = [[Raaj Kumar]]<br>[[Mala Sinha]]<br>[[Jeetendra]]
| music = [[Shankar-Jaikishan]]
| cinematography = Prakash Antra
| editing = Prabhakar Supare
| studio = Movie Mughals
| distributor = Shemaroo Movies
| released = {{film date |df=yes|1968|10|26|}}
| runtime = 165 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Mere Huzoor''''' ({{Translation|My lord}}) is a 1968 [[India]]n Hindi-language [[romantic drama film]], produced by Malik Chand Kochar and Vinod Kumar under the Movie Mughals banner and directed by Vinod Kumar. The film stars [[Raaj Kumar]], [[Mala Sinha]] and [[Jeetendra]], with music composed by [[Shankar-Jaikishan]].

==Plot==
Akhtar Hussain saves the life of Nawab Salim and earns his gratitude. Salim invites Akhtar to come to his palatial home, and Akhtar does so. On the way in a train journey, he meets beautiful Sultanat and falls in love with her. On arrival at Salim's house, Akhtar is treated with utmost respect, provided employment, and a place to live. Akhtar meets with Saltanat and both plan to get married. Unknown to them, Salim also loves Saltanat, but Saltanat rejects his advances, and proposal, leaving him heartbroken. Soon Saltanat and Akhtar get married and settle down. Pyarelal Akhtars friend falls in love with Saltanats sister Geeta. Saltanat soon gives birth to a son. Salim is very affectionate with this child and the child to grows to like Salim. Akhtar, meanwhile, has fallen in bad company, drinks alcohol, and romances a courtesan named Firdous by the instigation of Nabban Miya(Ram Mohan). When Saltanat finds out about this affair, she is outraged and asks Akhtar to improve, but instead, Akhtar divorces her, leaving her and her child alone, homeless, and with nowhere to turn to. Salim offers to assist her, but Saltanat thinks that Salim is to blame for the current situation, as he may have had a hand in bringing ruin upon herself and Akhtar just to get even for her not marrying him. But soon Saltanat realized that she was wrong. Salim marries Saltanat to save her from people's wrong thinking about her. Meanwhile, Akhtar realizes that he has lost everything as courtesan rejects him for another man. But it was too late. One day Akhtar comes to Salims home to see his son for the last time as he is leaving the city and also for pardon from Saltanat. While leaving the house, Salim calls to Akhtar many times, but Akhtar runs away. Running behind Akhtar, Salim suffers a road accident and dies in the arms of Akhtar and Saltanat. After many years, when Saltanat's son is going abroad to be a doctor, all the family visits Salim's grave. Near the grave, there was an old man who used to clean the garbage near the grave for many years. He was none other than Akhtar Hussain...

==Cast==
* [[Raaj Kumar]] as Nawab Salim
* [[Jeetendra]] as Akhtar Hussain Akhtar
* [[Mala Sinha]] as Sultanat
* [[Johnny Walker (actor)|Johnny Walker]] as Pyarelal Bedar
* Zeb Rehman as Geeta (Chunautilal's Daughter)
* Surekha as Shama (Salim's Sister)
* [[Laxmi Chhaya]] as Courtesan - in song Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baaje Payaliya
* Madhumati as Courtesan in song Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baaje Payaliya
*[[Indira (actress)|Indira]] as Firdous begum(Courtesan)
* [[Khalid Siddiqui]] as Saltanat and Akhtar's young son in final scene.
* [[K. N. Singh]] as Hakim
* [[David Abraham Cheulkar|David]] as Lala Chunautilal
* [[Manorama (Hindi actress)|Manorama]] as Mrs Chunautilal
* Praveen Paul as Akhtar's mother
* Ram Mohan as Nabban Miya
* Manju as train co-passenger in song Rukh se jara naqaab..
* Master Ripple as Munne Miyan

== Soundtrack ==
The film score was by duo [[Shankar-Jaikishan]] with lyrics by [[Hasrat Jaipuri]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Songs from the Movie ''Mere Huzoor'' (1968) | url = http://hindigeetmala.net/movie/mere_huzoor.htm | access-date = 2014-09-30 }}</ref> Classical [[Raga]] ''[[Darbari Kanada]]'' was used for the fast-paced Kathak dance number, "Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baje Payaliya" sung by Manna Dey.<ref name="Bharatan2010">{{cite book|last=Bharatan|first=Raju|title=A Journey Down Melody Lane|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WnxABAAAQBAJ&pg=PT175|date=1 September 2010|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-05-0|pages=175–}}</ref> Dey later won the National Film Award for the song. Another song, "Rukh Se Zara Naqab Utha Do Mere Huzoor" was set on a train, hence the music directors added train whistle and rhythms of a moving train into the song.<ref name="Ranade2006">{{cite book|last=Ranade|first=Ashok Damodar|title=Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZI1wqkWsIjYC&pg=PA275|date=1 January 2006|publisher=Bibliophile South Asia|isbn=978-81-85002-64-4|pages=275–}}</ref> The [[muslim social]] film set in [[Lucknow]],<ref name="SardarYassin-Kassab2013">{{cite book|last1=Sardar|first1=Ziauddin|last2=Yassin-Kassab|first2=Robin|title=Critical Muslim 05: Love and Death|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sXv1AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA249|date= 2013|publisher=Hurst|isbn=978-1-84904-382-3|pages=249–}}</ref> had the song "Rukh Se Zara Naqab Utha Do Mere Huzoor" sung by [[Mohammed Rafi]] and classical-based dance number, "Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baje Payaliya" sung by [[Manna Dey]], which won him the [[16th National Film Awards|1968 National Film Award]] for [[National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]].<ref name="16thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/16th_nff_1970.pdf|title=16th National Film Awards|page=3 |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|access-date=30 September 2014}}</ref><ref name="National Awards Winners 1968: Complete list of winners of National Awards 1968">{{cite news|last1=Times of India|first1=Entertainment|title=National Awards Winners 1968: Complete list of winners of National Awards 1968|work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/national-awards-winners/1968/108|accessdate=11 August 2021|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511142357/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-awards/national-awards-winners/2005/108|archivedate=12 May 2021}}</ref>

{|class=wikitable
! Song
! Singer
|-
| "Allah Allah Allah, Woh Le Gaya Chandi Chhalla"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| "Aap Ki Khatir"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Meri Jaan, Meri Jaan, Apne Aashiq Ko Satana"
| [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Jo Guzar Rahi Hai Mujh Par"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Rukh Se Zara Naqab Utha Do Mere Huzoor"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Gham Uthane Ke Liye Main To Jiye Jaunga"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baaje Payaliya"
| [[Manna Dey]]
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0290763}}
* {{Youtube|talC0Jel3nk|''Mere Huzoor'' at Shemaroo Movies Official channel}}

[[Category:1968 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Urdu-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shankar Jaikishan]]
[[Category:Films set in Uttar Pradesh]]
[[Category:Culture of Lucknow]]
[[Category:1960s romantic drama films]]

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