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{{Infobox film
| name = Prem Qaidi<br> प्रेम कैदी
| image = Prem Qaidi.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name =
| director = K. Murali Mohan Rao
| producer = [[D. Rama Naidu]]
| writer = [[Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza]] (dialogue)
| screenplay =
| story = [[Paruchuri Brothers]]
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Prema Khaidi]]''|[[E. V. V. Satyanarayana]]}}
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl| [[Bharat Bhushan]]|[[Harish Kumar (actor)|Harish Kumar]]|[[Karishma Kapoor]]|[[Paresh Rawal]]|[[Dalip Tahil]]}}
| music = [[Anand-Milind]]
| cinematography = K. Ravindra Babu
| editing = {{ubl|K. A. Marthand|B. Satyam|Krishna Reddy Madhav}}
| studio = [[Suresh Productions]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1991|06|21|[[India]]}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Prem Qaidi''''' (''Prisoner of Love'')<ref name="journal 1">{{Cite book |last=Derné |first=Steve |title=Movies, Masculinity, and Modernity: An Ethnography of Men's Filmgoing in India |journal=Contributions in Sociology |year=2000 |series=ISSN 0084-9278|issue=129|publisher=GREENWOOD Publishing Group Incorporated|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-LoaAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Prem+Qaidi%22|access-date=25 May 2014|isbn=9780313312878 }}</ref> is 1991 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[musical film]] written by and directed by K. Murali Mohan Rao. The film stars [[Karisma Kapoor]], [[Harish Kumar (actor)|Harish Kumar]], [[Paresh Rawal]], [[Dalip Tahil]], [[Asrani]], [[Shafi Inamdar]] and [[Bharat Bhushan]]. The film was a remake of the 1990 [[Telugu film]] ''[[Prema Khaidi]]''.

==Background==
The film was a remake of the 1990 [[Telugu film]] ''[[Prema Khaidi]]'', by [[E. V. V. Satyanarayana]], and marked the feature film debut of actress Karishma Kapoor,<ref name="book 1">{{cite book|author1=Bhawana Sommya |author2=Jigna Kothari |author3=Supriya Madangarli |title=Mother Maiden Mistress |year=2013 |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] Publishers|isbn=978-9350294857|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Dtec0Ykfo1sC&q=%22Prem+Qaidi%22&pg=RA1-PA2002-IA10}}</ref><ref name="TOI 1">{{cite news|last=Thakkar|first=Mehul S|title=I was confident of Prem Qaidi: Karisma Kapur|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/I-was-confident-of-Prem-Qaidi-Karisma-Kapur/articleshow/13251364.cms|access-date=24 May 2014|newspaper=[[Times of India]]|date=18 May 2012}}</ref> as the first female star from the Kapoor family allowed to enter the film industry.<ref name="book 2">{{cite book |last=Bajaj |first=J.K. |title=On & Behind the Indian Cinema |year=2014 |publisher=Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-9350836217 |pages=1994, 2008 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_1UqAwAAQBAJ&q=%22Prem+Qaidi%22&pg=PA2008-IA49}}</ref> Karishma Kapoor was only 16 when acting in this film, which was how she made her debut, while her co star Harish Kumar was only 15.<ref name="book 3">{{cite book|last=Jain|first=Madhu|title=Kapoors: The First Family of Indian Cinema|date=2009|publisher=[[Penguin UK]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3heZ8I-k9AC&q=%22Prem+Qaidi%22+-wikipedia&pg=PT313|isbn=9788184758139}}</ref>

==Plot==
In bad fortune, while saving his employer Kasturi Prasad's ([[Dalip Tahil]]) life, Suryanath ([[Bharat Bhushan]]) loses his legs. In appreciation, Kasturi allows Chandramohan ([[Harish Kumar (actor)|Harish Kumar]]), Suryanath's son, to work in his home. Kasturi's daughter Neelima ([[Karisma Kapoor]]) initially makes fun of and teases Chandra, but soon falls in love with him. Kasturi is against this affair and sends henchmen to attack Chandra, which results in their murdering Suryanath during the melee. Young Chandra is convicted of the crime and is sent to a [[youth detention center]] as a punishment. The head jailer tortures Chandra, but center Superintendent Prabhavati ([[Rama Vij]]) understands his emotions and love for Neelima and intercedes. She tries to reunite the two lovers.

==Cast==
* [[Harish Kumar (actor)|Harish Kumar]] as Chandramohan
* [[Karishma Kapoor]] as Neelima
* [[Bharat Bhushan]] as Suryanath (Chandramohan's Father)
* [[Dalip Tahil]] as Kasturi Prasad (Neelima's Father)
* [[Paresh Rawal]] as Prabhavati's Husband
* [[Rama Vij]] as Superintendent Prabhavati
* [[Shafi Inamdar]] as Jailer
* [[Harish Patel]] as Kasturi's Henchman
* [[J. D. Chakravarthy]] as Prabhavati's Son
* [[Anjana Mumtaz]] as Neelima's Mother
* [[Asrani]] as Pandit
* [[Ali (actor)|Ali]] as Prisoner in Youth Detention Center
* [[Narsing Yadav]] as Driver
* [[Rajitha]] as Neelima's Friend

==Soundtrack==
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Antakshari"
| [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]
|-
| "Arey Logon"
| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Kavita Krishnamurthy
|-
| "Hum Hain Prem Qaidi"
| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Kavita Krishnamurthy, [[Abhijeet Bhattacharya]]
|-
| "I Live For You"
| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Kavita Krishnamurthy
|-
| "Priyatama"
| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, [[Sadhana Sargam]]
|-
| "Tere In Galon Pe"
| S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, Kavita Krishnamurthy
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0102706|Prem Qaidi}}

[[Category:1990s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Anand–Milind]]
[[Category:Indian prison films]]
[[Category:Films set in prison]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Telugu films]]
[[Category:1991 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:1991 films]]
[[Category:Suresh Productions films]]

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