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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Prem Shastra<br />
| image = Prem Shastra.jpg<br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Poster<br />
| director = [[B. R. Ishara]]<br />
| producer = Amarjeet<br />
| writer = B. R. Ishara<br />
| starring = [[Dev Anand]]<br/>[[Zeenat Aman]]<br/>[[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]]<br />
| narrator = <br />
| music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Faredoon Irani]]<br />
| editing = I. M. Kunnu<br />
| studio = Nalanda Pictures<br />
| distributor = Nalanda Pictures<br />
| released = {{Film date|1974}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
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'''''Prem Shastra''''' ({{Translation|Love Scriptures}}) is a 1974 Indian [[Hindi]]-language film written and directed by [[B. R. Ishara]].<ref>{{cite book|author1=Ashish Rajadhyaksha |author2=Paul Willemen |title=Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema|publisher=Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1998|page=633|url=https://chasingcinema.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/text.pdf}}</ref> The film stars [[Dev Anand]], [[Zeenat Aman]] and [[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]].<ref name="BFTPHindu">{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/prem-shastra-1974/article8310028.ece | title=Prem Shastra (1974) | work=The Hindu | first=Ranjan Das | last=Gupta | date=3 March 2016 | access-date=21 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621162354/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/prem-shastra-1974/article8310028.ece | archivedate=21 June 2017 | url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
Sagar Sharma (Dev Anand) is a popular author and a favourite among women. During one of his trips to a location to gather inspiration for a plot for his next novel, he autographs one of his previous novels for an admirer called Barkha (Zeenat Aman). Sagar and Barkha fall in love and begin an intimate relationship. Later due to the pressures he faces in his life, Sagar requests Barkha to forget him. Diwan (Asit Sen), who publishes Sagar's novels, informs him that one of his best-sellers was receiving backlashes as it focused on an affair between a father and a daughter, and that it has led many women activists to ask for a ban on the book. Unperturbed, Sagar decides to defy them by moving to court, if necessary.<br />
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Sagar returns home and Neelima (Bindu), his wife who is a drunk and spoiled. Both are not in love with each other. Suddenly, Barkha, who is pregnant, visits Nilu. Nilu introduces her to Sagar as her sister. Sagar visits his gynaecologist, who informs him that Barkha is preparing for an abortion. Sagar visits Barkha and requests her not to undergo an abortion. It is revealed that Nilu blackmailed Sagar into marry her. The two then argue, during which Neelima says Barkha is Sagar’s elder brother’s (Abhi Bhattacharya) daughter. A desperate Sagar visits his elder brother to discover Neelima had lied. The climax develops with flashbacks of Neelima’s past when she was Miss India in 1951. She had affairs with three rich people, of which she marries Rajan Arora (Rehman). Desperate to ruin Sagar and Barkha's relationship, Neelima even appoints a hardcore criminal, Lallan (Anwar Hussain), to kill them. A gripping court room climax reveals the truth and Sagar is united with Barkha.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Dev Anand]] as Sagar Sharma<br />
*[[Zeenat Aman]] as Barkha Arora (Suman)<br />
*[[Bindu (actress)|Bindu]] as Neelima Sharma<br />
*[[I. S. Johar]] as Malhotra<br />
*[[Abhi Bhattacharya]] as Sagar’s elder brother<br />
*[[Asit Sen (actor)|Asit Sen]] as Diwan<br />
*[[Anwar Hussain (actor)|Anwar Hussain]] as Lallan<br />
*[[Rehman (actor)|Rehman]] as Rajan Arora<br />
*[[Anju Mahendru]] as Barkha Arora<br />
*David as Anthony D'Souza<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
{{Infobox album<br />
| name = Prem Shastra<br />
| type = soundtrack<br />
| artist = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]<br />
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The music was composed by [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]] while [[Anand Bakshi]] wrote the lyrics.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hindigeetmala.net/movie/prem_shastra.htm | title=Prem Shastra (1974) | publisher=Hindigeetmala.net | accessdate=24 June 2017 | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702100736/http://www.hindigeetmala.net/movie/prem_shastra.htm | archivedate=2 July 2017 | url-status=live}}</ref> On the album, film critic Suresh Kohli of ''[[The Hindu]]'' wrote that the songs by [[Kishore Kumar]] and [[Asha Bhosle]] were "mediocre". He found the title background score to be "memorable".<ref name="BFTPHindu"/><br />
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{{track listing<br />
| all_music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]<br />
| all_lyrics = [[Anand Bakshi]]<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Mai Sharab Pee Raha Hoon<br />
| extra1 = [[Kishore Kumar]]<br />
| length1 = 2:23<br />
| title2 = Mujhe Pyaar Kar<br />
| extra2 = Kishore Kumar, [[Asha Bhosle]]<br />
| length2 = 4:18<br />
| title3 = Naam Hamara Mashur Ho Gaya<br />
| extra3 = Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle<br />
| length3 = 2:54<br />
| title4 = Mein Hu Dekhne Ki Cheez Mujhe Baar Baar Dekh<br />
| extra4 = Asha Bhosle<br />
| length4 = 3:27<br />
| title5 = Tip Tip, Tip<br />
| extra5 = Asha Bhosle<br />
| length5 = 3:48<br />
}}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
Kohli wrote that if the film was "scripted and filmed sans the sexual angles would have surely hit the bull’s eye at the box office."<ref name="BFTPHindu"/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0230657|Prem Shastra}}<br />
* ''[https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/prem-shastra-2/cast/ Prem Shastra]'' at [[Bollywood Hungama]]<br />
* ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6HFzQ9aADA Prem Shastra Full Film]'' on [[YouTube]]<br />
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