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'''''Mehbooba''''' is a 1976 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic drama film]] produced by Mushir-Riaz and directed by [[Shakti Samanta]]. The film stars [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Hema Malini]] and [[Prem Chopra]]. The story is based on the reincarnation theme. The music is composed by [[Rahul Dev Burman]]. The film is noted for an impressive performance by the lead pair and for its haunting melodies such as the solo song "Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon", sung by both [[Kishore Kumar]] and [[Lata Mangeshkar]], "Chalo Ri" by Lata and the duet song "Parbat Ke Peeche". The plot is based on [[Gulshan Nanda]]'s novel ''Sisakate Saaz'', and Nanda also wrote the screenplay himself. Upon its release, the movie was a silver jubilee in many territories and did not do well in Mumbai. This film has gained a cult following over the years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/Picture-Gallery/fans-remember-rajesh-khanna-on-his-first-death-anniversary/3076-6.html|title=Photos: Fans remember Rajesh Khanna on his first death anniversary Photo Gallery, Picture News Gallery – The Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref><ref>http://www.indianexpress.com/picture-gallery/fans-remember-rajesh-khanna-on-his-first-death-anniversary/3076-6.html|title=PHOTOS: Fans remember Rajesh Khanna on his first death anniversary Photo Gallery, Picture News Gallery – The Indian Express.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.obituarytoday.com/remembrance-rajesh-khanna-.php|title=Remembrance ad of Rajesh Khanna|publisher=Obituary Today}}</ref>
'''''Mehbooba''''' is a 1976 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romantic drama film]] based on the reincarnation theme, produced by Mushir-Riaz and directed by [[Shakti Samanta]]. The film stars [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Hema Malini]] and [[Prem Chopra]] in pivotal roles. The music is composed by [[Rahul Dev Burman]]. The film is noted for an impressive performance by the lead pair and for its haunting melodies such as "Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon" sung separately by both [[Kishore Kumar]] and [[Lata Mangeshkar]], "Chalo Ri" and the duet "Parbat Ke Peeche". The movie is based on [[Gulshan Nanda]]'s novel ''Sisakate Saaz.'' Nanda has also written the screenplay.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/Picture-Gallery/fans-remember-rajesh-khanna-on-his-first-death-anniversary/3076-6.html|title=Photos: Fans remember Rajesh Khanna on his first death anniversary Photo Gallery, Picture News Gallery – The Indian Express|website=archive.indianexpress.com}}</ref><


==Plot==
==Plot==


Singer Suraj ([[Rajesh Khanna]]) was presented with a [[tanpura]] by his fiancée's father. Thereafter, he often listens to a haunting song at nights and observes that its name was "Ratna". One day, while going for a stage show, he gets stuck in heavy rain in an unknown place and goes to stay in a small motel, where he meets a woman named Ratna. During the night, he observes that Ratna, singing the same song he often hears at night, is going to a distant palace. He follows her instinctively and enters the abandoned palace. He tries to call out for Ratna, but learns from the old keeper of the palace that Ratna died more than a hundred years ago and people feel that she still haunts that place.
Singer Suraj ([[Rajesh Khanna]]) is presented with a tanpura by his fiancée's father. Thereafter, he starts hearing a haunting song at nights. One day, while going for a stage show, stuck in heavy rain, he goes to a small unknown motel, where he meets a woman named Ratna. During the night, he sees Ratna, singing the same song he often hears at night, and walking towards a dilapidated palace. Instinctively, he follows her into the haveli and calls out her name. He is told by an old keeper of the palace that Ratna died more than 1000 years ago and people believe that she still haunts that place.


Later, a portrait of Ratna makes him remember their previous life. In the previous life he was Prakash, chief singer of royal court. He was in love with Ratna, a beautiful and talented court dancer. They fell in love, but failed to consummate their relationship as Prakash was already promised to Jamuna in his [[Child marriage|childhood]] and Ratna was to become a royal courtesan, At last, they decided to run away, but were killed on their way, promising each other that they would meet again.
As he walks around, a portrait of Ratna makes Suraj remember their previous life where  he was Prakash, the chief singer of the royal court and was in love with Ratna ([[Hema Malini]]), the  court dancer. They are unable to get married as Prakash is betrothed to Jamuna and Ratna is destined to become the royal courtesan. They decided to elope but are killed on their way. They die promising each other that they will meet again.


Suraj, after coming to his senses, feels lonely and confused. Shortly thereafter, he meets a gypsy, Jhumri (also Malini), who is Ratna's reincarnation. Soon he makes Jhumri remember her past life and her love for Prakash. This angers Rita Malhotra ([[Asha Sachdev]]), Suraj's fiancée and Popatlal ([[Prem Chopra]]), who wants to marry Jhumri. Popatlal steals the portrait, and sets the gypsies against Suraj, ensuring a fight between Suraj and gypsies. But Suraj and Jhumri manage to overcome all the obstacles and consummate their relationship this time despite all odds.
Coming back to his senses, Suraj feels confused. He then runs into a gypsy girl Jhumri, ([[Hema Malini]]) who he believes is Ratna's reincarnation. He is able to make Jhumri remember her past life and her love for Prakash. The two declare their undying love for each other. This angers Suraj's fiancée Rita Malhotra ([[Asha Sachdev]]), as well as Popatlal ([[Prem Chopra]]), who is after Jhumri. Popatlal steals the portrait, and sets the gypsies against Suraj, ensuring a fight between Suraj and the gypsies. How Suraj and Jhumri overcome all obstacles and consummate their relationship this time round forms the climax.
 
==Facts==
Initially, R.D. Burman had made a draft song version of the song "Mere Naina Sawan Bhadho" and sent the recording tape to Kishore. R.D. Burman had informed him that there is female version of the song too to be picturised. Kishore thought he would not be able to do justice to the song. He asked R.D. Burman to give him the tape with Lata's version on it. R. D. Burman agreed.  He listened to the song for 7 days before recording. Kishore Kumar had his version recorded only after this. Till date, his version is more famous than Lata Mangeshkar's. Lata Mangeshkar's version has a long alaap, which comes thrice in the song, in the beginning, after the first antara and in the end. Kishore's version has humming instead of this. There are some more alaaps and one more version of the song by Lata Mangeshkar, which comes in the movie. This song is based on "Raga Shivranjani". This song played an important role in the sequence continuity of the film.
 
Another song, "Gori Tori Painjaniya" is the most complicated one in the album. By this time, Kishore Kumar had established himself as the voice of Rajesh Khanna. However, Khanna decided that the previous birth in the film would have Manna Dey and the current birth would have Kishore.


==Cast==
==Cast==
{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!Actor/Actress !!Character/Role !!Notes
!Actor !!Role !!Notes
|-
|-
|[[Rajesh Khanna]]
|[[Rajesh Khanna]]
|Prakash/Suraj ||
|Prakash & Suraj ||
|-
|-
|[[Hema Malini]]
|[[Hema Malini]]
|Ratna/Jhumri ||
|Ratna & Jhumri ||
|-
|-
|[[Prem Chopra]]
|[[Prem Chopra]]
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|Sinha ||  
|Sinha ||  
|-
|-
|[[Asha Sachdev]]
|[[Sujit Kumar]]
|Rita Malhotra ||  
|Dr. Vinod ||
|-
|-
|[[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]
|[[Madan Puri]]
|Rita's father ||
|Sardar ||
|-
|[[Sujit Kumar]]
|Dr. Vinod ||  
|-
|-
|[[Manmohan Krishna]]
|[[Manmohan Krishna]]
|Bandhe Ali Khan
|Bandhe Ali Khan
|as Manmohan Krishan
|
|-
|-
|[[Madan Puri]]
|[[Asha Sachdev]]
|Sardar ||  
|Rita Malhotra ||  
|-
|-
|Meena T.
|[[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]]
|Gauri ||  
|Rita's father ||  
|-  
|-  
|[[Nazir Hussain]]
|[[Nazir Hussain]]
|Guruji
|Guruji
|as Nazir Hussain
|
|-
|Meena T.
|Gauri ||
|-
|-
|[[Leela Mishra]]
|[[Leela Mishra]]
|Jhumri's mother
|Jhumri's mother
|as Leela Misra
|
|-
|-
|[[Alankar Joshi]]
|[[Alankar Joshi]]
|Buntu
|Buntu
|as Master Alankar
|
|-
|-
|[[Chandrashekhar]]
|[[Chandrashekhar]]
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*'''Story''': [[Gulshan Nanda]]
*'''Story''': [[Gulshan Nanda]]
*'''Screenplay''': [[Gulshan Nanda]]
*'''Screenplay''': [[Gulshan Nanda]]
*'''Dialogue''': [[Akhtar Romani]]
*'''Dialogue''': Akhtar Romani
*'''Producer''': Mushir Alam, [[Mohammad Riaz]]
*'''Producer''': Mushir Alam, Mohammad Riaz
*'''Production Company''': M. R. Productions
*'''Production Company''': M. R. Productions
*'''Cinematographer''': [[Aloke Dasgupta]]
*'''Cinematographer''': [[Aloke Dasgupta]]
*'''Editor''': [[Bijoy Chowdhary]]
*'''Editor''': Bijoy Chowdhary
*'''Art Director''': [[Shanti Dass]]
*'''Art Director''': Shanti Dass
*'''Stunts''': [[M. B. Shetty]]
*'''Stunts''': [[M. B. Shetty]]
*'''Costume and Wardrobe''': [[Bhanu Athaiya]], [[Jaya Chakravarthy]], [[Dattaram]], [[Shalini Shah]], [[Shriman]]
*'''Costume and Wardrobe''': [[Bhanu Athaiya]], Jaya Chakravarthy, Dattaram, [[Shalini Shah]], Shriman
*'''Choreographer''': Suresh Bhatt, Gopi Krishna{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}}
*'''Choreographer''': Suresh Bhatt, Gopi Krishna{{Citation needed|date=February 2020}}
*'''Music Director''': [[Rahul Dev Burman]]
*'''Music Director''': [[Rahul Dev Burman]]
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==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
The music of this movie was composed by [[R. D. Burman]]. The songs "Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon", "Mehbooba" (title track) and "Parbat Ke Peechhe" too, were popular numbers.
The music was composed by [[R. D. Burman]]. The songs "Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon", "Mehbooba" (title track) and "Parbat Ke Peechhe" were popular numbers.


{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singer
![[Raga]]
|-
| "Mere Naina" (Male)
| [[Kishore Kumar]]
|[[Shivaranjani]]
|-
| "Mehbooba Mehbooba"
| [[Kishore Kumar]]
|
|-
|-
!Song Title !!Singers !!Time
| "Parbat Ke Peechhe Chambe Da Gaon"
| [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|[[Jogiya (raga)]]
|-
|-
|"Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon"
| "Chalo Ri, Chalo Ri"
|Lata Mangeshkar
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|6:20
|
|-
|"Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon"
|Kishore Kumar
|5:25
|-
|"Gori Tori Paijaniya"
|Manna Dey
|6:00
|-
|-
|"Parbat Ke Peechhe"
| "Main Tawaif Hoon"
|Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|3:55
|
|-
|"Mehbooba Title Song Jiski Jheel Si Aankhen"
|Kishore Kumar
|3:55
|-
|-
|"Jamuna Kinare Aa Ja"
| "Jamuna Kinare Aaja"
|Lata Mangeshkar  
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|5:05
|[[Bihag]]
|-
|-
|"Chalo Ri Chalo Ri"
| "Mere Naina" (Female)
|Lata Mangeshkar  
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|4:00
|[[Shivaranjani]]
|-
|-
|"Aapke Shahar Mein Aai Hoon"
| "Gori Tori Paijaniya"
|Lata Mangeshkar
| [[Manna Dey]]
|5:00
|[[Sarang (family of ragas)]]
|-
|-
|}
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0268449}}
* {{IMDb title|0268449}}
==References==
{{reflist}}


[[Category:Films scored by R. D. Burman]]
[[Category:Films scored by R. D. Burman]]
[[Category:1976 films]]
[[Category:1976 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1976 Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1976 Indian films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Shakti Samanta]]
[[Category:Films directed by Shakti Samanta]]
[[Category:Films about reincarnation]]
[[Category:Films about reincarnation]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:1976 romantic drama films]]

Latest revision as of 05:06, 4 March 2026


For other uses, see Mehbooba (2008 film).

Mehbooba
Poster
Directed byShakti Samanta
Produced byMushir-Riaz
Written byGulshan Nanda
StarringRajesh Khanna
Hema Malini
Prem Chopra
Nazir Hussain
Music byRahul Dev Burman
Anand Bakshi (lyrics)
CinematographyAloke Dasgupta
Edited byBijoy Chowdhury
Production
company
M. R. Productions
Release date
  • 19 July 1976 (1976-07-19)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Mehbooba is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film based on the reincarnation theme, produced by Mushir-Riaz and directed by Shakti Samanta. The film stars Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini and Prem Chopra in pivotal roles. The music is composed by Rahul Dev Burman. The film is noted for an impressive performance by the lead pair and for its haunting melodies such as "Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon" sung separately by both Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar, "Chalo Ri" and the duet "Parbat Ke Peeche". The movie is based on Gulshan Nanda's novel Sisakate Saaz. Nanda has also written the screenplay.[1]<

Plot[edit | edit source]

Singer Suraj (Rajesh Khanna) is presented with a tanpura by his fiancée's father. Thereafter, he starts hearing a haunting song at nights. One day, while going for a stage show, stuck in heavy rain, he goes to a small unknown motel, where he meets a woman named Ratna. During the night, he sees Ratna, singing the same song he often hears at night, and walking towards a dilapidated palace. Instinctively, he follows her into the haveli and calls out her name. He is told by an old keeper of the palace that Ratna died more than 1000 years ago and people believe that she still haunts that place.

As he walks around, a portrait of Ratna makes Suraj remember their previous life where he was Prakash, the chief singer of the royal court and was in love with Ratna (Hema Malini), the court dancer. They are unable to get married as Prakash is betrothed to Jamuna and Ratna is destined to become the royal courtesan. They decided to elope but are killed on their way. They die promising each other that they will meet again.

Coming back to his senses, Suraj feels confused. He then runs into a gypsy girl Jhumri, (Hema Malini) who he believes is Ratna's reincarnation. He is able to make Jhumri remember her past life and her love for Prakash. The two declare their undying love for each other. This angers Suraj's fiancée Rita Malhotra (Asha Sachdev), as well as Popatlal (Prem Chopra), who is after Jhumri. Popatlal steals the portrait, and sets the gypsies against Suraj, ensuring a fight between Suraj and the gypsies. How Suraj and Jhumri overcome all obstacles and consummate their relationship this time round forms the climax.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Actor Role Notes
Rajesh Khanna Prakash & Suraj
Hema Malini Ratna & Jhumri
Prem Chopra Appa
Asrani Sinha
Sujit Kumar Dr. Vinod
Madan Puri Sardar
Manmohan Krishna Bandhe Ali Khan
Asha Sachdev Rita Malhotra
Harindranath Chattopadhyay Rita's father
Nazir Hussain Guruji
Meena T. Gauri
Leela Mishra Jhumri's mother
Alankar Joshi Buntu
Chandrashekhar Thakur Himmat Singh
Yogeeta Bali Jamuna Singh Guest Appearance

Crew[edit | edit source]

Awards[edit | edit source]

24th Filmfare Awards:

Nominated

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

The music was composed by R. D. Burman. The songs "Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon", "Mehbooba" (title track) and "Parbat Ke Peechhe" were popular numbers.

Song Singer Raga
"Mere Naina" (Male) Kishore Kumar Shivaranjani
"Mehbooba Mehbooba" Kishore Kumar
"Parbat Ke Peechhe Chambe Da Gaon" Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar Jogiya (raga)
"Chalo Ri, Chalo Ri" Lata Mangeshkar
"Main Tawaif Hoon" Lata Mangeshkar
"Jamuna Kinare Aaja" Lata Mangeshkar Bihag
"Mere Naina" (Female) Lata Mangeshkar Shivaranjani
"Gori Tori Paijaniya" Manna Dey Sarang (family of ragas)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Photos: Fans remember Rajesh Khanna on his first death anniversary Photo Gallery, Picture News Gallery – The Indian Express". archive.indianexpress.com.

External links[edit | edit source]

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