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dil apanaa aur prit paraayi
why is it that the one you love is not yours
kis ne hai ye rit banaayi
who has made this strange tradition?
aandhi men ek dip jalaayaa
it is as absurd as to light a little lamp in the storm
aur paani men aag lagaayi
and light a fire in the water
dil apanaa
hai dard aisaa ki sahanaa hai mushkil
the pain is so acute that it is unbearable
duniyaa vaalon se kahanaa hai mushkil
hard to confide in anyone
ghir ke aayaa hai tuufaan aisaa
the storm is so strong
bach ke saahil pe rahanaa hai mushkil
it is impossible to stay safe on the shore
dil apanaa
dil ko sambhaalaa na daaman bachaayaa
I didnot watch out for thewelfare of my heart
phaili jab aag tab hosh aayaa
when the fire spread then I became aware of my folly
gam ke maare pukaaren kise ham
now sorrowful, who should I call out to help
ham se bichhadaa hamaaraa bhi saayaa
I am so lonely that even my shadow is not with me
dil apanaa
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Directed by Kishore Sahu, Hindi movie Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai stars Meena Kumari and Raaj Kumar in the lead role. Know the full star cast of Dil Apna Aur ..
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Meena Kumari
Karuna
Raaj Kumar
Dr. Sushil K. Verma
Nadira
Kusum
Helen
Cabaret Dancer
Shammi
Sheela
Kumari Naaz
Munni
Pratima Devi
Mrs. K. Verma
Raj Kishore
Om Prakash
Girdhari
Tun Tun
Haseena
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Kamal Amrohi
Producer
Music
Shankar Singh Raghuvanshi
Composer
Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal
Composer
Hasrat Jaipuri
Lyricist
Shailendra
Lyricist
Sebastian D'Souza
Music Assistant
Dattaram Wadkar
Music Assistant
Asha Bhosle
Singer
Lata Mangeshkar
Singer
Mohammed Rafi
Singer
Minoo Katrak
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Editing and Post-production
Kantilal Shukla
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Production Design and Art
Yusuf Nakvee
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A. Karim
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Genre
- Romance, Musical
Star Cast
- Raaj Kumar.... Dr. Sushil Verma
- Meena Kumari.... Nurse. Karuna
- Om Parkesh.... Girdhari
- Nadira.... Mrs. Kusum Sushil Verma
- Sulochana
- Helen.... Cameo - in song
- Shammi Kapoor
- Pratima.... Sheela
- Tun Tun.... Haseena
- Kumar
- Naaz
- Pratima Devi.... Sushil's mother - as Protima Devi
- Yusuf
- Ravi
- Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai is a 1960 Hindi movie produced by S. A. Bagar and directed by Kishore Sahu. The film stars Raaj Kumar, Meena Kumari, Nadira, Tun
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www.imdb.com/title/tt0053767/- Rating: 7.1/10 - 88 votesOne such classic movie is Dil Apna Aur Preet Paraaee (1960) starring Raaj Kumar, Meena Kumari and Naadira. This movie not only tells a heart-conquering
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Cast overview, first billed only: Raaj Kumar ... Dr. Sushil K. VermaMeena Kumari ... KarunaNadira ... Ruby Mayer ... Head NurseTun Tun ... HaseenaHelen ... Cabaret DancerShammi ... SheelaKumar ... Dr. MalhotraKumari Naaz ... MunniPratima Devi ... Mrs. K. Verma (as Protima Devi)Bihari ... (as Behari)Yusuf Eruch Tarapore Ravi Om Prakash ... GirdhariEdit
Storyline
A dedicated surgeon is obligated to marry the daughter of a family friend, but his heart belongs to the nurse who works tirelessly by his side.
Kusum Rai lives a wealthy lifestyle in scenic Kashmir with her widowed dad, Basant. Her dad had helped his friend's widow, her son, Sushil Verma, and daughter, Munni, overcome many financial challenges, and had also paid for his medical education so that he can grow up to not only support his family, but also marry Kusum. Kusum and Sushil do get married and re-locate back to Sushil's house which is attached to Malhotra Hospital where he works. Shortly thereafter disagreements begin when Kusum is not allowed to have her way, and also when she feels that Sushil is not being attentive towards her. Things escalate to such an extent that Kusum returns to live with her dad. Several months later, she is informed that Sushil is seriously ill, she returns - only to find that Sushil is in love with a nurse named Karuna. Watch what an angered Kusum does to keep Sushil all to himself. Written by rAjOo (gunwanti@hotmail.com)Plot Summary | Add Synopsis
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Somewhere, along the coast of India, on the outskirts of a small town is located the renowned institution called "Malhotra Hospital", which was founded twenty-five years back by one Doctor Malhotra and is being run by him ever since withthe assistance of other doctors and nurses who are as selfless and dedicated to the cause of ailing humanity as himself. . Karuna, a new nurse, who has joined the hospital with a resolve to resolve to serve the sick an ailing with complete devotion of mind, finds herself drawn towards Doctor Sushil Varma, one of the doctors at the hospital and fine surgeon. . Doctor Varmas aged mother suffers from rehumatic pains and Karuna often releives Maji and cooks a meal for the family. Soon Karuna finds herself a very welcme friend in this house. The doctor has one-track mind and has nothing to notice or interest him in save his professional duties-unless it is humanly impossible that this youthful doctor should have remained utterly unimpressed in his sub-conscious mind by the sweet ways of this angel. . As Majis infirmity grows she becomes more insistent that Sushil shoul get married, and she eventually resorts to a subterfuge and takes her son to Kashmir to see Lala Basant Rai who is supposed to be dangerousl ill. Much against his will, Sushil leaves for Kashmir, with his mother and little sister, and when he returns, he returns with Lalajis daughter, Kusum, whom he was married as planned by his mother. . Doctor Sushil Varmas coming back from Kashmir a married man proves a cruel blow to Kaaruna. Kusum proves an ill-tempered and a nagging wife which makes Sushils life at home miserable. He now realises suddenly-what he could not see amidst his multifarious duties-that he has committed a blunder, that he was married a wrong girl. He has broken the heart of good and devoted Karuna and married a vile society butterfly. But is now too late to retrace or to repair the mistake. So life drifts on. . Both Karuna and Sushil suppress their emotions for each other and apply their minds to the cause of the patients-who are in the grip of deadly diseases and will never quit the hospital alive, and patients suffering from ailments who willbe nursed back to the health by the treatment of kindly doctors and dutiful nurses. Among the patients are Girdhari. Rahim Buksh and Natthu. Girdhari has a cancerous patch inthe stomach and know that he will not go out alive. He is a philospher and poet. He knows how to die with a smile on his lips. Natthu is a brute. He quarrels with Girdhari and ill treats the nurse who tries to make him drink his dose of medicines. Rahim Buksh is a good soul, in mortal terror of his termagnat wife, who occasionally storms the ward and Buksh is a good soul, in mortal terror of his termagnat wife, who occasionally storms the ward and rails at her ailing husband. But Rahim Buksh gets his release from the hospital. Soon Natthu is declared cured and he frosakes his bed too, but not before he bids touching good-bye to Girdhari. This touches Girdhari who is moved to tears. Eventually Girdhari too quits his bed-for the grave. . Thus Karuna and Sushil with their bleeding hearts are constantly throw together. A silent everbinding, soulembracing intimacy springs up between the two while they perform their trying duties evengelically in the most difficult circumstances. . A terrific conflict between love and duty rages intheir minds. They make an effort to sacrifice their love ad sublimate, it so that they can serve, the hospital and the patients better; but the volcano of jealousy erupts in Kusums vicious mind and thretens to singe Karuna and Sushil with its molten lava. . But whoever has ever suceeded in destroying love-true love? [Source: Booklet]
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Well one gets kinda easy on the rating , for the sheer respect of the movies times...lack of technology and respect for the crew and cast.
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ALL in all ...a lazy Sunday afternoon...preceded by a great lunch...can make the ideal setting for this movie.
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this full-on 1940s Hollywood-style soap opera romance, with it’s thwarted love, stylish villainess, crashing ocean waves mirroring internal turmoil, and bonus bakwas filmi medicine.
Even though Meena Kumari spends the whole movie dressed like the Flying Nun, you can practically taste the chemistry between her and Raaj Kumar (still blessed with his own hair and very handsome indeed)
and Nadira makes a perfect Joan Crawford in a sari. Plus the songs are pure gems, including the one that would be my ring-tone if I had a cell phone (“Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh”). From an era when plots like this often devolved into ridiculous melodrama and pointless self-sacrifice this one stays relatively on point and the people in it remain relatively sane. Also woven into the main story is a simply delightful sub-plot about three patients, led by Om Prakash.
Karuna (Meena Kumari) is a newly graduated nurse who, lacking any family, finds a job at the Malhotra Hospital far from where she grew up. Her calm demeanor and practical efficiency quickly endear her to the other nurses (Edwina and fellow dancers) and the stern matron (Ruby Mayer/Sulochana).
Matron puts her on the general ward, where Girdhari (Om Prakash), who has stomach cancer, is scheduled for the first of what will be many, many, many operations. This poor guy is used as pretty much the only device for throwing our hero and heroine together over the course of the film, and is cut open and stitched back together again about a hundred times. Ouch! In any case, Girdhari is a cheerful (and ticklish) man glad to see a pretty new face, as are most of the other patients; the sole exception is Nathu, who refuses to take his medicine and abuses the nurses.
Performing the surgery with great skill is Dr. Sushil Verma (Raaj Kumar). The dramatic music and stern concentration of the operating staff emphasize that hospitals are serious business. I love the old-fashioned Harlequin Romance atmosphere of it all. And oh! the titillating mystery of masks and gowns: when Sushil and Karuna are relieved of theirs, the attraction between them is instant.
On a day off, the nurses head for the beach and a lovely song picturized on a light-hearted and wind-tossed Meena laughing with her colleague Sheela (Shammi) and the others. Edwina told me that it was the first and only time she agreed to wear a swimsuit for a job, and she was so self-conscious that she was miserable and kept herself away from the cameras (and you can hardly pick her out in the song, although she’s there along with Bela Bose and all the other usual suspects).
On her way home, Karuna passes through a children’s playground and comes across an adolescent girl who has hurt her knee. I miss that fun but dangerous playground equipment like merry-go-rounds; really kids today (at least in America) don’t know what they are missing. Karuna helps her get home and discovers that she is Munni (Kumari Naaz), Sushil’s younger sister, and a drama queen of the first order.
Sushil and Munni’s mother (Protima Devi) takes an instant liking to Karuna too. She is getting older and tired of doing all the household chores, and wants Sushil to hurry up and get married. She has picked out a bride for him: the daughter of an old friend of her husband’s who took them in when Mr. Verma died and paid for Sushil’s education. Sushil is not in any hurry, being dedicated to his job and unwilling to inflict the toll that it takes on a wife.
This makes me laugh, because when I was a teenager I decided that if I had to get married I would marry a doctor since he would never be home to bother me. You just have to choose wisely, Dr. Verma! For her part, Ma is horrified in that way that Indians are when she finds out that Karuna is all alone in the world. She tells Karuna to come and visit her at home whenever she can, and Karuna begins to help her out with things. Ma and Munni become fond of her, as does Sushil watching her at work going about her tasks. She settles into her job, and the denizens of the general ward—besides Girdhari and Nathu, there is Rahim Baksh, who checks himself into the hospital periodically to escape his wife Haseena (Tun Tun)—begin to see the determination beneath the gentle exterior.
She even gets recalcitrant Nathu to take his medication on his own finally, after months of him making the matron force it down his throat. Karuna is falling in love with Sushil, as he is with her, but she is diffident and he is not the type to push her. The pace of their unfolding romance is a little slow, but it’s also very sweet and obvious that this is a relationship that will matter if it’s allowed to develop naturally.
BUT MA HAS OTHER PLANS.
She tricks Sushil into going to Kashmir with her and Munni to visit her husband’s old friend wealthy Lalaji and his daughter Kusum (Nadira). Once there, he is bullied and guilted into marrying Kusum, although he does try to talk sense into his mother. She is having none of it, however, and eventually he gives in.
When they return home with Kusum in tow, Karuna is devastated. She gathers herself together and maintains her dignity, keeping the newly wed Sushil at a respectably professional distance. Her resolve is tested on occasion, most notably when the hospital staff have a boating party to celebrate their Dr. Verma’s marriage.
It’s also pretty obvious from the outset that Kusum and Sushil are mismatched. She is spoiled and self-absorbed and (not unnaturally) wants her new husband to spend time with her (he should have married MEEEEE!). But he is devoted to his job and to giving Girdhari all those stomach surgeries, and she is soon jealous of Karuna. Discord plants itself firmly in the house and flourishes. Kusum is not very likable, although I do have some sympathy for her. It would drive me nuts to have whispery Karuni calling my husband every night to ask him to go to work. But she makes no effort to see things from Sushil’s point of view, although he tries to be reasonable, and he finally loses patience.
Of course it all ends badly, with Kusum refusing to call him to the phone one night. They go out and watch Helen perform the Banana Boat Song (a pretty direct lift) as Girdhari waits in vain for his surgeon, and dies. It is pretty heart-wrenching for those of us who have become fond of him.
Sushil returns home and confronts Kusum. She is unrepentant, and leaves the house to return to her father in Kashmir.
But of course she is still married to Sushil, and divorce I assume is unthinkable. Karuna and Sushil do their best to remain professional, but we are now treated to at least five times the surging waves as before, and tangled fishing nets into the symbolic bargain. I should say here (in case you don’t already know this) that I am not terribly patient with painstaking emotional choreography, but here the pacing works very nicely for me. Enhanced by their genuine chemistry, Karuna and Sushil’s dance around each other builds in momentum to an end that I find both satisfying and believable.
What will happen to them? Will they give in to temptation? Will Kusum return after she has some time to think, and will Sushil take her back? Will Maa figure out that bullying one’s son into marriage is perhaps a mistake?
If you have any sentimental bones in your body see this (if you don’t, you might not appreciate it as I do though). The writing, acting and direction (Kishore Sahu) is stellar and honestly I find very little in here not to like. Karuna could have been too weepy for my liking but Meena plays her beautifully, giving her a steel core that allows her to be sad without wallowing in irritating self-pity. Karuna is a character I both like and respect.
Here are some other things I love and wanted to make note of:
More bakwas filmi medicine: Sushil falls ill after a night spent passed out on a bench in the rain. As far as I can tell he is not mauled by wild animals or anything, but here’s the diagnosis and recommended treatment. You have to love a hospital that will repeat the same surgery on the same patient day after day and put a bandage on a collapsed lung!
And it really is all so very early Hollywood and Nadira is gorgeous throughout, even if she is a brat. Raaj Kumar is not bad on the eyes either, and looks very natty in his suits and ties. (Right: Joan Crawford and Craig Stevens in Humoresque, 1946).
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ajeeb dastan hai yeh
Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi Songs Translation in English
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Ajeeb daastaan hai yeh
Strange story it is
Kahan shuru kahan khatam
Where it started and where it ended
Yeh manzile hai kaunsi
What kind of destiny is this
Na voh samajh sake na hum) � 2
Neither he understood nor me
(Yeh roshni ke saath kyoon
Why did the smoke raise
Dhuaan utha chiraag se) � 2
With the light
Yeh khwaab dekhti hoon main
I keep dreaming
Ke jag padi hoon khwaab se
And now I awaken from my dreams
Ajeeb daastaan hai yeh
Strange story it is
Kahan shuru kahan khatam
Where it started and where it ended
Yeh manzile hai kaunsi
What kind of destiny is this
Na voh samajh sake na hum
Neither he understood nor me
(Mubaarakein tumhe ke tum
Congratulations to u
Kisi ke noor ho gaye) � 2
That u became someone�s love
Kisi ke itne paas ho
U are so close to me yet
Ke sab se door ho gaye
u became distanced from all
Ajeeb daastaan hai yeh
Strange story it is
Kahan shuru kahan khatam
Where it started and where it ended
Yeh manzile hai kaunsi
What kind of destiny is this
Na voh samajh sake na hum
Neither he understood nor me
(Kisi ka pyaar leke tum
Taking someone love u will
Naya jahan basaaoge) � 2
Will create a new life
Yeh shaam jab bhi aayegi
Whenever this nite comes
Tum humko yaad aaoge
I will think of u
Ajeeb daastaan hai yeh
Strange story it is
Kahan shuru kahan khatam
Where it started and where it ended
yeh manzile hai koun se
what kind of destiny is this
na woh samjh sake na hum
neither he understood nor me