''Ek Musafir Ek Hasina'' ''(English: A Traveller and A Beauty)'' is a 1962

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film directed by Raj Khosla and starring

Joy Mukherjee Joy Mukherjee (24 February 1939 – 9 March 2012) was an Indian actor and director. He was titled as the 'heart throb of the 1960s and 1970s'. Family background Joy Mukherjee was the son of Sashadhar Mukherjee and Sati Devi. His father was a ...

, Sadhana in lead roles. The film was produced by

Sashadhar Mukherjee Sashadhar Mukherjee (29 September 1909 – 3 November 1990) was an Indian filmmaker in Hindi cinema. He started his career with Bombay Talkies in the 1930s, and later established Filmistan Studio with Rai Bahadur Chunilal (father of music dire ...

. The film's music is by O. P. Nayyar. The film became a hit at the box office in 1962. The director Raj Khosla would later cast the heroine Sadhana in three more suspense thrillers: '' Woh Kaun Thi?'' (1964), '' Mera Saaya'' (1966) and '' Anita'' (

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Plot

Ajay Mehra is on a secret mission to Kashmir to counter Pakistan backed terrorist right after

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. While on the mission, he is injured due to a bomb blast. A girl, Asha from a poor family, is forced to flee for her own safety following an attack on her house by Pakistan backed terrorist. She comes across Ajay, who is injured. She nurses him back to health over a period of time and they start falling in love with each