''Jheel Ke Us Paar'' (English: ''On the other side of the lake'') is a 1973 Hindi film produced and directed by Bhappi Sonie. It is based on a novel by Gulshan Nanda, and stars Dharmendra, Mumtaz (Indian actress), Mumtaz, Prem Chopra, Pran (actor), Pran, Yogeeta Bali, Ranjeet and Shatrughan Sinha. The film's music is by R. D. Burman. Jal Mistry won the Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award.

Cast

* Dharmendra as Sameer Rai * Mumtaz (Indian actress), Mumtaz as Neelu * Yogeeta Bali as Jugnu * Shatrughan Sinha as Dr. J. P. Tandon * Prem Chopra as Pratap * Ranjeet as Balraj * Pran (actor), Pran as Rasila * Iftekhar as Diwanji * Urmila Bhatt as Prabha * Faryal as Maya * Anwar Hussain (actor), Anwar Hussain as Hariya * Mehmood Junior as Chikku

Plot

Neelu (Mumtaz) is a blind girl in a village. Sameer Rai (Dharmendra), an artist, spots her and wants to give back her eyesight as she lost her eyesight in an accident when she got bumped of by his father in her childhood. Prem Chopra is complexly portrayed, he plays Pratap, step-brother of Sameer. Sameer's mother wants him to marry Jugnu (Yogeeta Bali) but he has fallen in love with the blind girl. Jugnu and Sameer's mother persuade Neelu to play blind even when she gets back her eyesight to dissuade Sameer to marry a down trodden village girl. They bring along a false husband of Neelu who carries her off into the clutches of Pratap the illegitimate half brother of Sameer. His love interest betrays him and he gets killed. His girlfriend and her dead husband who is actually alive and playing possum to get insurance money try to kill Neelu as she has witnessed Pratap's murder. Everything gets resolved in the final climax based on a novel of the same name. The film has many twists and turns.

Soundtrack

Lyrics of all the songs were written by lyricist Anand Bakshi.

References

External links

* 1972 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films Films scored by R. D. Burman Films directed by Bhappi Sonie {{1970s-Hindi-film-stub