''Neela Aakash'' () is a 1965 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Rajendra Bhatia. The film stars

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, Mehmood and

Raj Mehra Raj Mehra (born 20 May 1913 – 10 April 1993) was an Indian character artist and film actor in Hindi language films, especially known for his role as a father of leading actors. During his career, he worked in over 300 Hindi films. Some of hi ...

. The film's music is by

Madan Mohan Madanamohana () is an epithet of the Hindu deity Krishna. It translates as, "he whose charm (''mohana'') bewilders even the god of love ('' madana'')". The epithet describes the powerful nature of the attraction for the deity from his devotees, e ...

Plot

Neela is a well educated girl who lives with her younger brother, sister and parents. Her father is addicted to gambling and alcohol and gets fired from his job due to misappropriation of some funds in his office which he commits for his gambling needs. Forced with circumstances, Neela decides to do a job as an air hostess in

Indian Airlines Indian Airlines was a state-owned airline in India that later became a division of Air India Limited before ultimately ceasing operations. It was based in Delhi and focused primarily on domestic routes, along with several international servic ...

. while on job she meets Aakash who works as a pilot in the same airline. After initial misunderstandings both fall in love with each other. Aakash proposes to Neela for marriage but Neela is concerned about her family as she is the only bread earner of her family and is responsible for education and other needs of her younger siblings. There is some more trouble as Neela's drunkard father does not like their relationship as Neela is his only source of money. There is also a sub-plot of Rita's crush on Aakash and her attempt to create misunderstandings between Neela and Aakash.

Cast

– Aakash *

– Neela * Mehmood – Madanlal *

– Rita *

Madan Puri Madan Puri (30 September 1915 – 13 January 1985) was an Indian actor of Hindi and Punjabi films. His brothers were actors Chaman Puri and Amrish Puri. As a character actor mainly in negative roles (villain), he acted in about 430 films in ...

- Abdul *

– Karamchand, Neela's father *

Sulochana Latkar Sulochana Latkar (born Rangu Diwan; 30 July 1928 – 4 June 2023), better known by her screen name Sulochana, was an Indian actress of Marathi and Hindi cinema, who acted in 50 films in Marathi and around 250 films in Hindi. She was most known ...

– Mrs. Karamchand, Neela's mother * Mopet Raja – Bantu * Manorama – Rita's mother * Mumtaz Begum – Aakash's mother * Sabita Chatterjee – Chanda Chamkani *

Hari Shivdasani Hari Shivdasani (1909–1994) was an Indian character actor in Hindi cinema from 1930s to 1980s. Personal life Hari Shivdasani was a Sindhi Hindu from Karachi and had moved with his family to Mumbai at the time of the partition of the British ...

– Khoobchand Chamkani *Madhavi – Kamini

Soundtrack

The music of the film was composed by

, while lyrics were written by

Raja Mehdi Ali Khan Raja Mehdi Ali Khan (23 September 1915 – 29 July 1966) was an Indian poet, writer and a lyricist. Early life and career Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was born in 1915 into a Punjabi Rajput family of the Janjua clan, Mehdi Ali lost his father when he ...

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0308640, Neela Akaash 1965 films 1960s Hindi-language films Films scored by Madan Mohan