''Pyar Ka Mausam'' () is a 1969 Indian

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-language musical romance film under

Nasir Hussain Mohammad Nasir Hussain Khan (16 November 1926 – 13 March 2002), better known as Nasir Hussain, was an Indian film producer, film director, and screenwriter. With a career spanning decades, Hussain has been credited as a major trendsetter in ...

films banner. Its plot has much similarity to Hussain's own earlier film "Tumsa Nahi Dekha," with Ameeta and Shammi Kapoor in the lead roles. It starred

Shashi Kapoor Shashi Kapoor (pronounced �əʃi kəpuːɾ born Balbir Raj Kapoor; 18 March 1938 – 4 December 2017) was an Indian actor and producer known primarily for his work in Hindi films. He is considered as one of the greatest and most successful acto ...

, and the Nasir Husain fixture-

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. It also had

Bharat Bhushan Bharatbhushan Gupta, better known as Bharat Bhushan (14 June 1920 – 27 January 1992) was an Indian actor in Hindi language films, scriptwriter and producer. He was born in Meerut, and brought up in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. Career 1941– ...

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and another Nasir Husain fixture Rajendranath. Nasir's nephew Faisal Khan who was 3 years old at the time plays Shashi Kapoor's character as a child. Two more Husain fixtures were responsible for the memorable songs: lyricist

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and music composer R.D. Burman. R.D.Burman also had an acting role in the film. The film became a Silver Jubilee Hit.

Analysis

The story was on Nasir Husain's favorite theme, a family whose members get separated at the start of the movie and after much action are reunited at the end of the movie. The theme song (Tum bin jaoon kahan) is played several times in the film:

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's version is picturized on the hero

three times, while

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's version is picturized on

twice. The song is a key part of the movie like the key songs in later movies of Nasir Hussain ( Yaadon Ki Baraat and

Hum Kisise Kum Naheen ''Hum Kisise Kum Naheen'' () is a 1977 Indian masala film produced and directed by Nasir Hussain. It stars Rishi Kapoor, Tariq, Kaajal Kiran, and Amjad Khan, with Zeenat Aman in a special appearance. It took the third top spot at the box ...

). The key song helps in uniting long lost family/lovers in all three films.

Plot

Seema is the only child of widowed Mohan, who is adopted by Mohan's boss, Sardar Ranjit Singh, who has no heir to his estate, as his daughter, Jamuna, eloped with a poor peasant, Gopal. Ranjit does not get along with his step-brother, Shankar. Jamuna manages to placate her dad, & he goes to her house, only to find it in flames with Gopal burned to death, and their son, Sunder, missing. Years later, Seema has now grown up and meets with a young man named Pyarelal in Ooty. She meets him a year later, but this time he introduces himself as Jhatpat Singh, a man she was supposedly engaged to in their childhood. Shortly thereafter she meets with the real Jhatpat Singh, and changes her mind about the fake Jhatpat Singh alias Pyarelal. Now Sunil knows that he was adopted and understands that he was the lost son of Gopal. He goes to Sardar Ranjit Singh and appoints to be an estate manager. There he meets Seema again and they rekindle their romance. By that time, planning to steal away property, Shankar sends his son as the lost son of Jamuna and Gopal. Ranjit Singh believes him and wants to marry Seema to Shankar's son. After some misunderstandings, family finally reunites and Jamuna's sanity returns. Movie ends with the marriage of Seema and Sunil/Sunder. It is one of two films in which Music Director

Rahul Dev Burman Rahul Dev Burman (; 27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994) was an Indian music director and singer, who is considered to be one of the greatest and most successful music directors of the Hindi film music industry. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman ...

plays a role of Jhatpat Singh's assistant in the film apart from giving the music for the film, the other being

Bhoot Bungla ''Bhoot Bungla'' () is a 1965 Indian Hindi-language horror comedy film directed by Mehmood Ali, Mehmood, who stars in the film alongside Tanuja and Nazir Hussain. Music for this film was composed by Rahul Dev Burman, R.D. Burman. The film focu ...

Cast

as Sunder/Sunil/''Pyarelal'' *

as ''Seema Kumar'' *

as ''Gopal'' *

as ''Jamuna'' * Kishen Mehta as ''Ramesh'' *

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as ''Keshav'' *

Rajendra Nath Rajendra Nath Malhotra (8 June 1931 − 13 February 2008) was an Indian actor and comedian in Hindi and Punjabi films. Early life and family Rajendra Nath was born on 8 June 1931 in Tikamgarh, which is now in Madhya Pradesh. His family was ...

as ''Fake Jhatpat Singh'' * Asit Sen as ''Kunvar Saheb'' *

as ''Sardar Ranjit Kumar'' * M. B. Shetty as ''Samson'' * Faisal Khan as ''Young Sunder'' *

Birbal Mahesh Das (; 1528 16 February 1586), popularly known by his title Rajah Birbal (), was an Indian minister and commander of the Mughal Empire. He is mostly known in the Indian subcontinent for the folk tales which focus on his wit. He was app ...

as Real Jhatpat Singh * Karen Lesley as Ms. Loveleena * Dulari as ''Kamla Kumar'' * Tabassum as ''Tara'' *

Laxmi Chhaya Laxmi Chhaya (7 January 1948 – 9 May 2004) was an Indian actress, dancer and teacher, who was known for her distinctive character roles and appearances in Hindi films. Following a series of roles as a child actor, Chhaya earned recognition ...

as Lajwanti 'Lajjo' *

as Shanker *

as Assistant of Real Jhatpat Singh

Soundtrack

References

External links

* {{Nasir Hussain 1969 films 1960s Hindi-language films Films scored by R. D. Burman Films directed by Nasir Hussain