''Heera Panna'' is a 1973 Hindi

romance film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

. Written, produced and directed by

Dev Anand Dharamdev Pishorimal Anand (26 September 1923 – 3 December 2011), better known as Dev Anand, was an Indian actor, writer, director and producer known for his work in Hindi cinema, through a career that spanned over six decades. He was ...

for Navketan films, the film stars Dev Anand,

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, Jeevan, A.K. Hangal, Paintal and Dheeraj Kumar. The film's music was composed by

R. D. Burman Rahul Dev Burman (27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994) was an Indian music director who is considered one of the most influential composers of India. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films. Burman did major work w ...

Plot

Heera (

) has two passions in his life, namely photography and his love for Reema (

), an air-hostess. When Reema passes away during an airplane accident, Heera is left with his only passion in life – photography. During one of his photographic sessions with Raja Sahab (

), a priceless diamond is stolen by Panna (

) and is hidden in Heera's car. When Heera learns about this theft and that he is in possession of the stolen property, he decides to turn Panna to the police but discovers to his shock that Panna is Reema's younger sister. Feeling pity for her, Heera decides not to. While Heera describes her how he met Reema in a plane, how they fell in love and the tragic accident resulting in her death, Panna narrates how she was tempted by Anil (

Dheeraj Kumar Dheeraj Kumar (born 1 October 1944) is an Indian actor, television producer and director. He started Creative Eye Limited, a television production house in 1986. He has acted in both Bollywood and Punjabi films, including '' Sargam'' (1979), ' ...

) and ultimately forced into joining the dark world of theft and robbery. Hearing all this, Heera remembers how Reema once told him to take care of her sister and vows to save her from the ruffians. Soon Anil and his men along with Hari's ( Jeevan) (the group's mastermind) goons reach Heera and Panna's hiding place. In the confrontation that takes place, they fail to snatch the diamond away from Heera but Panna gets hit fatally and eventually succumbs to her wounds. Police along with Raja Sahab and Panna's father arrive; Heera who is accused of stealing the diamond proves himself innocent and hands over the same to the police who arrests all the henchmen. The film ends as Heera drives away his car, left with the memories of both Reema and Panna.

Cast

as Heera *

as Panna *

as Reema *

as Raja Sahib * Jeevan as Hari * Paintal as Kamal * Sudhir as Kamran * Sheetal as Ratna * A. K. Hangal as Diwan Karan Singh *

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as Veeru *

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as Anil's Photographer *

as Anil

Crew

*''Director'' –

*''Writer'' – Dev Anand,

Suraj Sanim Suraj Sanim is an Indian screen writer. He has written screenplays, dialogues and stories of many Hindi and Punjabi films like Shaheed-E-Mohabbat Boota Singh (1999), Sukhmani: Hope for Life (2010). Filmography * Heera Panna (1973) *Bullet (197 ...

(additional dialogue) *''Producer'' – Dev Anand,

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(associate) *''Editor'' – Babu Sheikh, Ashok Bandekar (assistant), Achyut Gupte (color consultant) *''Cinematographer'' –

Fali Mistry Fali Mistry (1919–1979) was an Indian cinematographer, who worked in Bollywood films, from the 1940s to 1980, both in black and white and colour cinema, and along with younger brother Jal Mistry, he was one of the most acclaimed cinematograph ...

*''Art Director'' – T. K. Desai *''Production Company'' – Navketan International Films *''Production Manager'' – Rashid Abbasi, Kumar D. Bhutani, R. S. Manian, Manohar, N. Mehra *''Assistant Director'' – Vishwamitter Adil, Gogi Anand *''Assistant Art Director'' – Nana, Sharad Pole *''Costume and Wardrobe'' – Amarnath, Balchandra *''Music Director'' –

Rahul Dev Burman Rahul Dev Burman (27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994) was an Indian music director who is considered one of the most influential composers of India. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films. Burman did major work w ...

*''Music Assistant'' – Basudeb Chakraborty, Maruti Rao, Manohari Singh *''Lyricist'' –

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*''Playback Singers'' –

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Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar () (born as Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 06 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered to have been the greatest and most influential singers in India. Her cont ...

Music

*The song "Panna Ki Tamanna Hai" was listed at #14 on the

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External links

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