''Mere Huzoor'' () is a 1968

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n Hindi-language romantic drama film, produced by Malik Chand Kochar and Vinod Kumar under the Movie Mughals banner and directed by Vinod Kumar. The film stars

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, Mala Sinha and

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, with music composed by

Shankar–Jaikishan Shankar–Jaikishan (also known as S-J), were an Indian composer duo of the Hindi film industry, working together from 1949 to 1971. They are widely considered to be one of the greatest ever music composers of the Hindi film industry. After Jaiki ...

Plot

Akhtar Hussain saves the life of Nawab Salim and earns his gratitude. Salim invites Akhtar to come to his palatial home, and Akhtar does so. On the way on a train journey, he meets a beautiful Sultanat and falls in love with her. On arrival at Salim's house, Akhtar is treated with the utmost respect and provided employment and a place to live. Akhtar meets with Saltanat and both plan to get married. Unknown to them, Salim also loves Saltanat, but Saltanat rejects his advances, and proposal, leaving him heartbroken. Soon Saltanat and Akhtar get married and settle down. Pyarelal Akhtar's friend falls in love with Saltanats sister Geeta. Saltanat soon gives birth to a son. Salim is very affectionate with this child and the child grows to like Salim. Akhtar, meanwhile, has fallen in bad company, drinks alcohol, and romances a courtesan named Firdous by the instigation of Nabban Miya(Ram Mohan). When Saltanat finds out about this affair, she is outraged and asks Akhtar to improve, but instead, Akhtar divorces her, leaving her and her child alone, homeless, and with nowhere to turn. Salim offers to assist her, but Saltanat thinks that Salim is to blame for the current situation, as he may have had a hand in bringing ruin upon herself and Akhtar just to get even for her not marrying him. But soon Saltanat realized that she was wrong. Salim marries Saltanat to save her from people's wrong thinking about her. Meanwhile, Akhtar realizes that he has lost everything as the courtesan rejects him for another man. But it was too late. One day Akhtar comes to Salim's home to see his son for the last time as he is leaving the city and also for a pardon from Saltanat. While leaving the house, Salim calls Akhtar many times, but Akhtar runs away. Running behind Akhtar, Salim suffers a road accident and dies in the arms of Akhtar and Saltanat. After many years, when Saltanat's son is going abroad to be a doctor, all the family visits Salim's grave. Near the grave, there was an old man who used to clean the garbage near the grave for many years. He was none other than Akhtar Hussain...

Cast

as Nawab Salim *

as Akhtar Hussain Akhtar * Mala Sinha as Sultanat * Johnny Walker as Pyarelal Bedar * Zeb Rehman as Geeta (Chunautilal's Daughter) * Surekha as Shama (Salim's Sister) *

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as Courtesan - in song Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baaje Payaliya * Madhumati as Courtesan in song Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baaje Payaliya * Indira as Firdous begum(Courtesan) *

Khalid Siddiqui Khalid Siddiqui ( ur, خالد صدیقی) (born 1 February 1974) is an Indian film and television actor & model. Siddiqui has worked in a number of television shows and Bollywood films. He had a supporting role in '' Ghajini''. Recently he wo ...

as Saltanat and Akhtar's young son in final scene. * K. N. Singh as Hakim *

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as Lala Chunautilal * Manorama as Mrs Chunautilal * Praveen Paul as Akhtar's mother * Ram Mohan as Nabban Miya * Manju as train co-passenger in song Rukh se jara naqaab.. * Master Ripple as Munne Miyan

Soundtrack

The film score was by duo

with lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri. Classical

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'' was used for the fast-paced Kathak dance number, "Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baje Payaliya" sung by Manna Dey. Dey later won the National Film Award for the song. Another song, "Rukh Se Zara Naqab Utha Do Mere Huzoor" was set on a train, hence the music directors added train whistle and rhythms of a moving train into the song. The

muslim social The Muslim social is a film genre in Bollywood that portrays Islamic culture in India. It flourished in the 1950s and 1960s and lasted till the early 1980s. Muslim socials are divided into two categories: "classic Muslim socials" that explore na ...

film set in

Lucknow Lucknow (, ) is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is also the second largest urban agglomeration in Uttar Pradesh. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division ...

, had the song "Rukh Se Zara Naqab Utha Do Mere Huzoor" sung by

Mohammed Rafi Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer and musician. He is considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Rafi was notable for his versatility and ...

and classical-based dance number, "Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baje Payaliya" sung by

Manna Dey Prabodh Chandra Dey (May 1, 1919 − October 24, 2013), known by his stage name Manna Dey, was an internationally acclaimed and celebrated Indian playback singer, music director, and a musician. As a classical vocalist, he belonged to the Bhen ...

, which won him the 1968 National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer.

References

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