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Yakub
Yakub or Yaqub ( ar, يعقوب, Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb , links=no, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob (name), Jacob and James (name), James. The Arabic form ''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb'' may be direct ...
play the supporting roles. It revolves around a doctor who unknowingly forces a girl, who is in love with him, to marry a king.
With profits of 6 million, the film was a commercial success, which lead Anand and Madhubala doing seven more films together. It is specially noted for its song "Mehfil Mein Jal Uthi Shama" (picturised on Madhubala, sung by Lata Mangeshkar).
Plot
After studying abroad for several years, a young doctor Anand ( Dev Anand) returns home to inherit ownership of a rural village. En route to the village he encounters a girl, Poonam ( Madhubala) whose mother ( Leela Mishra) needs treatment. He secures lodgings in their house. A romance blossoms, but the girl's impecunious gambler brother (
Yakub
Yakub or Yaqub ( ar, يعقوب, Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb , links=no, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob (name), Jacob and James (name), James. The Arabic form ''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb'' may be direct ...
) marries her off to King Sangram ( Mazhar Khan) and the couple are parted. When Poonam falls ill, Anand as the doctor is called and their lives are imperiled by the King's suspicious sister leading to a melodramatic denouement. Many misunderstandings and tears follow with Poonam committing suicide just before Anand reaches her.
Yakub
Yakub or Yaqub ( ar, يعقوب, Yaʿqūb or Ya'kūb , links=no, also transliterated in other ways) is a male given name. It is the Arabic version of Jacob (name), Jacob and James (name), James. The Arabic form ''Ya'qūb/Ya'kūb'' may be direct ...
as Poonam's Brother
* Leela Mishra as Poonam's Mother
Soundtrack
The music of ''Nirala'' was composed by
C. Ramchandra
Ramchandra Narhar Chitalkar (12 January 1918 – 5 January 1982), also known as C. Ramchandra or Chitalkar or Anna Sahib, was an Indian music director and playback singer.