''Pooja Ke Phool'' () is a 1964

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-language movie. Produced by A. V. Meiyappan and directed by Bhimsingh, the film stars

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and Pran in pivotal roles. The film's music was composed by

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. This is a remake of the Tamil film '' Kumudham''.

Plot

Balraj (Dharmendra), affectionately called Raj by his elder brother (Nana Palsikar) and niece Vija (Sandhyaroy), is a student in college in the arts semester. As the family is not very rich, Raj decides to move from the hostel to the residence of a family. He finds one such family in Gandhinagar, which consists of Choudhury Hukumat Rai (Ashok Kumar), a lawyer by profession, his wife (Sulochana Chatterjee) and only daughter Shanti (Mala Sinha). Hukumat takes an instant liking to Raj, and tells him that his wife will only allow him to take up residence if he tells her that he is already married. Raj reluctantly does so, and thus acquires residence with the Rai family. Eventually, Mrs. Rai takes a liking to Raj and so does Shanti. Shanti finds out Raj and her dad had lied to the family about Raj's marital status, she confronts Raj, and he readily admits that he lied. Both fall in love. Mr. and Mrs. Rai are thrilled, when they come to know that Raj and Shanti are in love, and excitedly plan their marriage. As Raj's brother is critically ill, Raj has to return to his village. After several days when Raj returns to the Rai family, he refuses to marry Shanti on the grounds that he is going to marry Gauri (Nimmi), the blind sister of Balam Singh (Pran), whom his sister loves. The Rai family is devastated. And then they find out that then Raj has been arrested for killing someone.

Cast

as Choudhary Hukumat Rai *

as Balraj "Raj" *

as Shanti Rai *

as Gauri *

as Vija * Pran as Balam Singh *

Nana Palsikar Nana Palshikar ( mr, नाना पळशीकर) (1907 – 1 June 1984) was an Indian actor who appeared in over 80 Hindi films. He made his film debut in 1935 with ''Dhuwandhar'', and went on to play character roles in both Hindi mainstream ...

as Hansraj (Balraj's Brother) *

Mohan Choti Mohan Choti (1935 – 1 February 1992) was an Indian actor who worked as a comedian in Hindi films. The name Mohan Choti came from a fictional character of the same name from the 1957 film '' Musafir'', in which he plays a tea shop delivery boy ...

as Katpatiya *

Shivraj Shivraj ( hi, शिवराज; 1920 - 3 June 2017) was an Indian actor. Selected filmography *''Singaar'' (1949) *'' Andolan'' (1951) (He played a key role) *'' Patita'' (1953) *''Devdas'' (1955) *'' Seema'' (1955) *''Dekh Kabira Roya'' ( ...

as Mr. Singh (Balam's Father) *

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as Kisaan *

Sulochana Chatterjee Sulochana Chatterjee was a former Indian film actress, who worked as a character actor in Hindi and Bengali cinema, appearing in 93 films, most notably Aaja Sanam ''Aaja Sanam'' is a 1968 Bollywood film directed by Yusuf Naqvi. The film sta ...

as Mrs. Laxmi Hukumat Rai *

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as Mrs. Singh (Balam's Mother) * Madhumati as dancer

Soundtrack

Music was composed by

, lyrics written by

Rajinder Krishan Rajinder Krishan Duggal (6 June 1919 – 23 September 1987) also credited as Rajendra Krishan, was an Indian poet, lyricist and screenwriter. Biography Rajinder Krishan was born in a Duggal family at Jalalpur Jattan on 6 June 1919, in Gujrat ...

for all songs.

References

External links

* 1964 films 1960s Hindi-language films Films directed by A. Bhimsingh Films scored by Madan Mohan AVM Productions films Hindi remakes of Tamil films {{1960s-Hindi-film-stub