''Prem Geet'' is a 1981

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-language film directed by Sudesh Issar. It stars

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and

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. This was the debut film of actress Anita Raj.

Plot

Akash Bhardwaj (

) is a famous poet under the pen name Nishant, which is unknown to his father Mr. Bhardwaj (

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) and mother Mrs. Laxmi Bhardwaj (

Showkar Janaki Sankaramanchi Janaki (born T. Janaki; 12 December 1931), popularly known as Sowcar Janaki (Tamil) or Shavukaru Janaki (Telugu) or Sahukar Janaki (Kannada), is an Indian actress who has appeared in over 300, films, predominantly in Tamil, Telu ...

). Asha (Rajni Sharma), his sister's friend loves him, but he doesn't reciprocate her feelings. On a college excursion to Shimla, he comes across famous dancer Shikha (

) and falls in love with her. Unknowing of the fact that he is the famous poet Nishant whom she likes, she insults him. In a party during the song "Hothon Se Chhulo Tum", she finally found out that Akash is Nishant and she confesses her love. His father, who wants to see him as a qualified doctor, doesn't approve of the relationship. His marriage is fixed with Asha against his will. Here the story takes a turn as Shikha is diagnosed as suffering from a Brain Tumor in the final stage and has only few more days remaining to live. Akash asks his doctor friend Dr. Amar ( Shashi Ranjan) to hide the same from Shikha to save her from any shock and keep her happy. He convinces his father for his marriage with Shikha, informing him about her medical condition. They are married with the initial disapproval of his mother and sister, but later everyone start liking her. After 3 months of marriage, symptoms starts to show up as dizziness and vomiting, which Mrs. Laxmi takes for her pregnancy. Whereas the gynecologist ( Shammi) asks her to go for complete checkup, she finds out about her disease. While confronting Dr. Amar, she is informed that Akash as well as his father know of this and she asks her doctor not to disclose the fact to them that she also is aware of her condition. She asks Asha to look after Akash after her death. She dies on stage while performing for a charity function on her birthday after the song "Tumne Kya Kya Kiya Hai Humare Liye", telling Akash that she knows everything and is thankful to him for all the happiness he has given her.

Cast

as Akash Bhardwaj / Nishant *

as Shikha * Rajni Sharma as Asha * Sowcar Janki as Mrs. Laxmi Bhardwaj *

as Mr. Bhardwaj * Shashi Ranjan as Dr. Amar * Komal Soni * Sajjan as Hiralal * Shammi as Gynecologist * Raj Kishore as Professor *

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as Deepak Agarwal * Vandana Rane * Yasmeen * Zubeda * Chandermohan * Kumar Gautam * Ashok Saxena * Sonika *

Ram Avtar Ram Avtar was a character actor turned comedian in Hindi cinema. He is best known for his roles in Nasir Hussain's films, especially '' Teesri Manzil'' (1967) and ''Yaadon Ki Baaraat'' (1973). These roles ranged from tickled train passenger in t ...

as Patient (uncredited) *

Gulshan Grover Gulshan Grover (born 21 September 1955) is an Indian actor and producer who has appeared in over 100 films. He is popularly known as the "Bad Man" of Bollywood because of his ability to create an impact with his negative roles in films. Early ...

as Rangeela (uncredited)

Soundtrack

*Music:

Jagjit Singh Jagjit Singh (born Jagmohan Singh Dhiman; 8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011) was an Indian composer, singer and musician. He composed and sang in numerous languages and is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian c ...

*Lyrics:

Indeevar Shyamalal Babu Rai, known professionally as Indeevar, (also credited as Indiwar and Indeewar) (1 January 1924 – 27 February 1997) was one of the leading Hindi film lyricists in the 1960s. Early life He was born in Barua Sagar of Jhansi di ...

External links

* 1980s Hindi-language films 1981 films {{1980s-Hindi-film-stub