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film produced by S. Krishnamurthy and T. Govindarajan and directed by

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with

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as the Assistant Director. The film stars

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and

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, with Ajit,

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, Johnny Walker,

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, Agha,

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and Niranjan Sharma in the supporting roles. The film's music was composed by

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, with the lyrics penned by Shailendra and

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Plot

Vikram Singh is the Maharaja of Pratap Nagar and is very impressed with his Senapati Sangram Singh for years of loyal service. He decides to make him a Maharaja and agrees to marry his daughter, Anuradha, to his son, Pratap. Sometime later Sangram Singh's necklace given by Vikram Singh was stolen. He accused his servant, Ram Singh. He abducts Sangram Singh's son and exchanges him with his own son. Years later, Vikram sends his now grown-up Anuradha to visit the coronation of Rajkumar Pratap Singh and approve of him as her husband, and she sets off without any escort with just her maid-servant, Kalavati, for company. Shortly thereafter, Vikram is informed that Kalavati has been abducted by a bandit named Suraj Singh, he accordingly rushes over to Sangram's and this is where he discovers to his shock that Kalavati is posing as Anuradha, and it is his daughter that has been abducted by Suraj. When Suraj is arrested and lodged in a dungeon, preparations are set forth for the coronation of Pratap and his subsequently marriage with Anuradha.

Cast

as ''Suraj Singh'' *

as '' The Princess Anuradha'' * Ajit as ''Prince Pratap Singh'' *

as ''Kalavati'' * Johnny Walker as ''Bhola'' * Bharathi as ''Geeta'' *

as the Maharani *

as ''Young Geeta'' *

as ''Ram Singh'' *

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as ''Maharaja Vikram Singh'' * Agha as ''Kotwal Bhakti Charan'' / ''Bhagat Ram'' *

as ''Anokhe'' *

as ''Madhuri'' * Niranjan Sharma as ''Maharaja Sangram Singh'' *

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as the chief of the Musicians * Keshavlal as Pratap Singh's Man

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by

in one of their last successful albums. The lyrics were penned by Shailendra and

. The album also featured the singer Sharda with the chartbuster song "Titli Udi Ud Jo Chali", which became the song that she was most remembered for. The soundtrack was listed by Planet Bollywood as number 86 on their list of 100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks. The song "

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" topped the Binaca Geetmala annual list of 1966 charts. Similarly, the song "Titli Udi Ud Jo Chali" was listed at No. 21.

Box office

At the end of its theatrical run, the film grossed around 50,000,000 with a net of 25,000,000, thus becoming the second highest grossing film of 1966 with a verdict of super-hit at Box Office India. According to IBOS.com, the film had grossed at about 40.0 million and, adjusted to inflation, the gross is 5042.9 million. The film was also one of the last box office hits of

, who was regarded as Bollywood's silver jubilee actor. Vyjayanthimala and Rajendra Kumar had previously worked in many successful films such as ''

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'' (1961), '' Sangam'' (1964) and '' Zindagi'' (1964).

Awards

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0061046, Suraj 1966 films 1960s Hindi-language films 1960s Urdu-language films Urdu-language Indian films Films set in the 18th century Films about revolutions Films set in India Films scored by Shankar–Jaikishan Films directed by T. Prakash Rao Hindi films remade in other languages Indian swashbuckler films