'' Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli'' () is a 1971

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directed by

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, with Sandhya and Abhijeet as leads, along with Vatsala Deshmukh and

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. This was the first Indian film for which all songs were recorded in stereophonic sound. The film, however, had mono soundtrack. All songs were recorded and mixed by Mangesh Desai at V. Shantaram's Rajkamal Kalamandir studios.

Plot

Alaknanda lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed dad, Dr. Verma. She is fond of dancing and singing to such an extent that she refuses to marry the groom her dad has chosen for, runs away to Laitpur, enlists in the song and dance troupe that Rajkumar Kailash runs in his palatial house called "Lalit Mahal". Both Kailash and Alaknanda meet and fall in love, but Kailash's mom wants him to marry Rajkumari Rupmati. Then, when Alaknanda is performing, she meets with an accident and is hospitalized with a fractured leg that may never heal. Afraid to show her face to Kailash, who still insists on marrying her, she uses her crutches to escape from the hospital, ends up with a gang of bandits, is rescued by Kailash and brought home - where circumstances will again put her on the stage to perform a dance. The question remains how can a cripple perform a dance?

Cast

*Abhijeet as Rajkumar Kailash - Abhijeet was screen name given by V Shantaram but his Real Name is Prem Sagar Gosain. * Sandhya as Alaknanda 'Alka' Verma *

Vatsala Deshmukh Vatsala Deshmukh ( mr, वत्सला देशमुख; 1930 – 12 March 2022) was an Indian Marathi and Hindi actress. Life and career Deshmukh started her career as a model and later joined the show business. She made her screen deb ...

as Bhairavi *

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as Dr. Verma *

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as Chamay 'Royal' Roy * Birbal as Masseur * Vasant Parekh * Ravindra *

as Rajmata (as Dina Gandhi) *

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as Bandit child

Soundtrack

The music of this movie was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. Lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri

References

External links

* 1971 films 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s romance films Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal Films directed by V. Shantaram Indian romance films Hindi-language romance films {{1970s-romance-film-stub