''Mere Mehboob'' ("My Lover") is a 1963 Indian film directed by

Harnam Singh Rawail Harnam Singh Rawail (21 August 1921 – 17 September 2004), often credited as H. S. Rawail, was an Indian filmmaker. He debuted as a director with the 1940 Bollywood film '' Dorangia Daku'' and is best known for romantic films like ''Mere ...

and starring

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, Sadhana,

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, Pran, Johnny Walker and

Ameeta Ameeta (born as Qamar Sultana) is an Indian actress. She appeared in Bollywood films such as '' Tumsa Nahin Dekha'', ''Mere Mehboob'' and '' Goonj Uthi Shehnai''. Career Beginning A fan of Madhubala, Ameeta was enacting her idol's sword fight ...

. The film became a blockbuster and took the number one position at the box office in 1963. A

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film, it drew a background from

Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University (abbreviated as AMU) is a Public University, public Central University (India), central university in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India, which was originally established by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan as the Muhammadan Anglo-Orie ...

Aligarh Aligarh (; formerly known as Allygarh, and Kol) is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. It is the administrative headquarters of Aligarh district, and lies northwest of state capital Lucknow and approximately southeast of the capita ...

and traditional

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. The famous song "Mere Mehboob Tujhe Mere" was shot in the University Hall and in a couple of places, one gets to see the University. The opening scene of the movie shows the famous residential hall and the associated clock tower; "Victoria Gate".

Plot

While studying in

, Anwar Hussain Anwar falls in love with a veiled woman and is unable to get her out of his mind. En route to Lucknow, they meet with Nawab Buland Akhtar Changezi, and subsequently meet with him a few days later so that he can use his influence to secure an editor's job for Anwar with a magazine. Nawab then asks Anwar to teach his sister, Husna, some poetry, to which he agrees, and eventually finds that she is the very same veiled woman. Both fall in love with each other and the Nawab approves of this alliance, even though Anwar lives a poor lifestyle. The formal engagement ceremony takes place and arrangements are made for the wedding to take place soon. The heavily indebted Nawab does not realize that soon he will find Anwar in the company of a lowly courtesan, Najma; and pressure will be brought on him to get Husna to marry wealthy Munne Raja - who is all set to auction the former's mansion as well as belongings. But at the end Husna marries Anwar Hussain and Nawab recovers his along with all the belongings.

Cast & Characters

Music

The soundtrack for the movie was composed by

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with lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni. The soundtrack consists of 9 songs, featuring vocals by

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and

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. The song ''Mere Mehboob Tujhe'' became very popular upon release.

Song list

Box office

The film grossed at the Indian box office, which in US dollars was .

Awards and nominations

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1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cov ...

: Certificate of Merit for the Second Best Feature Film in Hindi ;

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Sudhendu Roy Sudhendu Roy (1921–1999) was a noted Indian film director, art director and production designer in Hindi cinema, most known for his realistic art direction in auteur Bimal Roy's films, like '' Sujata'' (1959), ''Madhumati'' (1959) and '' Ba ...

List of Filmfare Awards
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Nomination for Best Supporting Actor- Johnny Walker *

Nomination for Best Supporting Actress-

Nomination for Best Music Director-

Nomination for Best Lyricist- Shakeel Badayuni for the song "Mere Mehboob Tujhe Mere" *

Nomination for Best Playback Singer-

Mohd. Rafi Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer and musician. He is considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Rafi was notable for his versatility and ...

for the song "Mere Mehboob Tujhe Mere"

References

External links

* {{National Film Award Best Feature Film Hindi 1963 films 1960s Hindi-language films 1960s Urdu-language films Films set in Uttar Pradesh Films directed by H. S. Rawail Films scored by Naushad Films shot in Uttar Pradesh Films shot in Lucknow Films set in Lucknow Aligarh Muslim University