Gopi (1970 film)

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Gopi
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Film poster
Directed by A. Bhimsingh
Written bySailajanand Mukhopadhyaya
Produced byT. S. Muthuswamy
S. S. Palaniappan
Starring Dilip Kumar
Saira Banu
Music by Kalyanji-Anandji
Production
company
Prosperity Pictures
Release date
27 November 1970 (1970-11-27)
Running time
2 hours 23 min
Country India
Language Hindi

Gopi is a 1970 Hindi film produced by T. S. Muthuswami & S. S. Palaniappan and directed by A. Bhimsingh. It stars Dilip Kumar, Saira Banu in lead roles, with Pran, Om Prakash, Nirupa Roy, Farida Jalal, Johnny Walker, Ramayan Tiwari, Mukri, Sudesh Kumar, Durga Khote, Lalita Pawar in other important roles. The music was composed by Kalyanji-Anandji.

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This is a remake of 1964 simultaneously shot Kannada Movie Chinnada Gombe and Tamil movie Muradan Muthu , which was produced and directed by B. R. Panthulu. [1] This film is remembered for Om Prakash and Dilip Kumar's classic acting.

As reported by Box Office India, Gopi was a big hit at the box office. [2] [3]

Cast

Production

According to film expert Rajesh Subramanian, Rajendra Kumar was first signed for the film. The producers felt Saira Banu and Dilip Kumar would make a perfect pair and requested Rajendra Kumar to return the signing amount and quit the film.

Awards

Music

The film's music is by Kalyanji-Anandji and the lyrics were penned by Rajinder Krishan.

SongSinger
"Akele Hi Akele Chala Hai" Lata Mangeshkar
"Ek Padosan Peechhe Pad Gayi Junglee Jiska Naam" Lata Mangeshkar, Mahendra Kapoor
"Gentleman Gentleman Gentleman" Lata Mangeshkar, Mahendra Kapoor
"Ramchandra Keh Gaye" Mahendra Kapoor
"Sukh Ke Sab Saathi" Mohammed Rafi

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