Kangan (film)

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Kangan
Directed by K. B. Tilak
Produced byM.B. Raj, Jagdish A. Sharma
Music byKalyanji-Anandji
Release date
  • 1 August 1971 (1971-08-01)
Running time
139 minutes
Country India
LanguageHindi

Kangan (transl. Bangles) is a 1971 Hindi film starring Mala Sinha and Sanjeev Kumar. The film was a remake of the 1963 Telugu film Eedu Jodu , starring Jamuna, Jaggaiah and Gummadi respectively in the roles of Mala Sinha, Sanjeev Kumar and Ashok Kumar. [1]

Contents

Story

Sunil (Sanjeev Kumar) lives a middle-classed lifestyle in a village in India along with his widowed mom, Janki. He is studying Medicine in the city and is in love with his childhood sweetheart, Shanta (Mala Sinha).

Cast

Music

Music given by Kalyanji-Anandji and lyrics written by Anjaan and Verma Malik.

  1. "Sataye Sari Raina Kunwaare Kangana" - Lata Mangeshkar
  2. "Jhuke Jo Tere Naina" - Mahendra Kapoor, Usha Khanna
  3. "Prabhu Ji Mere Avagun Chit Naa Dharo" - Ashok Kumar
  4. "Puncture, Yeh Duniya Motor Gadi hai, Koi Chale Na Janter Manter" - Mohammed Rafi, Mehmood

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References

  1. Narasimham, M. l. (26 January 2017). "Eedu Jodu (1963)". The Hindu.

Kangan at IMDb