Love Marriage (1959 film)

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Love Marriage
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Directed by Subodh Mukherjee
Produced by Subodh Mukherjee
Starring Dev Anand
Mala Sinha
Music by Shankar Jaikishan
Release date
  • 1959 (1959)
Running time
157 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Love Marriage is a 1959 Bollywood film directed by Subodh Mukherjee. The film stars Dev Anand and Mala Sinha along with Helen.

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Plot

Sunil Kumar (Dev Anand) is a star cricket player in his city of Jhansi and lives with his brother's family. Sunil's sister-in-law Uma and her little son have deep affection for him and maintain that Sunil is the reason for their happy family. Soon, Sunil leaves for Bombay to attend a job interview and there, he rents a room to stay. The landlord's daughter Geeta (Mala Sinha) initially dislikes Sunil, but after watching him play cricket, she falls in love with him. They soon get married and go back to Jhansi to live with Sunil's family. But their harmonious life undergoes problem when Sunil's behavior becomes wayward and everyone starts hating him. What reasons are leading to friction between Sunil and Geeta? Why has Sunil become everyone's object of dislike? What secret is Sunil hiding from the world?

Cast

Soundtrack

SongSinger(s)Music DirectorLyricist
"Dheere Dheere Chal Chand" Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar Shankar Jaikishan Hasrat Jaipuri
"Tin Kanashtar Peet Peet Kar"Mohammed RafiShankar Jaikishan Shailendra
"Kahan Jaa Rahe The"Mohammed RafiShankar JaikishanShailendra
"She Ne Khela He Se"Mohammed RafiShankar JaikishanHasrat Jaipuri
"Kahe Jhoom Jhoom Raat"Lata MangeshkarShankar JaikishanShailendra
"Hum Jaan Gaye Sarkar"Lata MangeshkarShankar JaikishanHasrat Jaipuri
"Dil Se Dil Takraye"Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt Shankar JaikishanShailendra
"Qarib Aao Na Tadpao"Geeta DuttShankar JaikishanShailendra

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