Prince (1969 film)

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Prince
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Poster
Directed by Lekh Tandon
Written by Abrar Alvi
Produced byF. C. Mehra
Starring Shammi Kapoor
Vyjayanthimala
Ajit
Rajendra Nath
Cinematography Dwarka Divecha
Edited byPran Mehra
Music by Shankar Jaikishan
Production
companies
Distributed byEagle Films
Release date
  • 1 January 1969 (1969-01-01)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹ 4 crore

Prince is a 1969 Indian Hindi-language film produced by F. C. Mehra and directed by Lekh Tandon. The film stars Shammi Kapoor with Vyjayanthimala in the lead while Rajendranath, Ajit, Helen, Leela Chitnis and Asit Sen form an ensemble cast. The film's music was composed by Shankar Jaikishan with lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri and Faruk Qaiser. Prince is a drama set in the times of resurgent India when the nation threw off the British yoke, but some states still languished under the Princely yoke. It is the story of a Prince who brought about his own downfall so that he may rise as a human being. Vyjayanthimala got married in 1968 and then completed this film in 1969.

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The rights to this film are owned by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment.

Plot

Rajkumar Shamsher Singh is the only son of the local Maharaja, and has been brought up as a brat, and now he is an irresponsible, alcoholic, and womanizing adult, who wants everyone to bow down before him and his princely rank. One priest refuses to do so, and Shamsher pummels him mercilessly, though in vain. Frustrated, he asks the priest what he should do with his mundane life, and the priest tells him that he should repent, sacrifice all his palatial pleasures, and live the life of a simple and ordinary man, and hence learn the true meaning of life, for at least six months. Shamsher agrees to do so, and arranges an accident with his car, which plummets down a mountain, explodes and is blown to smithereens. Everyone in the palace believes that Shamsher is dead. He goes to a nearby village, and a blind woman there mistakes him for her long-lost son and starts calling him Sajjan Singh. Shamsher decides to play along as Sajjan.

Two corrupt palace officials spot Sajjan, and notice his similarity to Shamsher, and conspire with him to pose as Shamsher for a hefty sum of money, to which Sajjan agrees. When he accompanies the officials back to the palace, he is shocked to find that his father has remarried a much younger woman, Ratna, and shortly after marrying her, has died, leaving the palace and its management to her and her greedy brother. Shamsher decides to reveal his true identity, but the officials threaten to expose him to his new-found blind mother, and Shamsher knows that he is trapped in the body of Sajjan Singh, forced to pose as none other than himself.

Cast

Production Team

F. C. Mehra and Lekh Tandon had previously worked with Vyjayanthimala in the historical film Amrapali (1966). The team of producer F. C. Mehra, director Lekh Tandon, actor Shammi Kapoor and musicians Shankar-Jaikishan had earlier worked together on the hit film Professor (1962). F.C. had also worked with Shammi earlier in Mujrim (1958), Ujala (1959) and Singapore (1960).

Soundtrack

Prince
Soundtrack album by
Shankar Jaikishan
Released1969
RecordedMinoo Katrak
Genre Film soundtrack
Label The Gramophone Company of India
Producer Shankar Jaikishan
Shankar Jaikishan chronology
Pyar Hi Pyar
(1969)		Prince
(1969)		 Jahan Pyar Mile
(1969)

The film's soundtrack was composed by the Shankar Jaikishan duo, while the lyrics were penned by Hasrat Jaipuri and Faruk Qaiser. [1] The album had Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle who lent their voice to Shammi Kapoor, Vyjayanthimala and Helen respectively. [2]

The hit song "Badan Pe Sitare", sung by Rafi, was covered by Sonu Nigam in Fanney Khan (2018), starring Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, and Rajkummar Rao. The music video featured Kapoor in the lead. [3]

No.SongSingersPicturizationLength (m:ss)LyricsNotes
1"Badan Pe Sitare Lapete" Mohammad Rafi Vyjayanthimala and Shammi Kapoor 04:48 Hasrat Jaipuri
2"Madhosh Hawa Matwal"Mohammad RafiShammi Kapoor09:58Faruk Qaiser
3"Muqabla Hum Se Na Karo" Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle Shammi Kapoor, Vyjayanthimala and Helen 07:53Hasrat Jaipuri
4"Nazar Mein Bijili"Mohammed RafiVyjayanthimala and Shammi Kapoor04:19Faruk Qaiser
5"Thandi Thandi Hawa"Lata Mangeshkar and chorusVyjayanthimala and Shammi Kapoor04:42Hasrat Jaipuri
6"Bachke Jane Na Doongi" Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi Shammi Kapoor and Vyjayanthimala05:30Faruk Qaiser

Box office

At the end of its theatrical run, the film grossed around ₹4,00,00,000 with a net of ₹2,00,00,000, thus becoming the fourth highest grossing film of 1969 with a verdict of All Time BlockBuster at Box Office India. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Prince (1969)". Raaga.com . Retrieved 27 November 2011.
  2. ↑ Clems. "Prince 1969 – Bollywood Mp3 Songs Download". View Nigeria. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "'Fanney Khan' new song 'Badan Pe Sitaare': Sonu Nigam's reinterpretation of this Mohammed Rafi classic is on point". The Times of India . 31 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Box Office 1969". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
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