Aan

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Aan
Film poster
Directed by	Mehboob Khan
Written by	R. S. Choudhury (story) S. Ali Raza (dialogue)
Produced by	Mehboob Khan
Starring	Dilip Kumar Nimmi Premnath Nadira
Cinematography	Faredoon A. Irani
Edited by	Shamsudin Kadri
Music by	Naushad
Release date	1952
Running time	161 min.
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Aan (English: Pride) (also known as The Savage Princess in the U.S.A) is a 1952 Indian Hindi swashbuckling romantic adventure film produced and directed by the legendary Mehboob Khan, it stars Dilip Kumar, Premnath, Nimmi and marked the debut of Nadira. This was the first Technicolour film produced in Indian cinema.

Plot

Template:Spoiler A Royal Indian family consists of the Emperor Mahahraj (Murad, his brother Shamsher Singh (Premnath) and sister Princess Rajshree (Nadira). A poor villager named Jai Tilak (Dilip Kumar) enters a contest to tame Princess Rajshree's horse and after he is successful Princess Rajshree and Shamsher are angered that a poor villager has managed to defeat them. Jai falls in love with the princess and tries numurous times to woo her. Shamsher becomes even more enraged when the Emperor Mahahraj reveals that Shamsher is not the heir to his throne after his death.

Shamsher plans to gain control of the kingdom by killing the Maharajah (Murad) on the night before he is due to travel to England for a medical procedure. However he is unsuccessful after the Maharajah escapes an attempt on his life by Shamsher's henchmen and disguises himself as a servant in his own palace.

Mangala (Nimmi) is a village girl and childhood friend of Jai but the love is not reciprocated as he is only in love with the princess. After Mangala is kidnapped by Shamsher Singh and later killed, Jai kills Shamsher in revenge and provokes Princess Rajshree to launch an attack on his village. Jai manages to kidnap Rajshree and sets out to gain her love by taking her into his village. He teaches her the ways of living as a village peasant girl so she realises what poverty is. Just when Rajshree begins to realise her feelings for Jai, Shamsher Singh returns to get his revenge against Jai. What will happen to Jai and Rajshree? and Will Shamsher gain control of the Kingdom? Template:Spoiler-end

Cast

• Dilip Kumar .... Jai Tilak
• Premnath .... Shamsher Singh
• Nadira .... Princess Rajshree
• Nimmi .... Mangala
• Murad ..... Maharajah
• Mukri .... Chandan (Jai's friend)
• Cukoo .... Cameo appearance in Song

Trivia

• The film was the highest grosser of 1952[1] and was the first to gross over Rs.15 million. This record was beaten 3 years later by Shree 420 in 1955.
• The film was considered to be rare in Bollywood at the time as it was made in the style of the swashbuckling films of Errol Flynn and the costume fantasy films such as The Thief of Bagdad [2].

• Newcomer actress Nadira replaced Nargis as the lead actress after Nargis was unavailable.

External Links

• Aan at the Internet Movie Database
• Review of Aan