Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1973 film)
| Aa Gale Lag Jaa | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Manmohan Desai |
| Written by | Smt. Jeevanprabha M. Desai K.B. Pathak Prayag Raj |
| Produced by | A.K. Nadiadwala |
| Starring | Shashi Kapoor Sharmila Tagore Shatrughan Sinha Om Prakash |
| Cinematography | Peter Pereira |
| Edited by | Kamlakar Kamkhanis |
| Music by | Rahul Dev Burman |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | A.K. Movies Polydor |
Release date | 6 November 1973 |
Running time | 149 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Aa Gale Lag Jaa (English: Come, Embrace me) is a 1973 Hindi romantic film directed by Manmohan Desai based on a story by Smt. Jeevanprabha M. Desai. It stars Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore and Shatrughan Sinha. The film became a box office hit.[1]
Sushma Shreshta received a Filmfare nomination as Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Tera Mujhse Hai." Her nomination is the only Filmfare nomination for the film.[2] Aa Gale Lag Jaa is noted for its wonderful hit songs which had music by R.D. Burman with lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi.
The film was remade in Telugu as Manchi Manushulu and in Tamil as Uthaman.
Summary
Preeti (Sharmila Tagore) was a young medico living in mumbai along with her widower father, Heerachand (Om Prakash). On a holiday to Simla, she meets an young man Prem (Shashi Kapoor), an amateur skater. He teases her initially but later falls for her. After some wooing, Preeti also reciprocates his feelings. During a trip at hills, Preeti meets with an accident and loses consciousness. To save her from hypothermia, he gets close with her and one thing leads to another and they end up having sex.
Immediately after, Prem tells her that he got close only to save her and proposes her. She gladly accepts and directs him to her father. Her father, Heerachand doesn't want her daughter to marry him and offers him money to leave her. Prem doesn't agree and leaves a letter for Preeti at her hospital explaining everything and asking her to come with him. But Heerachand meddles with the letter and rewrites it as Prem was asking money to marry her. Preeti gets surprised and decided to forget him and leaves for Bombay.
There she gets engaged with Dr. Amar (Shatrughan Sinha), her longterm friend and admirer. He leaves for Germany for higher studies and then Preeti comes to know about her pregnancy. Her father wants to abort the child but she doesn't agree, at last they decide to go to Khandala to give birth. She goes there and unknown to her Prem stays there along with his mother. Preeti gives birth to a healthy boy there. Knowing that, Prem requests to take child for himself. Heerachand agrees and gives him the child. Preeti was told that baby was stillborn. She mourns and comes back to Bombay.
Prem comes to Bombay along with his son and starts a career as skating teacher. His son Rahul can't walk due to polio attack. After years Prem again meets Preeti in a function. She thinks that Prem got married and had a son. On that function Amar announces that he wouldn't marry till he makes Rahul walk. He starts treating Rahul and meanwhile Preeti grows attached to Rahul without knowing that he is her son. She tries to talk to Prem, who then knows the truth that Heerachand changed his letter. But he keeps his mouth shut for the sake of Amar.
Amar comes to know the truth about Preeti and Prem and gets emotionally troubled. He succeeds in making Rahul walk though. Prem gets mortally injured while saving Tikki (Amar's sister) from goons. He gives Rahul his wallet before going for surgery saying that his mother's photo was in there. Preeti sees it and questions her father about her child. He confesses that he hid truth from her and Rahul was her son. Amar saves Prem and everybody reconcile. Preeti and Prem marry and stay happily with their son.
Cast
| Actor/Actress | Role |
|---|---|
| Shashi Kapoor | Prem |
| Sharmila Tagore | Preeti |
| Shatrughan Sinha | Dr. Amar |
| Om Prakash | Heera Chand |
| Jagdeep | Jaggi |
| Shubha Khote | Nurse Julie |
| Gajanan Jagirdar | Dr. Saxena |
| Sulochana Latkar | Prem's mother |
| Roohi Berde | Tikki |
| Jillani | |
| Yogesh Khandelwal | |
| Hari Kapoor | |
| Maqbool | |
| Prathiba | |
| Master Tito | Nitin Dawane |
Soundtrack
- 01. "Vaada Karo" ... Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar
- 02. "Na Koi Dil Mein Samaya" ... Kishore Kumar
- 03. "Tera Mujhse Hain Pehle Ka Nata Koi (Duet)" ... Kishore Kumar and Sushma Shrestha
- 04. "Tera Mujhse Hain Pehle Ka Nata Koi (Male)" ... Kishore Kumar
- 05. "Aye Mere Bete (Happy)" ... Kishore Kumar and Sushma Shrestha
- 06. "Aye Mere Bete (Sad)" ... Kishore Kumar