Nazneen (film)
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| Directed by | N. K. Ziri |
| Written by | M. Sadiq |
| Produced by | P. N. Arora |
| Starring | Madhubala Nasir Khan |
| Music by | Ghulam Mohammad |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Nazneen is a 1951 Indian film directed by N. K. Ziree and starring Madhubala, Nasir Khan and Jayant.[1] It was the debut film of Amjad Khan.[2]
Plot
[edit]It starts with a young Kundan, who was often absorbed in day dreaming. He would often be thinking and thinking or planning in his imagination of his sweet heart. Youth sees impossible things with a silver lining. But his parents expected differently from him. So they decided to end all this nonsense and fixed up marriage with the girl to whom he was betrothed in the childhood. In order to avoid his marriage Kundan comes over to Bombay with the help of his friend Ghunchoo. Kundan and Ghunchoo while in Bombay soon meet Professor Dho, who after putting them a number of interesting questions agrees to give them jobs. Professor Dho was a very famous sculptor, these days he was engaged in making a statue of a queen of beauty, in fact a model damsel, whom he would name Nazneen. Its exhibition was shortly to be inaugurated for prominent citizens and public. Kundan who was entrusted with the job of looking after this statue found himself in a new world, as in the twinkling of an eye the statue changed into a queen of beauty, a lovely woman in real and blood. He was overjoyed, for he thought that his dreams had changed in reality. At the time of the exhibition Professor Dho and the public thought that they were befooled when they found the statue missing. On enquiry from Kundan he related a story, which Professor Dho and Ghunchoo thought to be a riddle. Miss Chocolate tried to persuade him to flash out the truth. Nobody would believe him what he described about "Nazneen". He was considered to be a lunatic and forced to be admitted in the lunatic asylum. His love for Nazneen did not end even in the asylum and soon he found himself in the court to say something of the charges levelled against him. He escaped the court room and came to the house to meet his Nazneen. To his utter disappointment he found the statue in its original place. There was no living beauty but a statue with tears in its eyes. His heart was broken.
Cast
[edit]The main cast of the film included:[3][4][5][6][7]
- Madhubala
- Nasir Khan
- Jayant
- Agha
- Chanchal
- Om Prakash as Professor Dho
- Ram Avtar
- Cuckoo
- Pratima Devi
- Imtiaz Khan
- Amjad Khan
Soundtrack
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Reception
[edit]The film was a commercial hit, grossing ₹65 lakh against a budget of ₹15 lakh; thus becoming the twelfth highest earning film of 1951.[8]
Nazneen was one of the most popular pictures Madhubala made in her early career. The film was much appreciated by her fans. One of them died in East Pakistan swooning, "Nazneen is with me."[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Akbar, Katijia (2011). I Want to Live: The Story of Madhubala. Hay House. p. 139. ISBN 9789381398210.
- ^ "Nazneen". Cinemaazi. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ Editors, G. P.; Press, General (2 July 2014). My Life : Madhubala. GENERAL PRESS. ISBN 978-93-80914-96-1.
{{cite book}}:|last1=has generic name (help) - ^ Ekbal, Nikhat (2009). Great Muslims of undivided India. Gyan Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-7835-756-0.
- ^ Akbar, Katijia (1 April 2011). I Want to Live: The Story of Madhubala. Hay House, Inc. ISBN 978-93-81398-21-0.
- ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-94325-7.
- ^ "Nazneen (1951) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Highest Grossing Hindi Movies of 1951". IMDb. Retrieved 13 March 2021. [unreliable source?]
- ^ "Madhubala – for her… only work, no News-reporters". Retrieved 13 March 2021.