Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai
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Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai is a 1960 Hindi movie produced by S. A. Bagar and directed by Kishore Sahu. The film stars Raaj Kumar
, Meena Kumari
, Nadira
, Tun Tun, Helen and Om Prakash
. The films music is by Shankar Jaikishan
. One of the most famous songs in the film is Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh sung by Lata Mangeshkar
.
Karuna is a nurse who comes to the Shimla hospital and first encounters Dr Verma during an emergency surgery. Both are clearly besotted with each other, but keep their feelings restrained.
By Chance, on a nurses beach day trip, Karuna meets Munni who injures herself whilst playing. She takes Munni back to her house, not knowing that she is Dr Verma's sister, and the house she is in belongs to him. She dresses Munni's wounds, and then sees how much work needs to be done in the house, and the fact that his mother is too ill to do those household tasks. She immediately steps in and fulfills the duties of the housewife; cooking and cleaning and taking care of everyone. Sushil comes home to see this and falls even more in love.
However, later on his mother organises a trip to Kashmir for the whole family, and conveniently guilt trips Sushil to marry Kusum, the daughter of the man who paid for his med school fees.
They come back to Shimla, and when karuna finds out she is devastated. Although manages to conceal this for a while. Situations keep arising and Kusum soon gets jealous of Sushils' preference for Karuna and her perceived ill-treatment. Kusum Manipulates and mistreats her mother in law and sister in law, until Sushil orders her out of the house, and she goes back to kashmir.
Dr Vermas mother then realises she made a mistake and should have gotten him married to Karuna.
To avoid scandal Karuna moves to another hospital. But Kusum seeks to enact revenge on her.Dr Verma finds out and tries to beat Kusum to Karuna, which yields a cliff top high speed car chase. And eventually the death of Kusum. The last scene shows Karuna and Sushil reunited.
Raaj Kumar
Raaj Kumar , born Kulbushan Pandit was an Indian actor in Hindi movies. Raaj Kumar started out as sub-inspector of Mumbai police in the late 1940s before he turned to acting with the 1952 film Rangili...
, Meena Kumari
Meena Kumari
Meena Kumari , born Mahjabeen Bano, was an Indian movie actress and poetess. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses to have appeared on the screens of Hindi Cinema...
, Nadira
Nadira (actress)
-References:* Rediff.com* -External links:* . Audio podcast by Eric Molinsky discussing Nadira and other Jewish women in Indian cinema...
, Tun Tun, Helen and Om Prakash
Om Prakash
Om Prakash was an Indian character actor. He was born in Jammu as Om Prakash Chibber. He used to play the role of Kamla in the stage play by the famous Dewan Mandir Natak Samaj Koliwada. Starting his career in 1942, he was a popular supporting actor from the 1950s until the 1980s. He was one of...
. The films music is by Shankar Jaikishan
Shankar Jaikishan
Shankar Jaikishan , also known as S/J, is an Indian music composer duo in the Hindi film industry, working together from 1949–1971....
. One of the most famous songs in the film is Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh sung by Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...
.
Plot
Sushil Verma is a surgeon in the Shimla Hospital. He lives on the hospital grounds in a doctor's house with his ageing mother and younger sister Munni. Sushil's father passed away and his father's close friend paid for his medical school fees, thus creating a debt that Sushil's mother feels needs to be fulfilled.Karuna is a nurse who comes to the Shimla hospital and first encounters Dr Verma during an emergency surgery. Both are clearly besotted with each other, but keep their feelings restrained.
By Chance, on a nurses beach day trip, Karuna meets Munni who injures herself whilst playing. She takes Munni back to her house, not knowing that she is Dr Verma's sister, and the house she is in belongs to him. She dresses Munni's wounds, and then sees how much work needs to be done in the house, and the fact that his mother is too ill to do those household tasks. She immediately steps in and fulfills the duties of the housewife; cooking and cleaning and taking care of everyone. Sushil comes home to see this and falls even more in love.
However, later on his mother organises a trip to Kashmir for the whole family, and conveniently guilt trips Sushil to marry Kusum, the daughter of the man who paid for his med school fees.
They come back to Shimla, and when karuna finds out she is devastated. Although manages to conceal this for a while. Situations keep arising and Kusum soon gets jealous of Sushils' preference for Karuna and her perceived ill-treatment. Kusum Manipulates and mistreats her mother in law and sister in law, until Sushil orders her out of the house, and she goes back to kashmir.
Dr Vermas mother then realises she made a mistake and should have gotten him married to Karuna.
To avoid scandal Karuna moves to another hospital. But Kusum seeks to enact revenge on her.Dr Verma finds out and tries to beat Kusum to Karuna, which yields a cliff top high speed car chase. And eventually the death of Kusum. The last scene shows Karuna and Sushil reunited.