Ek Musafir Ek Hasina
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Ek Musafir Ek Hasina is a 1962
Bollywood
film. The film is produced by Sashadhar Mukherjee
and directed by Raj Khosla
. The film stars the producer's son Joy Mukherjee
with Sadhana
and Rajendranath. The film's music is by O.P. Nayyar. The film became a "superhit," taking a second top spot at the box office in 1962.http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=168&catName=MTk2Mg The director Raj Khosla
would later cast the heroine Sadhana
in three more suspense thrillers: Woh Kaun Thi?
(1964), Mera Saaya
(1966), and Anita (1967 film)
(1967).
Cast
Plot
This evergreen musical film of the 1960s is the story of late Ajay Mehra (Joy Mukherjee) who goes on a secret mission to Kashmir to counter Kashmir rebels right after independence. While countering them he is injured due to a bomb blast.
Meanwhile a young girl Asha (Sadhana) coming from a poor family is forced to flee for her our own safety following an attack on her house by Kashmir rebels just as she was about to get named she changes her cloth and just goes out on the sheet like any ordinary person while following she comes across ajay who is injured she nurses him back to health over a period of time and he starts following in love with her he suffer from amnesia and can not remember any thing that has happened to him the past.
She tells him that their paths are different and it so root possible for her. However she also follows in love with him on a period of time. She takes ajay Srinagar to get treatment at a hospital where it is confirmed he does not remember anything. Ajay says that he would go to Mumbai and visit continental tailor as they would be able to say his name, his address etc. After reaching Mumbai, ajay finds that continental tailor so larger exist, but instead a whole exist there known as continental hotel. After coming out of that place, he sees bank robbers fleeming after robbing a bank. He tries to stop them and his hit by their car. In the process he recognised the robbers, who incidently are the management of continental hotel, including the manager. Ajay is taken to a hospital where his brother comes to meet him. It seen that while a part of his memory has come back, Ajay has completely forgotten about what took place in the past six months. He is taken home by his brother. In the meantime, the robbers also decide to finish off Ajay as he recognises them. They send a group members' wife to ajay's house who goes there and claims to be his wife. She (Asha) also lands up at ajay's place, but ajay fails to recognise her. The police keep a strong watch on both this women's so they suspend them to be group members of the robbers. For this person police have two of their men in Ajay's house in the guest of servant's. There is a case in court where ajay fails to recognise asha, but recognises the other lady as his wife. The robbers constantly find ways to bump of ajay, but are unsuccessful as ajay comes to know about their plans. The police along with ajay think of a concrete plan in the form of show at on auditorium where they are seen the robbers will take him up as the entire world knows that ajay is dead, having been bumped of by his fake wife on a boat. The robbers do turn up and there is a confrontation between them and the police and Ajay in which Ajay again losses consciousness after getting injured, but regains his full memory and remembers everything. The robbers are caught and Ajay and Asha are united, the film ends on a happy note.
Sound Track
The film soundtrack emerged out as one of the most successful that year. The music was composed by O P Nayyar. Songs are listed below. The music of the song "Mujhe dekhkar aapka muskurana" has been copied in the song "Mujhe Raat Din" from the movie Sangharsh (1999 film)
Bollywood films of 1962
A list of films produced by the Bollywood film industry based in Mumbai in 1962:-Highest grossing:The top ten grossing films at the Indian Box Office in 1962:-1962:-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database...
Bollywood
Bollywood
Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...
film. The film is produced by Sashadhar Mukherjee
Sashadhar Mukherjee
Sashadhar Mukherjee was a producer in Hindi films. He is part of the distinguished Mukherjee clan of Bollywood.Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth family...
and directed by Raj Khosla
Raj Khosla
Raj Khosla was one of the top directors, producer and screenwriter in Hindi films from the 1950s to the 1980s. He was known for bringing in ‘neo-noir’ and style in Indian cinema since black & white times, and also as a "women's director" because he showcased actresses at their best. He is often...
. The film stars the producer's son Joy Mukherjee
Joy Mukherjee
- Family Background :Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth familyJoy Mukherjee is the son of Sashadhar Mukherjee and Sati Devi. His father was a successful producer and a co-founder of Filmalaya Studios. His paternal uncle is director Subodh Mukherjee, whilst his maternal uncles were Ashok Kumar and...
with Sadhana
Sadhana (actress)
Sadhana is an Indian Bollywood actress. She was one of the top stars in the 1960s and the early 1970s. Beside becoming the fashion icon for young Indian girls with her specific hair style, still known as Sadhana cut, she become famous as Mystery Girl with her three suspense thriller films namely...
and Rajendranath. The film's music is by O.P. Nayyar. The film became a "superhit," taking a second top spot at the box office in 1962.http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=168&catName=MTk2Mg The director Raj Khosla
Raj Khosla
Raj Khosla was one of the top directors, producer and screenwriter in Hindi films from the 1950s to the 1980s. He was known for bringing in ‘neo-noir’ and style in Indian cinema since black & white times, and also as a "women's director" because he showcased actresses at their best. He is often...
would later cast the heroine Sadhana
Sadhana (actress)
Sadhana is an Indian Bollywood actress. She was one of the top stars in the 1960s and the early 1970s. Beside becoming the fashion icon for young Indian girls with her specific hair style, still known as Sadhana cut, she become famous as Mystery Girl with her three suspense thriller films namely...
in three more suspense thrillers: Woh Kaun Thi?
Woh Kaun Thi?
Woh Kaun Thi? is a 1964 black-and-white Indian movie directed by Raj Khosla, starring Sadhana, Manoj Kumar and Prem Chopra. The film became a hit at the box office. Its success had Khosla directing Sadhana in two more suspense thrillers: Mera Saaya and Anita .-Plot:On a dark stormy night, a...
(1964), Mera Saaya
Mera Saaya
Mera Saaya is a 1966 Indian Hindi film directed by Raj Khosla. The film was a remake of Marathi film called Pathlag. The film's music is by Madan Mohan and lyrics by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. The film stars Sunil Dutt and Sadhana. This is director Raj Khosla's third film with Sadhana after Ek Musafir...
(1966), and Anita (1967 film)
Anita (1967 film)
Anita is a 1967 Indian suspense film, directed and written by Raj Khosla, and starring Manoj Kumar and Sadhana.-Plot:Neeraj is in love with Anita but their relationship is opposed by Anita's father...
(1967).
Cast
- Joy MukherjeeJoy Mukherjee- Family Background :Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth familyJoy Mukherjee is the son of Sashadhar Mukherjee and Sati Devi. His father was a successful producer and a co-founder of Filmalaya Studios. His paternal uncle is director Subodh Mukherjee, whilst his maternal uncles were Ashok Kumar and...
Ajay Mehra
- Sadhana Shivdasani Asha
- Rajendra Nath
- Kamal Kapoor
- Dhumal
- MalkaMalkaMalka is a town and union council of Gujrat District, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is part of Kharian Tehsil and is located at 32°51'0N 73°59'0E with an altitude of 285 metres .-References:...
- Jagdish RajJagdish RajJagdish Raj Khurana is a former Bollywood actor who holds a Guinness World Record record for being the most type-cast actor. He has played a police inspector in 144 films. He was born in 1928 in the town of Sargodha, British India, which is now in Pakistan...
PlotJoy Mukherjee
- Family Background :Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth familyJoy Mukherjee is the son of Sashadhar Mukherjee and Sati Devi. His father was a successful producer and a co-founder of Filmalaya Studios. His paternal uncle is director Subodh Mukherjee, whilst his maternal uncles were Ashok Kumar and...
Ajay Mehra
Malka
Malka is a town and union council of Gujrat District, in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is part of Kharian Tehsil and is located at 32°51'0N 73°59'0E with an altitude of 285 metres .-References:...
Jagdish Raj
Jagdish Raj Khurana is a former Bollywood actor who holds a Guinness World Record record for being the most type-cast actor. He has played a police inspector in 144 films. He was born in 1928 in the town of Sargodha, British India, which is now in Pakistan...
This evergreen musical film of the 1960s is the story of late Ajay Mehra (Joy Mukherjee) who goes on a secret mission to Kashmir to counter Kashmir rebels right after independence. While countering them he is injured due to a bomb blast.
Meanwhile a young girl Asha (Sadhana) coming from a poor family is forced to flee for her our own safety following an attack on her house by Kashmir rebels just as she was about to get named she changes her cloth and just goes out on the sheet like any ordinary person while following she comes across ajay who is injured she nurses him back to health over a period of time and he starts following in love with her he suffer from amnesia and can not remember any thing that has happened to him the past.
She tells him that their paths are different and it so root possible for her. However she also follows in love with him on a period of time. She takes ajay Srinagar to get treatment at a hospital where it is confirmed he does not remember anything. Ajay says that he would go to Mumbai and visit continental tailor as they would be able to say his name, his address etc. After reaching Mumbai, ajay finds that continental tailor so larger exist, but instead a whole exist there known as continental hotel. After coming out of that place, he sees bank robbers fleeming after robbing a bank. He tries to stop them and his hit by their car. In the process he recognised the robbers, who incidently are the management of continental hotel, including the manager. Ajay is taken to a hospital where his brother comes to meet him. It seen that while a part of his memory has come back, Ajay has completely forgotten about what took place in the past six months. He is taken home by his brother. In the meantime, the robbers also decide to finish off Ajay as he recognises them. They send a group members' wife to ajay's house who goes there and claims to be his wife. She (Asha) also lands up at ajay's place, but ajay fails to recognise her. The police keep a strong watch on both this women's so they suspend them to be group members of the robbers. For this person police have two of their men in Ajay's house in the guest of servant's. There is a case in court where ajay fails to recognise asha, but recognises the other lady as his wife. The robbers constantly find ways to bump of ajay, but are unsuccessful as ajay comes to know about their plans. The police along with ajay think of a concrete plan in the form of show at on auditorium where they are seen the robbers will take him up as the entire world knows that ajay is dead, having been bumped of by his fake wife on a boat. The robbers do turn up and there is a confrontation between them and the police and Ajay in which Ajay again losses consciousness after getting injured, but regains his full memory and remembers everything. The robbers are caught and Ajay and Asha are united, the film ends on a happy note.
Sound Track
The film soundtrack emerged out as one of the most successful that year. The music was composed by O P Nayyar. Songs are listed below. The music of the song "Mujhe dekhkar aapka muskurana" has been copied in the song "Mujhe Raat Din" from the movie Sangharsh (1999 film)
| Song | Singer | Picturised on | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|---|
| "Bahut shukriya badi meherbani" | Mohammed Rafi Mohammed Rafi Mohammad Rafi , was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned four decades. He was awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri awarded by the Government of India.... , Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer. She is one of the best-known and most highly-regarded Hindi playback singers in India, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies... |
Joy Mukherjee Joy Mukherjee - Family Background :Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth familyJoy Mukherjee is the son of Sashadhar Mukherjee and Sati Devi. His father was a successful producer and a co-founder of Filmalaya Studios. His paternal uncle is director Subodh Mukherjee, whilst his maternal uncles were Ashok Kumar and... , Sadhana Shivdasani |
Raja Mehdi Ali Khan Raja Mehdi Ali Khan Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was an Indian poet, writer and lyricist.Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was born in Karimabad in undivided India. His early tutoring was under his mother Hebay Saheba soon after he had lost his father. Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal has acknowledged Hebay Saheba as a leading Urdu poet. S... |
| "Aap yun hi agar humse milte rahe" | Mohammed Rafi Mohammed Rafi Mohammad Rafi , was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned four decades. He was awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri awarded by the Government of India.... , Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer. She is one of the best-known and most highly-regarded Hindi playback singers in India, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies... |
Joy Mukherjee Joy Mukherjee - Family Background :Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth familyJoy Mukherjee is the son of Sashadhar Mukherjee and Sati Devi. His father was a successful producer and a co-founder of Filmalaya Studios. His paternal uncle is director Subodh Mukherjee, whilst his maternal uncles were Ashok Kumar and... , Sadhana Shivdasani |
Raja Mehdi Ali Khan Raja Mehdi Ali Khan Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was an Indian poet, writer and lyricist.Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was born in Karimabad in undivided India. His early tutoring was under his mother Hebay Saheba soon after he had lost his father. Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal has acknowledged Hebay Saheba as a leading Urdu poet. S... |
| "Main pyar ka rahi hoon" | Mohammed Rafi Mohammed Rafi Mohammad Rafi , was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned four decades. He was awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri awarded by the Government of India.... , Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer. She is one of the best-known and most highly-regarded Hindi playback singers in India, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies... |
Joy Mukherjee Joy Mukherjee - Family Background :Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth familyJoy Mukherjee is the son of Sashadhar Mukherjee and Sati Devi. His father was a successful producer and a co-founder of Filmalaya Studios. His paternal uncle is director Subodh Mukherjee, whilst his maternal uncles were Ashok Kumar and... , Sadhana Shivdasani |
Raja Mehdi Ali Khan Raja Mehdi Ali Khan Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was an Indian poet, writer and lyricist.Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was born in Karimabad in undivided India. His early tutoring was under his mother Hebay Saheba soon after he had lost his father. Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal has acknowledged Hebay Saheba as a leading Urdu poet. S... |
| "Mujhe dekhkar aapka muskurana" | Mohammed Rafi Mohammed Rafi Mohammad Rafi , was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned four decades. He was awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri awarded by the Government of India.... |
Joy Mukherjee Joy Mukherjee - Family Background :Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth familyJoy Mukherjee is the son of Sashadhar Mukherjee and Sati Devi. His father was a successful producer and a co-founder of Filmalaya Studios. His paternal uncle is director Subodh Mukherjee, whilst his maternal uncles were Ashok Kumar and... , Sadhana Shivdasani |
Raja Mehdi Ali Khan Raja Mehdi Ali Khan Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was an Indian poet, writer and lyricist.Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was born in Karimabad in undivided India. His early tutoring was under his mother Hebay Saheba soon after he had lost his father. Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal has acknowledged Hebay Saheba as a leading Urdu poet. S... |
| "Humko tumhare ishq ne" | Mohammed Rafi Mohammed Rafi Mohammad Rafi , was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned four decades. He was awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri awarded by the Government of India.... |
Joy Mukherjee Joy Mukherjee - Family Background :Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth familyJoy Mukherjee is the son of Sashadhar Mukherjee and Sati Devi. His father was a successful producer and a co-founder of Filmalaya Studios. His paternal uncle is director Subodh Mukherjee, whilst his maternal uncles were Ashok Kumar and... , Sadhana Shivdasani |
Raja Mehdi Ali Khan Raja Mehdi Ali Khan Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was an Indian poet, writer and lyricist.Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was born in Karimabad in undivided India. His early tutoring was under his mother Hebay Saheba soon after he had lost his father. Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal has acknowledged Hebay Saheba as a leading Urdu poet. S... |
| "Phir tere shehar mein" | Mohammed Rafi Mohammed Rafi Mohammad Rafi , was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned four decades. He was awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri awarded by the Government of India.... |
Joy Mukherjee Joy Mukherjee - Family Background :Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth familyJoy Mukherjee is the son of Sashadhar Mukherjee and Sati Devi. His father was a successful producer and a co-founder of Filmalaya Studios. His paternal uncle is director Subodh Mukherjee, whilst his maternal uncles were Ashok Kumar and... , Sadhana Shivdasani |
Raja Mehdi Ali Khan Raja Mehdi Ali Khan Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was an Indian poet, writer and lyricist.Raja Mehdi Ali Khan was born in Karimabad in undivided India. His early tutoring was under his mother Hebay Saheba soon after he had lost his father. Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal has acknowledged Hebay Saheba as a leading Urdu poet. S... |