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Rafi & Lata - Yeh Mera Prem Patra - Sangam [1964]

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Uploaded by on Nov 8, 2010

"Sangam" is a 1964 Hindi movie produced by R. K. Films and directed by Raj Kapoor. Music for the film was composed by Shankar-Jaikishan, with song lyrics by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri.

Sangam was producer Raj Kapoor's first color film, distinguished by its technicolor and epic length (even by Bollywood standards). It became a hit in India and is considered a classic today.

One of the features of the film that became widely used later on in Bollywood is the use of foreign locales for on-location shooting, such as Venice, Paris, and Switzerland for the film's honeymoon sequence. This started the Bollywood trend of shooting songs sequences abroad (primarily in Switzerland), against the background of "exotic" landscapes.

Director Dasari Narayana Rao remade the film in Telugu and Kannada languages as Swapna.

Plot summary

Sundar (Raj Kapoor), Gopal (Rajendra Kumar) and Radha (Vyjayantimala) have been friends since childhood. As they grow into adults, Sundar develops an obsessive romantic attraction to Radha, but she prefers Gopal, who is also in love with her. Yet, as Sundar has confided his feelings for Radha to him, Gopal decides to sacrifice his love for his friend's sake. Radha systematically resists Sundar's overtures, but to no avail. For him, she is the only woman in the world. Matching Sundar's great love for Radha is his unswerving devotion to his friendship with Gopal..............

Analysis

This love triangle is a psychologically multifaceted tale about male bonding, the meaning of love and friendship. In the context of these relationships, Sundar is the one who is preventing the other two people's happiness and finally also thwarts his own. He appears as being naive and innocent, yet he seems adamant at only noticing things that suit his own mindset. He is full of self-pity and bullies the others emotionally.

An important and critically regarded theme in the film is male bonding and the informal sharing of a woman between two male friends. Gopal indulges in his own "sacrifice", but never thinks of the woman's feelings he ostensibly loves.

Cast * Raj Kapoor ... Flight Lt. Sunder Khanna * Rajendra Kumar ... Magistrate Gopal Verma * Vyjayanthimala ... Radha * Iftekhar ... Indian Air Force Officer * Raj Mehra ... Judge Mehra * Nana Palsikar ... Nathu * Lalita Pawar ... Mrs. Verma * Achala Sachdev ... Captain's wife * Hari Shivdasani ... Captain
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  • @juneg1964 - You are most welcome, my dear friend Dr. Arjun.

  • Rafi saab is so melodious Latha ji equally good but very short vesrion. So natural thanks for sharing.

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