Mere Huzoor

Mere Huzoor
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Vinod Kumar
Produced by	Malik Chand Kochar; Vinod Kumar
Written by	Vinod Kumar ; (story / screenplay / dialogues) ; Hasrat Jaipuri (lyrics)
Starring	Raaj Kumar; Mala Sinha; Jeetendra
Music by	Shankar-Jaikishan
Cinematography	Prakash Antra
Edited by	Prabhakar Supare
Production; company	Movie Mughals
Distributed by	Shemaroo Movies
Release date	26 October 1968;
Running time	165 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Mere Huzoor (transl. My lord); is a 1968 Indian Hindi-language romance drama film, produced by Malik Chand Kochar and Vinod Kumar under the Movie Mughals banner and directed by Vinod Kumar. The film stars Raaj Kumar, Mala Sinha, Jeetendra in the lead roles and music composed by Shankar-Jaikishan.

Plot

Akhtar Hussain saves the life of Nawab Salim and earns his gratitude. Salim invites Akhtar to come to his palatial home, and Akhtar does so. On the way in a train journey, he meets beautiful Sultanat and falls in love with her. On arrival at Salim's house, Akhtar is treated with utmost respect, provided employment, and a place to live. Akhtar meets with Saltanat and both plan to get married. Unknown to them, Salim also loves Saltanat, but Saltanat rejects his advances, and proposal, leaving him heartbroken. Soon Saltanat and Akhtar get married and settle down. Pyarelal Akhtars friend falls in love with Saltanats sister Geeta. Saltanat soon gives birth to a son. Salim is very affectionate with this child and the child to grows to like Salim. Akhtar, meanwhile, has fallen in bad company, drinks alcohol, and romances a courtesan named Firdous by the instigation of Nabban Miya(Ram Mohan). When Saltanat finds out about this affair, she is outraged and asks Akhtar to improve, but instead, Akhtar divorces her, leaving her and her child alone, homeless, and with nowhere to turn to. Salim offers to assist her, but Saltanat thinks that Salim is to blame for the current situation, as he may have had a hand in bringing ruin upon herself and Akhtar just to get even for her not marrying him. But soon Saltanat realized that she was wrong. Salim marries Saltanat to save her from people's wrong thinking about her. Meanwhile, Akhtar realizes that he has lost everything as courtesan rejects him for another man. But it was too late. One day Akhtar comes to Salims home to see his son for the last time as he is leaving the city and also for pardon from Saltanat. While leaving the house, Salim calls to Akhtar many times, but Akhtar runs away. Running behind Akhtar, Salim suffers a road accident and dies in the arms of Akhtar and Saltanat. After many years, when Saltanat's son is going abroad to be a doctor, all the family visits Salim's grave. Near the grave, there was an old man who used to clean the garbage near the grave for many years. He was none other than Akhtar Hussain...

Cast

Raaj Kumar as Nawab Salim
Mala Sinha as Sultanat(Hakim's daughter)
Jeetendra as Akhtar Hussain Akhtar
Khalid Siddiqui as Saltanat and Akhtar's minor son (as Master Khalid)
Laxmi Chhaya as courtesan
Madhumati as courtesan
Indira as Firdous begum(Courtesan)
Zeb Rehman as Geeta(Hakim's daughter)
Surekha as Shama( salims sister)
Johnny Walker as Pyarelal Bedar
K.N. Singh as Hakim
David Abraham as chunautilal
Manorama as Mrs Chunautilal
Praveen Paul as Akhtars mother
Ram Mohan as Nabban Miya

Soundtrack

The film score was by duo Shankar-Jaikishan with lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri.[1] Classical Raga Darbari Kanada was used for the fast-paced Kathak dance number, "Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baje Payaliya" sung by Manna Dey.[2] Dey later won the National Film Award for the song. Another song, "Rukh Se Zara Naqab Utha Do Mere Huzoor" was set on a train, hence the music directors added train whistle and rhythms of a moving train into the song.[3] The muslim social film was set in Lucknow,[4]

#	Title	Singer(s)	Duration
1	"Jo Guzar Rahi Hai Mujh Par"	Mohammed Rafi	04:56
2	"Jhanak Jhanak Tori Baje"	Manna Dey	06:51
3	"Rukh Se Zara Naqab Utha Do"	Mohammed Rafi	04:42
4	"Gham Uthane Ke Liye"	Mohammed Rafi	04:09
5	"Aap Ki Khatir"	Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar	04:24
6	"Allah Allah Wo Le Gaya"	Lata Mangeshkar	05:09
7	"Meri Jaan Apne Ashiq Ko"	Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle	03:40

References

"Songs from the Movie Mere Huzoor (1968)". Retrieved 30 September 2014.
Bharatan, Raju (1 September 2010). A Journey Down Melody Lane. Hay House, Inc. pp. 175–. ISBN 978-93-81398-05-0.
Ranade, Ashok Damodar (1 January 2006). Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries. Bibliophile South Asia. pp. 275–. ISBN 978-81-85002-64-4.
Sardar, Ziauddin; Yassin-Kassab, Robin (2013). Critical Muslim 05: Love and Death. Hurst. pp. 249–. ISBN 978-1-84904-382-3.

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[1] "Songs from the Movie Mere Huzoor (1968)". Retrieved 30 September 2014.

[Bharatan2010-2] Bharatan, Raju (1 September 2010). A Journey Down Melody Lane. Hay House, Inc. pp. 175–. ISBN 978-93-81398-05-0.

[Ranade2006-3] Ranade, Ashok Damodar (1 January 2006). Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries. Bibliophile South Asia. pp. 275–. ISBN 978-81-85002-64-4.

[SardarYassin-Kassab2013-4] Sardar, Ziauddin; Yassin-Kassab, Robin (2013). Critical Muslim 05: Love and Death. Hurst. pp. 249–. ISBN 978-1-84904-382-3.