Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai

About the film

Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai (transl. When One Falls in Love) is a 1961 Hindi-language musical comedy film that became a box office hit. It was written, produced, and directed by Nasir Hussain. The first film Hussain ever produced, it featured Dev Anand and Hussain fixture Asha Parekh in the leading roles. Pran played the villain in the film and Rajindernath starred in a supporting role.

Hussain would rework some of the elements from this film into a later film, Teesri Manzil (1966). This was also the only time that he used Shankar Jaikishan as music directors and Dev Anand in a leading role. The playback singers were Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar.

Plot

Nisha belongs to a very wealthy family in Neelgaon, India. Having reached marriageable age, she is expected by her businessman father, Sardar Roop Singh, to marry Sohan, the son of a close friend, but she dislikes him. While travelling to Darjeeling with a dance troupe, she meets Popat Lal, the son of one of Roop Singh’s business associates. After several misadventures, the two fall in love.

Nisha later takes Popat to meet her father, where he also intends to finalise a business deal. However, when Roop Singh enters the room, Popat has vanished, and another man appears, claiming to be the real Popat Lal. Heartbroken and humiliated, Nisha begins to hate the man she believed she loved.

She later meets him again, and he reveals that his real name is Sunder. He explains that their parents had once promised them to each other in marriage, but that Roop Singh later changed his mind. Convinced by his story, Nisha agrees to marry Sunder despite her father’s disapproval.

Soundtrack

The music was by Shankar–Jaikishan, and the soundtrack was sung by Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar. The song lyrics were written by Hasrat Jaipuri and Shailendra.

The famous song "Aaj Kal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche" (used in Brahmachari (1968)) was written for this movie but was not included as Dev Anand rejected it.

Many of the songs went on to become classics and are still popular today, particularly, "Jiya O Jiya (Jab Pyar Kisi Se Hota Hai)" and "Teri Zulfon Se Judai," sung by Mohammed Rafi, were big hits, as was "Sau Saal Pehle," sung by Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar. "Sau Saal Pehle" was later used in the Tamil film Vallavanukku Vallavan as "Manam Ennum".

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