Starring | : | Dilip Kumar, Mukri, Nadira, Nimmi, Premnath, Murad, Cuckoo, Amir Bano, Sheela Nayak |
Director | : | Mehboob |
Producer | : | Mehboob |
Music Dir | : | Naushad |
Lyricist | : | Shakeel Badayuni |
Singer | : | Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammad Rafi, Shamshad Begum |
Distributor | : | Eros |
Genre | : | Drama |
Mehboob's classic swash buckling cavalier movie with Dilip Kumar as Jai Tilak (Kumar) a young man from a Rajput clan loyal to the benevolent maharaj (Murad). The villain is the Cadillac-driving Prince Shamsher Singh (Premnath) who tries to usrup power by killing his father, the ruler. Much to the distress of Mangala (Nimmi), who loves him Jai resolves to tame the proud rajkumari (Nadira) as he tamed her wildstallion in a contest. Shamsher kidnaps Mangala and tries to rape her, causing her to fall to her death. Jai retaliates by capturing the rajkumari, forcing her to take Mangala's place. ventually it turns out that the maharaja is still alive and Jai and the loyalist force defeat Shamsher and reassume power. A fantastic movie with the most spectacular action including the sword-fight between Jai and Shamsher in front of the funeral pyre intended to burn the rajkumari at the stake.