Anokhi Ada (1948)

November 25, 2010 at 8:02 pm (1940-1949, vintage film)
Tags: anokhi ada (1948), mukesh, shamshad begum, surendra, uma devi

Anokhi Ada (Hindi: अनोखी अदा) is a 1948 Hindi movie produced and directed by the legendary Mehboob Khan. Music was directed by another legend, Hindi film music maestro, Naushad. The film starred Surendra, Naseem Banu, Zeb Qureshi, Murad, Cuckoo, etc.

Surendra is a rich man’s son who leaves his father’s home to live as a vagabond. He encounters the heroine who is very poor and has nothing to eat. He gives her some rotis. Police mistake him for a thief, brings him to the police station where he is bailed out by his father’s Munshi. Meanwhile the heroine’s brother comes under a car and dies. She being bankrupt, leaves the house. They meet again in a train and fall in love. But the train falls off the track and suffers an accident. The heroine loses her memory and in a lost state of mind walks out of the hospital into a professor’s house nearby. He takes pity on her and allows her to live in his house. He begins liking her and knows of her from the doctor who attended her in the hospital. They plan to get married but Surendra who is a former student of professor finds her and appeals to the professor to let her go and let them marry. The professor agrees but the heroine still doesn’t remember him. In the end her memory comes back and they get married.

Shamshad Begum – Aaj Kahan Ja Ke :  

Shamshad Begum – Nazar Mil Gayee :  

Shamshad Begum & Mukesh – Bhool Gaye Kyon Deke Sahara :  

Shamshad Begum & Surendra – Kyun Unhen Dil Diya :  

Surendra – Bade Bhole Bhale :  

Surendra – Jale Na Kyon Parwana :  

Mukesh – Bhoolne Wale Yaad Na Aa :  

Uma Devi – Dil Ko Laga Ke Ham Ne :  

Uma Devi – Kahe Jiya Dole :  

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