Nazrana (1961 film)

Nazrana
Film poster
Directed byC. V. Sridhar
Written byC. V. Sridhar (story)
Rajendra Krishan (dialogue and lyrics)
Based onKalyana Parisu (Tamil)
Produced byS. Krishnamurthy and T. Govindarajan
StarringRaj Kapoor
Vyjayanthimala
Usha Kiran
CinematographyA. Vincent
Edited byN. M. Shankar
Music byRavi
Production
company
Venus Pictures
Distributed byVenus Pictures
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget40,00,000 (estimated)
Box office90,00,000

Nazrana (transl. Gift) is a 1961 Indian black-and-white Hindi-language melodrama film produced by S. Krishnamurthy and T. Govindarajan and directed by C. V. Sridhar in his Hindi directorial debut. The film stars Raj Kapoor, Vyjayanthimala, Usha Kiran in a love triangle, while South star Gemini Ganeshan has an extended cameo appearance.[1] The music is by Ravi. The Mohammed Rafi song "Baazi Kisi Ne Pyar Ki Jeeti Ya Haar Di", which was picturised on Raj Kapoor and it was one of the popular sad songs of that era.

The film was a remake of the 1959 Tamil film Kalyana Parisu, which was also directed by C. V. Sridhar and was remade in Turkish as Küçük Sevgilim [tr].[2] Nazrana is a triangular love story between Raj, Vasanthi and Geeta.

  1. ^ TheThirdMan. "Gemini Ganeshan". Upperstall.com. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  2. ^ Mahendra Ved (23 May 2011). "The life and loves of an eternal romantic". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 8 August 2011.