Azaad (1955 film)

Azaad
Poster
Directed byS. M. Sriramulu Naidu
Screenplay byRajendra Krishan
Story byVenkatarama Ramalingam Pillai
Produced byS. M. Sriramulu Naidu
StarringDilip Kumar
Meena Kumari
CinematographySailen Bose
Edited byVeluswamy
Music byC. Ramchandra
Production
companies
Distributed byPakshiraja Studios
Release date
  • 1 July 1955 (1955-07-01)
Running time
151 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Azaad (transl. Free) is a 1955 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film produced and directed by S. M. Sriramulu Naidu. It was the top grossing Hindi film in the year of its release, and one of the biggest Hindi film hits in the decade. In addition, Dilip Kumar won his second Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his work in this movie.

C. Ramchandra was the music director. Hit songs from the movie include "Aplam Chaplam", sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Usha Mangeshkar and "Na Bole Na Bole", sung by Lata Mangeshkar. The movie was a remake of director's own 1954 Tamil film Malaikkallan.[1]

  1. ^ "Azaad was what the doctor had prescribed for Dilip Kumar". The Indian Express. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2020.