Prince (1969 film)

Prince
Poster
Directed byLekh Tandon
Written byAbrar Alvi
Produced byF. C. Mehra
StarringShammi Kapoor
Vyjayanthimala
Ajit
Rajendra Nath
CinematographyDwarka Divecha
Edited byPran Mehra
Music byShankar Jaikishan
Production
companies
Distributed byEagle Films
Release date
  • 1 January 1969 (1969-01-01)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office 4,00,00,000

Prince is a 1969 Indian Hindi-language film produced by F. C. Mehra and directed by Lekh Tandon. The film stars Shammi Kapoor with Vyjayanthimala in the lead while Rajendranath, Ajit, Helen, Leela Chitnis and Asit Sen form an ensemble cast. The film's music was composed by Shankar Jaikishan with lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri and Faruk Qaiser. Prince is a drama set in the times of resurgent India when the nation threw off the British yoke, but some states still languished under the Princely yoke. It is the story of a Prince who brought about his own downfall so that he may rise as a human being. Vyjayanthimala got married in 1968 and then completed this film in 1969.

The rights to this film are owned by Shah Rukh Khan's Red Chillies Entertainment.