Arzoo (1965 film)

Arzoo (transl. Wish) is a 1965 Bollywood film directed by Ramanand Sagar. It stars Rajendra Kumar, Sadhana and Feroz Khan. The film was the grossing hindi-language film of 1965.^{[citation needed]} Arzoo is the story of a love that triumphed over life and fate. The theme of "hating the disabled" was also tried in Rajshri films' Ek Baar Kaho, starring Navin Nischol and Shabana Azmi.

Arzoo
Film poster
Directed by	Ramanand Sagar
Produced by	Ramanand Sagar
Starring	Rajendra Kumar Sadhana Feroz Khan
Cinematography	G. Singh
Edited by	Lachhmandass
Music by	Shankar Jaikishan
Distributed by	Sagar Art Cooperation
Release date	15 January 1965 (1965-01-15)
Country	India
Languages	Hindi,Urdu

Plot

Gopal (Rajendra Kumar) is a skiing champion. He meets Usha (Sadhana) on his holidays at Jammu and Kashmir with the fake name Sarju. Then they both fall in love. One day, Usha tells Gopal that she does not like the disabled. According to her instead of living a life of disabled, it is better to die. After spending his holidays in Kashmir and promising Usha that he will marry her, he heads back to Delhi, where his parents and a sister, Sarla, live. Along the way, he loses his leg in a car accident. Gopal becomes worried. Since he remembers the words of Usha, he tries to avoid her to go away from her life. He thinks Usha will not accept him as he is now disabled. Then he goes back to Delhi and he does not tell anything about Usha. In the meantime, Usha tries a lot to find him, but after having no sign of him, she begins to think that Gopal is in some trouble and hence unable to contact her.

Gopal's best friend, Ramesh (Feroz Khan), unknowing about his friend's love story, wants to marry Usha. After saying "no" several times, at Usha's father accepts on her behalf and Usha dutifully agrees to the marriage as well. But on the day of her wedding, a miracle happens in the form of Kashmir Houseboat owner Mamdhu (Mehmood) and initially Ramesh and then Usha finds out that Gopal and Sarju are not two persons, but one. This situation forms the climax of the movie.

Cast

Character	Actor/Actress(s)
Gopal / Sarju	Rajendra Kumar
Usha Kapoor	Sadhana
Ramesh	Feroz Khan
Mamdhu Mumtazali	Mehmood Ali
Sarla	Nazima
Diwan Kishan Kishore	Nazir Hussain
Gopal's Mom	Achala Sachdev
Doctor	Nana Palsikar
Ramesh's Dad	Brahm Bhardwaj
Munshi Ashadaulal	Dhumal
Major Kapoor	Hari Shivdasani
Sabhi	Malika
Ramesh's Servant	Jankidas Mehra
Roop Chand (Manchu's) friend in Delhi	Khairati
Major Kapoor's Servant	Narmada Shankar
Major Kapoor's wife	Praveen Paul
Taxi driver	Mohinder Singh Athwal
	Keshav Rana

Soundtrack

The music is composed by Shankar Jaikishan and lyrics penned by Hasrat Jaipuri.

Title	Singer(s)
"Jab Ishq Kahin Ho Jaata Hai"	Asha Bhosle, Mubarak Begum
"Bedardi Baalma Tujhko"	Lata Mangeshkar
"Aji Rooth Kar Ab Kahan Jaaiyega"	Lata Mangeshkar
"Aji Humse Bachkar Kahan Jaaiyega"	Mohammed Rafi
"Ae Phoolon Ki Rani"	Mohammed Rafi
"Ae Nargis-e-Mastana"	Mohammed Rafi
"Chhalke Teri Ankhon Se"	Mohammed Rafi
"Taxi driver singing song before accident"	Mohinder Singh Athwal

Accolades

The film was nominated for the following awards:^[1]

• Rajendra Kumar for Best Actor
• Ramanand Sagar for Best Director
• Ramanand Sagar for Best Story
• Hasrat Jaipuri for Best Lyricist for the song "Aji Rooth Kar Ab Kahan Jaiyega"
• Shankar - Jaikishan for Best Music Director