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n romantic and melodramatic film from 1956. The songs lyrics were written by Shailendra

Shailendra

Shankardas Kesarilal , popularly known by his pen name Shailendra, was a popular Indian Hindi lyricist.-Career as a lyricist:...

 and Hasrat Jaipuri

Hasrat Jaipuri

Hasrat Jaipuri was a Hindi and Urdu poet and film lyricist.-Initial Days:Jaipuri was born Iqbal Husain in Jaipur, where he studied English till medium level, and then acquired his taalim in Urdu and Persian from his grandfather, Fida Husain. He began writing verse, when he was around twenty years...

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Plot

The only son of the Royal Astrologer, Narsin (Om Prakash) namely Gopal (Bharat Bhushan) is not interested in astrology but in music and songs, much to the dismay of Narsin. Gopal's talents are well-known and he could become the Emperor's Chief Musician if he wins in the contest. His rivals live next door, and in order to win the approval of the emperor (Chandrashekhar), they poison Gopal's drink, and Gopal loses his voice completely. His mom (Leela Chitnis) is sorry at the loss of his voice. A young dancing girl, Gopi (Nimmi) takes interest in Gopal, and through her help and a hard knock on the head, he recovers his voice. But Gopal's challenges are far from over, and he will be called upon to prove his worth, as well as his association with Gopi.

Cast

• Bharat Bhushan ... Gopal
• Nimmi ... Gopi
• Kumkum (actress)
  Kumkum (actress)
  Kumkum is an Indian film actor from Hussainabad in Bihar. She acted in almost 115 films in her career.She is best known for her roles in Mother India, Son Of India, Mr. X in Bombay, Kohinoor, Ujala,...
  
    ... Radhika (as Kum Kum)
• Manmohan Krishna  ... Lehri Baba
• Parsuram (as Parashram)
• Chand Burke  ... Leelabai (as Chand Burque)
• Shyam Kumar (actor)
• S. K. Prem
• Babu Raje
• S. B. Nayampalli (as Nayam Pally)
• Indira
• Chandrashekhar (actor) ... Emperor (as Chandra Shekhar)
• Leela Chitnis
  Leela Chitnis
  Leela Chitnis was an early actress in the Indian film industry.-Early life:She was born in Dharwar, Karnataka to an English professor. She was one of the first educated film actresses...
  
  ... Gopal's mom
• Om Prakash
  Om Prakash
  Om Prakash was an Indian character actor. He was born in Jammu as Om Prakash Chibber. He used to play the role of Kamla in the stage play by the famous Dewan Mandir Natak Samaj Koliwada. Starting his career in 1942, he was a popular supporting actor from the 1950s until the 1980s. He was one of...
  
    ... Narsin

Soundtrack

Track #	Song	Singer(s)
1	Badi Der Bhai	Mohd. Radi
2	Bhay Bhajana Vandana Sun	Manna Dey Manna Dey Prabodh Chandra Dey , better known by his nickname Manna Dey , is a playback singer in Bengali Assamese and Hindi films. Along with Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, he was a part of Indian film playback music from the 1950s to the 1970s. He has recorded more than 3500 songs over the course of...
3	Duniya Na Bhaye	Mohd. Rafi
4	Ja Ja Re Ja Balama	Lata Mangeshkar
5	Kar Gaya Re	Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer. She is one of the best-known and most highly-regarded Hindi playback singers in India, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies...
6	Ketaki Gulab Juhi	Manna Dey, Bhimsen Joshi Bhimsen Joshi Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi ; February 4, 1922 - January 24, 2011) was an Indian vocalist in the Hindustani classical tradition. A member of the Kirana Gharana , he is renowned for the khayal form of singing, as well as for his popular renditions of devotional music...
7	Main Piya Teri	Lata Mangeshkar
8	Nain Mile Chain Kahan	Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey
9	Sur Na Saje	Manna Dey