Neel Kamal is a 1968 Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi, also known as Manak Hindi , High Hindi, Nagari Hindi, and Literary Hindi, is a standardized and sanskritized register of the Hindustani language derived from the Khariboli dialect of Delhi...

 film directed by Ram Maheshwari starring Waheeda Rehman

Waheeda Rehman

Waheeda Rehman , is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood movies and is known for many successful and critically acclaimed movies from 1950's, 60's and early 70's most notably C.I.D. and Guru Dutt classics such as Pyaasa , 12 O'Clock , Kaagaz Ke Phool , Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam...

 in the title role.

Synopsis

Sita (Waheeda Rehman) and her friends go for a trip, at night Sita sleepwalks

Sleepwalking

Sleepwalking, also known as somnambulism, is a sleep disorder belonging to the parasomnia family. Sleepwalkers arise from the slow wave sleep stage in a state of low consciousness and perform activities that are usually performed during a state of full consciousness...

 and when she is about to be killed by a train walking on the railway track, Ram (Manoj Kumar) saves her and her father decides her marriage with him. But after her marriage with Ram, Sita discovers that her sleepwalking is not a simple sleepwalking but it takes her to the story of her past life - Chitrasen (Raaj Kumar), an artisan, is in love with the princess Sita (Neelkamal in her past life) but the king rejects him, and entombs him in a very small circular column (a method used by Indian kings to punish anybody to death, also known as burying alive) and eventually Chitrasen dies. His love for Neelkamal is immortal and his soul

Soul

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 survives for centuries to meet Neelkamal.

Sita is invited to Chitrasen's place by a Hindi song "ājā tujh ko pukāre merā pyār", sung by Mohd. Rafi Saheb

Mohammed Rafi

Mohammad Rafi , was an Indian playback singer whose career spanned four decades. He was awarded National Award and 6 Filmfare Awards. In 1967, he was honoured with the Padma Shri awarded by the Government of India....

, meaning "come here, my love calls you". She sleepwalks to Chitrasen's place every night. Her mother-in-law, a very cross person, believes that Sita is in love with some other boy and hates her. One night Sita reaches Chitrasen's place and a brief conversation ends up with Chitrasen's soul becoming free and Sita falling unconscious

Unconscious

Unconscious might refer to:In physiology:* unconsciousness, the lack of consciousness or responsiveness to people and other environmental stimuliIn psychology:...

. Ram rescues her. They lead a good life.

Waheeda Rehman won the Filmfare Best Actress Award

Filmfare Best Actress Award

The Filmfare Award for Best Actress is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role. The award was first given in 1954.-Superlatives:...

 for her role in this film.

Cast

• Waheeda Rehman
  Waheeda Rehman
  Waheeda Rehman , is an Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood movies and is known for many successful and critically acclaimed movies from 1950's, 60's and early 70's most notably C.I.D. and Guru Dutt classics such as Pyaasa , 12 O'Clock , Kaagaz Ke Phool , Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam...
  
  ... Rajkumari Neel Kamal / Sita
• Raaj Kumar
  Raaj Kumar
  Raaj Kumar , born Kulbushan Pandit was an Indian actor in Hindi movies. Raaj Kumar started out as sub-inspector of Mumbai police in the late 1940s before he turned to acting with the 1952 film Rangili...
  
  ... Chitrasen
• Manoj Kumar
  Manoj Kumar
  Manoj Kumar is an award-winning Indian actor and director in the Bollywood film industry. He is known for acting in and directing films with patriotic themes, and has been given the nickname "Mr Bharat"...
  
  ... Ram
• Lalita Pawar
  Lalita Pawar
  Lalita Pawar was a prolific Indian actress, who later became famous as character actress, appearing in over 700 films in Hindi and Marathi cinema, where she gave hits like, Netaji Palkar , made by Bhalji Pendharkar, New Hana Pictures’ Sant Damaji, Navyug Chitrapat’s Amrit, written by VS Khandekar,...
  
  ... Thakurain
• Balraj Sahni
  Balraj Sahni
  Balraj Sahni , born Yudhishthir Sahni , was a famous Hindi film actor. He belonged to a Punjabi Khatri family from Bhera now in Punjab, Pakistan...
  
  ... Mr. Raichand
• Ramayan Tiwari
• P. Jairaj
• David Abraham ... Guruji
• Murad
  Murad (actor)
  Murad was an Indian character actor who appeared more than 100 Bollywood films from the early 1940s through to the end of the 1980s playing character roles ranging from a father, uncle, police officer, courtroom judge or an emperor. His son Raza Murad is also an actor in the Bollywood industry who...
  
  ... Emperor
• Chhaya
• Nasreen
• Nandini
• Gopal Sehgal
• Jagdish Raj
• Ruby Mayer ... Dean of The Girl College
• Mumtaz Begum
• Sheela R.
• Sophia
• Shenaaz
• Apsara
• Abhimanyu Sharma
• Rajan Kapoor
• Nazir Kashmiri
• V.P. Verma
• Dev Chand
• Shribhagwan
• Bhushan Tiwari
• Vijay Maria
• Mehmood ... Girdhar Gopal Agarwal
• Shashikala ... Chanchal