Albela (1951 film)
Albela is a 1951 Bollywood musical comedy film directed by and starring Bhagwan Dada and Geeta Bali.[1] A Hindi classic, it was the third highest grossing film at the Indian Box Office in 1951 and its soundtrack by C. Ramchandra was acclaimed.[2][3]
Cast
- Geeta Bali ... as Asha
- Bhagwan as Pyarelal
- Badri Prasad as Pyarelal's Father
- Sunder as Theatre Owner (as Sundar)
- Pratima Devi as Pyarelal's Mother
- Dulari as Malti
Music
The music director of the film was C. Ramchandra and the soundtrack was acclaimed, cited as a "classic".[3][4] The film features several westerinized songs such as Sholajo badhke and Ye deewana, ye parwana which are said to have "employed cabaret type dance/choruses featuring bongo drums, oboes,, clarinets, trumpets, saxophones, etc."[5] Famous playback singer Lata Mangeshkar sang the song Balama bada nadan re.[4]
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