Char Dil Char Rahen

Char Dil Char Rahen
Directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Produced by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas (Naya Sansar)
Written by Inder Raj Anand
V. P. Sathe
Screenplay by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas
Based on Char Dil Char Rahen
Starring Raj Kapoor
Ajit
Shammi Kapoor
Meena Kumari
Music by Anil Biswas
Sahir Ludhianvi
Cinematography S. Ramachandra
Release dates
1959
Running time
160 min.
Country India
Language Hindi

Char Dil Char Rahen (English title: Four Hearts, Four Roads) is a 1959 Hindi film directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, and starring two big stars of the era, Shammi Kapoor and Raj Kapoor. The movie is based on a novel of the same name. It was released simultaneously with other big films, Devendra Goel's Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan and V Shantaram's Navrang, while Navrang was a hit, Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan broke even, Char Dil Char Rahen failed at the box office.[1][2]

Plot

The story revolves around three love stories that run simultaneously among. The background of the movie is a construction of a crossroad with 4 roads and all people are related to the road that is being built and are involved. How the love stories unfold forms the crux of the movie.

Cast

Controversy

Shammi Kapoor received a legal notice from director Abbas when he refused to act for one of the songs in the film and many other controversies with the stars of that era that director Abbas vowed to stop making movies for mainstream movie stars.[1]

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