Waris (1969 film)

Waris (transl. Heir) is a 1969 Hindi-language action comedy film, produced by Vasu Menon under the Vasu Studios banner and directed by Ramanna.[3][4] It stars Jeetendra, Hema Malini in the lead roles and music composed by R. D. Burman.[5] The film was a remake of Tamil film Naan (1967) and also made in Telugu as Nenante Nene (1968).[6]

Waris
Poster
Directed byRamanna
Produced byVasu Menon
Written byRajendra Krishan
(dialogues & lyrics)[1]
Story byT. N. Balu
Based onNaan (1967)
StarringJeetendra
Hema Malini
Prem Chopra
Mehmood
Aruna Irani
Music byR. D. Burman[2]
CinematographyM. A. Rehman
Edited byM. S. Money
Production
company
Vasu Studios
Release date
  • 12 December 1969 (1969-12-12)
Running time
158 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

The story revolves around a young prince (Master Sachin) with socialist ideas who runs away from the palace because his father dismisses his friends as being of low status. Twenty years later, after news of the death of the king, three pretenders arrive, each claiming to be the real prince. Due to disagreements in the King's household, his wife and son (Jeetendra,) decide to move away from his kingdom. Years later, the King dies and the Palace decides to find the Prince so that he can claim his rightful place on the throne. They locate three young men, all claiming to be the prince. The Palace officials put them to the test, and one by one, all of them pass various tests imposed on them, leaving the officials in a quandary as to who the real prince is between these three young men. Meanwhile, the original prince sees the news and reveals his identity to her mother, with whom he is living by his false identity as an orphan. At the same time, Prem Chopra also lists his identity as Prince. Meanwhile, (Prem Chopra) kidnapped the original Prince to become king himself and arrives as Ram Kumar 1 at the Palace. But two men also arrive at the Palace claiming to be the Prince. After so much chaos, Ravi and Rajan save the life of Ram Kumar. At last, Murthy tries to escape with money, but is stopped by Jeetendra, but he escapes from there by kidnapping the princess. At last, in the car, Murthy's mother saves the life of the girl by saying to him to jump from the car and ask his son to stop the car, but he didn't stop the car. Finally, his mother shoots him and the film ends with the car crashing from the mountain.[7]

Cast

Reception

The film was well received by the audience.

Mehmood and Aruna Irani had made a successful comedy team in Aulad (1968), produced a year earlier. Their next pairing was Waris and the audience's appreciation helped in their working together in several films. Mehmood won the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role for this movie.[8]

Soundtrack

The film's score was composed by Rahul Dev Burman and lyrics were penned by Rajendra Krishan. It had playback by Lata MangeshkarAsha Bhosle and Mohammed Rafi.[9][10] A popular number was the parody song, "Chahe Koi Mujhe Bhoot Kaho" where Burman mixed a medley of numbers from different films like Junglee (1961), Brahmachari (1968) and An Evening In Paris (1967).[11]{All Shanker JaikIshen compositions.}.

#TitleSinger(s)Duration
1 "Chahe Koi Mujhe Bhoot Kaho" Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle 4:38
2 "Kaun hai woh kaun mujhe jisne jagaya" Manna Dey, Asha Bhosle 5:06
3` "Ek Bechara Pyaar Ka Mara" Mohammed Rafi 3:37
4 "Lehra Ke Aya Hain Jhoka Bahar Ka" Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi 4:22
5 "Kabhi Kabhi Aisa Bhi Hota Hain" Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi 3:31
6 "Dil Ki Lagi Ko Chhupaoon Kaise" Lata Mangeshkar 3:14
7 "Waris" Title Music 1:41

References
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  3. Rakita Nanda (19 March 2014). PREM NAAM HAI MERA PREM CHOPRA. Rupa Publications. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-81-291-3349-6. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  4. "Waris 1969". Hindilyrics. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  5. "Waris". Alan Goble. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  6. Narasimham, M. L. (22 February 2019). "Nenante Nene (1968)". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
  7. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0149345
  8. Sanjit Narwekar (12 December 2012). Eena Meena Deeka: The Story of Hindi Film Comedy. Rupa Publications. pp. 151–. ISBN 978-81-291-2625-2. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  9. "Waris 1969". MySwar. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  10. "Waris 1969". Raaga.com. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  11. Anirudha Bhattacharjee Balaji Vittal (21 July 2012). R. D. Burman: The Man, The Music. HarperCollins Publishers. pp. 61–. ISBN 978-93-5029-236-5. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
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