Prem Bandhan

Prem Bandhan
Directed by	Ramanand Sagar
Produced by	Revati Raman Nanda; Gauri Films
Starring	Rajesh Khanna; Rekha; Moushumi Chatterjee
Music by	Laxmikant Pyarelal; Anand Bakshi (lyrics)
Edited by	Lachhmandass
Release date	January 19, 1979
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Prem Bandhan (Hindi: ????? ????; translation: bond of love) is a 1979 Indian Hindi film directed by Ramanand Sagar. The film stars Rajesh Khanna, Rekha and Moushumi Chatterjee as the lead actors and is supported by A. K. Hangal, Prema Narayan, Bhagwan, Keshto Mukherjee and Lalita Pawar. The film's music is by Laxmikant Pyarelal. This film, along with Amar Deep, marked the comeback of Rajesh Khanna, as these were his commercially successful films after a period of one full year as in the year 1978, none of his films became huge hits at the box office, with the exception of Bhola Bhala. The news magazine "The Indian" noted that "Rajesh Khanna makes a sincere attempt to recover his popularity as "superstar" and succeeds. He gives natural touching performance".

The story revolves around the adventures of Rajesh Khanna when he loses his memory by meeting in an accident, falling prey to amnesia and falls in love with a fisher woman and gets married, whereas his sophisticated city bred girlfriend keeps waiting for him in the city.

Plot summary

Adivasi Mahua lives a poor lifestyle in a fishing village along with her widowed dad. One day, the local Poojary comes across a seemingly menacing looking male, feeds him, and asks Mahua's dad to look after him. This male has no memory and they name him Kishan. Shortly thereafter, Mahua and Kishan fall in love and get married. After about 2 months, Kishan goes to the city and does not return home. A frantic Mahua and her dad go to the Police as well as to the city to search for him, albeit in vain and return home. Mahua continues to worry about Kishan and sets out on her own to try to locate him. She meets with a doctor who informs her that he recalls treating a male fitting Kishan's description and gives her his Bombay address. Mahua travels to Bombay and locates Kishan's house. This is where she will find out that Kishan now calls himself Mohan Khanna, who is very wealthy, lives in a mansion but who now refuses to recognize her, and is about to get formally engaged to equally wealthy Meena Mehra.

Cast

Rajesh Khanna as Kishan/Mohan Khanna
Rekha as Mahua
Moushami Chatterji as Meena Mehra
Vikram as Dr. Vinod, Chanda's fiance
Braham Bhardawaj as Senior doctor
Janki Dass as Rodrigues, Khanna Enterprises' Accountant
Javed Khan as Eve teaser
Birbal as Bhelpuri vendor
Helen
Master Bhagwan
Keshto Mukherjee
Prema Narayan
A. K. Hangal
Lalita Pawar
Om Shivpuri
Chandru Atma
Arvind Trivedi as Mahua's Father

Crew

Director – Ramanand Sagar
Producer – R. R. Nanda
Production Company – Gauri Films
Editor – Lachhmandass
Music Director – Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Lyricist – Anand Bakshi
Playback Singers – Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey, Mahendra Kapoor, Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar

Soundtrack

All lyrics written by Anand Bakshi; all music composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal.

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Hoti Hai Kisise Jab Preet"	Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle	8:20
2.	"Main Tere Pyar Mein Pagal"	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar	6:30
3.	"Meri Payal Mein Yeh"	Asha Bhosle	5:40
4.	"Wada Nahin Karte Kisi Se"	Lata Mangeshkar, Mahendra Kapoor, Chorus	9:20