Sanam
About Sanam
Unemployed Yogen meets Sadhana and her friend Rani in a bookshop, returns Sadhana's handbag, and refuses a cash reward. Broke, he snatches fifty rupees from a trader for his mother's treatment. The trader is run down by a car while chasing him, and government counsel K. N. Singh, Sadhana's father, gets Yogen convicted. Yogen escapes and hides in Sadhana's car. She and Rani conceal him at home. Her father has him rearrested, then resigns and defends him. A juror confesses that his own car killed the trader. Yogen is cleared, and the father accepts the match. Gope's clerk, who has been chasing Sadhana, ends up with Rani.
Cast & crew
More about Sanam
Nandlal Jaswantlal directed for United Technicians, which also distributed the film. Nilkantha Tiwari wrote the screenplay from a story by Mohanlal G. Dave. Jal Mistry photographed it and Shankarlal Nayak edited it.
Themes
Audiences
The run is described as average, at a time when Suraiya's stardom was fading and Madhubala and Nargis were rising.
Music
Husnlal and Bhagatram composed the score. Qamar Jalalabadi wrote the lyrics. Suraiya sings with Mohammed Rafi on "O Sanam, Main Tujhe Pukaarun," and with Lata Mangeshkar on "Bedard Shikaari." Shamshad Begum and S. D. Batish also sing.
Notes
- Suraiya sings her own songs rather than using a playback singer for her role.
- Meena Kumari plays Rani, Sadhana's friend.
- Gope plays Rashiklal Mehta, the prosecutor's assisting advocate.
Scenes
- Yogen returns Sadhana's handbag and will not take the notes she offers.
- He hides in her car after breaking out of jail.
- Sadhana's father resigns as government counsel and defends him.
- A juror admits his car killed the trader.