Azaad

<p>After her widower father, Kedarnath, passes away, Shobha goes to live with her father’s friend Charandas and his wife Shanta, who had their son go missing as a child. Years later, Shobha is now matured and Charandas scouts for a suitable groom. A wealthy man, Sundar, would like to marry Shobha, but the family detests him. Then one night Shobha is abducted. The Police are informed but their search is in vain. A few days later, they get wind that Shobha may be in Sundar’s custody, and a search proves to be in vain. Then Shobha returns home and tells them that she was rescued by a wealthy man named Azaad, housed in a mansion, looked after very well and brought back home all in one piece. They subsequently find out that the wealthy man is none other than a notorious bandit named Azaad. They are even more shocked when Shobha informs them that she wants to marry Azaad. Will Charandas and Shanta permit her to marry a bandit? The music was composed by and the songs were written by . According to author, musicologist and film critic Rajesh Subramanian, was first offered to compose the songs. He refused when Naidu insisted that the songs had to be composed in a month. Hence, was signed on and the melodies were composed in record time. According to a book published by Raju Bharatan, Naidu requested Naushad to compose ten tunes within 30 days, for which he would get his “due payment”. To this, Naushad purportedly said: “Naidusaab, yeh koi baniye ki dukaan samjha aapne? Ek gaana nahi milega aapko tees din main”. (Naidusaab, do you think this is a baniya store? You will not get even one song in 30 days). Like the original, opened to terrific response and emerged a at the box office, especially given the lavish scale it was shot on and highly popular songs, such as and “Baliye O Baliye, Chal Chhaliye”. It was shown at ‘s popular for 36 weeks and in ‘s famous for 40 weeks. Dilip Kumar received praise from audience as well as critics for his excellent comic timing and earned his second .</p>