Prem Nagar

<p>Karan Singh lives a wealthy lifestyle in a palace along with his widowed mother and his elder brother’s family. His mother Rani Maa had left his upbringing to a nanny, to the extent that Karan believed she was his real mother. Karan has grown up to be a womanizer and an alcoholic. When Karan rescues former air hostess Lata, who is being molested by her boss, he hires her as his secretary and invites her family to move into one of his cottages. Lata attempts to change his bad habits. While she initially meets with opposition, she eventually succeeds and they fall in love. Karan builds a mansion to celebrate their love and names it Prem Nagar. However, their romance is shattered when Lata is accused of interfering in the palace affairs and then of stealing a valuable necklace. A much humiliated Lata and her family move away. Karan later learns the truth about Lata’s innocence but Lata would never return to him due to his initial distrust. Consequently, Karan’s health worsens as he struggles with his addiction and eventually meets a tragic end. The music was composed by and the lyrics were penned by . had worked on and completed some songs for the film for his father, as his father was still rehabilitating from his stroke during the pre-production of the film. Released on 24 May 1974, emerged a blockbuster as well as the , behind , and . It ran for 25 weeks in ‘s famous . newspaper in its review of the film in 2015 quoted “Khanna is a perfect choice for the role, the drunkard scion of a royal family, blessed with a heart of gold. Technically the film scores highly on all spheres. Editing by K. A. Marthand and J. Narasimha Rao is slick and keeps the story moving at a steady pace, with no room for slackness.” After the premiere of , kissed Khanna’s hands and complimented him for the way he used them like swords in the climax. The film was considered special by Khanna himself, as it featured his favourite song, “Yeh Lal Rang” sung by . This article about a Hindi film of the 1970s is a . You can help Wikipedia by .</p>