Prem Pujari

<p>Ramdev Bakshi is the son of widowed army officer Durgadas Bakshi. Ram is an innocent man who has a deep interest in wildlife. Ram is in the army as per his father’s choice. He loves Suman, a beautiful, cheerful lady living in Ram’s village in . Ram and Suman spend their time together romancing. One day, a letter comes from the stating that Ram should return to the since his holidays are over. Ram engages in a debate with his father where he wishes to leave the army. But he ultimately bids farewell to his village and Suman. On reaching the border, he in the since he believes in non-violence or ahimsa. Frustrated, the army sentences him to two years in Civil Jail for not abiding to the orders of his seniors. Fortunately, Ram runs away from the and is roaming in the mountains of the northeast. Later, he turns himself in and seeks forgiveness for his refusal to listen to orders by spying for India. He is sent to Beijing from where he passes on many important Chinese secrets to India, helping them win the war. Later, awards him with the country’s highest military honor. After the war, he marries Suman and the two live happily together. The film was shot in and has in one of the song sequences. Here, Shatrughan Sinha was picked to play his part from the gathered public. Part of was also shot at near in of . The music was composed by , with lyrics by . Several of the songs from the film became popular, “Phoolon Ke Rang Se” sung by (music of which was reused by Burman from his earlier Bengali song “Borne Gondhe Chonde Geetitey”), “Rangila Re Tere Rang Mein” which was a blend of folk and modern and sung by , “Shokhiyon Mein Ghola Jaaye” by Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar, “Taaqat Watan Ki Hum Se Hai” (patriotic song), and the number in Burman’s voice “Prem Ke Pujari Hum Hain”. According to Anantharaman, Dev Anand stated that “Rangila Re” remained his all-time favourite song. While did not do well at the box office, Sachin dev Burman’s soundtrack became a success and was termed as “superlative” and as a “brilliant score”. The songs are known for the purity of their and languages and are regarded as evergreen classics. This article about a Hindi film of the 1970s is a . You can help Wikipedia by .</p>