Shirin Farhad

<p>The film is about two star-crossed lovers: and . Shirin is a princess who developed a liking for a beautiful deer she saw in a shop in her childhood. As she takes the deer with her at her palace, she promises its owner, Farhad, the poor child of a sculptor to come to her palace everyday and play with her and the deer. Farhad continues to do so and Shirin and Farhad become very close friends despite social differences; and eventually fall in love. However, a reluctant Shirin’s marriage is fixed with the . This first infuriates Farhad and then makes him a wanderer. The rest of the film deals with how Farhad reaches Shirin’s in-law’s palace and how her husband Husro promises him to give him “anything” if he is able to create a lake of milk from a rocky mountain for Shirin to bath in. As Farhad succeeds, his enemies tell him that Shirin is dead, and consequently Farhad too kills himself by jumping from a cliff in the milk lake. However, Shirin is alive and upon knowing that Farhad is no more, she jumps into the same lake. The film ends with two lovers climbing the stairs of peacefully, holding each other’s hands and finally reuniting. The soundtrack was composed by , and lyrics were penned by and Saba Afghani. “Hazaron Rang Badlega Zamana” and “Guzara Hua Zamana, Aata Nahi Dobara” became popular upon the film’s release. As per , was theatrically released on 3 February 1956 in . proved to be very popular among audience. As per Madhubala’s biographer , the film was a financial success; its success captured the pairing of Madhubala and Pradeep Kumar to fame. was also a breakthrough film of .</p>