Tere Ghar Ke Samne is a black & white movie from 1962 or 63. It is one of my all time favorite movies.
Dev Anand & Nutan make an AMAZING leading pair in this movie! Both of them look very good individually and they look great together. Dev Anand was 40 years old when he made this movie, but he looks much younger. I wish there were more men looking that good at 40!! Nutan looks really nice and plays her role skillfully. She was anyway one of the best (if not THE best) actresses to ever act in Hindi movies. She is so natural in serious as well as light roles, like Tere Ghar Ke Samne.
Apart from the leading pair, there is Om Prakash, playing Dev Anand's father. Again a really good actor - especially in comic roles. And this is a comic role where the actor does not have to behave like a joker, like many other Hindi movies. And there is Harindranath Chattopadhyay, another wonderful actor playing Nutan's father. Om Prakash and Harindranath Chattopadhyay have considerable footage in the movie and they make their roles so enjoyable to watch. Rajendranath is also there; and for a change he has a good role; he does not have to be a total loser or a joker or an idiot, like many of his other roles.
The story is very simple. Rakesh (Dev Anand)'s father and Sulekha (Nutan)'s father are rival businessmen. Both of them buy plots of land opposite to each other in a government auction. Each of them wants to build a house on the new plot. Rakesh is an architect who is recommended to Sulekha's family as the best architect. So he takes on that assignment wihtout being aware of the rivalry. And obviously, his father too wants him to be the architect for his house. For both the houses he has same instructions from the 2 fathers - "Our house has to be bigger and better than the one being build on the neighbouring plot". He can't give up his father's assignment. And by the time he finds out about the rivalry, he is in love with Sulekha and does not want to give up that assignment either. So he is hiding the information that he is the architect for both the houses. Also, both the houses are being made to the same design since both like exactly the same design from many he makes.
Rakesh finally tells Sulekha who he is, and though she gets angry first, he manages to convince her of his love. They want to get married but now they need to convince their parents and get them to forget their rivalry. This is the basic plot.
The music is very good and though all the songs are good, I especially like Dil Ka bhanwar Kare Pukar, Yeh Tanhaai hai re hai, Tere Ghar Ke samne and Tu Kahan - Sung by Mohd. Rafi & Lata Manageshkar!! Great songs to listen to again and again. They have been directed and picturized amazingly well. And Dev Anand & Nutan make these songs worth watching again and again and again.... Each of these songs has a very unique feel and mood. In Tu Kahan, you can almost feel the night, the cold weather.... In Yeh Tanhaai hai re hai, Nutan is so playful and lovely. The picturization of Tere Ghar Ke Samne is so creative - Dev Anand is in a bar, drinking, and he starts seeing Nutan in the liquid in the glass. Lovely song, with amazing expressions from both of them. And my most favourite song of the movie - Dil Ka Bhanwar. This is one of the best ever picturized songs in Hindi movies, sung by one and only Mohd. Rafi. No one BUT no one else could have sung this song so beautifully. Even the scene leading to this song is just wonderful. Dev Anand & Nutan are climbing the Kutub, flirting with each other. The dialogs are really good and delivered wonderfully. Followed by this most amazingly romantic song! I think this is the best part of the movie...
The movie keeps its comic tone till amost the end. The dialogs are good and apt. The cast is perfect!! The director is Vijay Anand and direction is not just good but brilliant in places. Everytime I watch this movie, I realize how much I like it.
I only get annoyed with it towards the end. I think it gets too dragged out towards the end. I find it especially irriating when Dev Anand starts singing standing between the two newly constructed houses.
But the movie is mostly over by then. And its anyway only last 10 mins or so. The rest of the movie is just too good to be discouraged because of the last 10 mins...
So watch this movie. And specifically for -
Dev Anand & Nutan make an AMAZING leading pair in this movie! Both of them look very good individually and they look great together. Dev Anand was 40 years old when he made this movie, but he looks much younger. I wish there were more men looking that good at 40!! Nutan looks really nice and plays her role skillfully. She was anyway one of the best (if not THE best) actresses to ever act in Hindi movies. She is so natural in serious as well as light roles, like Tere Ghar Ke Samne.Apart from the leading pair, there is Om Prakash, playing Dev Anand's father. Again a really good actor - especially in comic roles. And this is a comic role where the actor does not have to behave like a joker, like many other Hindi movies. And there is Harindranath Chattopadhyay, another wonderful actor playing Nutan's father. Om Prakash and Harindranath Chattopadhyay have considerable footage in the movie and they make their roles so enjoyable to watch. Rajendranath is also there; and for a change he has a good role; he does not have to be a total loser or a joker or an idiot, like many of his other roles.
The story is very simple. Rakesh (Dev Anand)'s father and Sulekha (Nutan)'s father are rival businessmen. Both of them buy plots of land opposite to each other in a government auction. Each of them wants to build a house on the new plot. Rakesh is an architect who is recommended to Sulekha's family as the best architect. So he takes on that assignment wihtout being aware of the rivalry. And obviously, his father too wants him to be the architect for his house. For both the houses he has same instructions from the 2 fathers - "Our house has to be bigger and better than the one being build on the neighbouring plot". He can't give up his father's assignment. And by the time he finds out about the rivalry, he is in love with Sulekha and does not want to give up that assignment either. So he is hiding the information that he is the architect for both the houses. Also, both the houses are being made to the same design since both like exactly the same design from many he makes.
Rakesh finally tells Sulekha who he is, and though she gets angry first, he manages to convince her of his love. They want to get married but now they need to convince their parents and get them to forget their rivalry. This is the basic plot.
The music is very good and though all the songs are good, I especially like Dil Ka bhanwar Kare Pukar, Yeh Tanhaai hai re hai, Tere Ghar Ke samne and Tu Kahan - Sung by Mohd. Rafi & Lata Manageshkar!! Great songs to listen to again and again. They have been directed and picturized amazingly well. And Dev Anand & Nutan make these songs worth watching again and again and again.... Each of these songs has a very unique feel and mood. In Tu Kahan, you can almost feel the night, the cold weather.... In Yeh Tanhaai hai re hai, Nutan is so playful and lovely. The picturization of Tere Ghar Ke Samne is so creative - Dev Anand is in a bar, drinking, and he starts seeing Nutan in the liquid in the glass. Lovely song, with amazing expressions from both of them. And my most favourite song of the movie - Dil Ka Bhanwar. This is one of the best ever picturized songs in Hindi movies, sung by one and only Mohd. Rafi. No one BUT no one else could have sung this song so beautifully. Even the scene leading to this song is just wonderful. Dev Anand & Nutan are climbing the Kutub, flirting with each other. The dialogs are really good and delivered wonderfully. Followed by this most amazingly romantic song! I think this is the best part of the movie...
I only get annoyed with it towards the end. I think it gets too dragged out towards the end. I find it especially irriating when Dev Anand starts singing standing between the two newly constructed houses.
But the movie is mostly over by then. And its anyway only last 10 mins or so. The rest of the movie is just too good to be discouraged because of the last 10 mins...
So watch this movie. And specifically for -
- Dev Anand - Looking very handsome and is perfect for this romantic role in a musical comedy.
- Nutan - Her expressions!! And change of expressions. Her timing. Everything about her acting. Looks really good opposite DEv Anand.
- Om Prakas & Harindranath Chattopadhyay - they both are outstanding!!
- The music - simply wonderful
- Picturization of songs - Wonderful!
- Romantic scenes between the lead pair
- Comic scenes
- The tone of the movie
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