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Mehbooba
Mehbooba
	Poster
Directed by	Shakti Samanta
Written by	Gulshan Nanda
Produced by	Mushir-Riaz
Starring	Rajesh Khanna; Hema Malini; Prem Chopra; Nazir Hussain
Cinematography	Aloke Dasgupta
Edited by	Bijoy Chowdhury
Music by	Rahul Dev Burman; Anand Bakshi (lyrics)
Production; company	M. R. Productions
Release date	19 July 1976;
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Mehbooba is a 1976 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film based on the reincarnation theme, produced by Mushir-Riaz and directed by Shakti Samanta. The film stars Rajesh Khanna, Hema Malini and Prem Chopra in pivotal roles. The music is composed by Rahul Dev Burman. The film is noted for an impressive performance by the lead pair and for its haunting melodies such as "Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon" sung separately by both Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar, "Chalo Ri" and the duet "Parbat Ke Peeche". The movie is based on Gulshan Nanda's novel Sisakate Saaz. Nanda has also written the screenplay.^[1]<

Plot

Singer Suraj (Rajesh Khanna) is presented with a tanpura by his fiancée's father. Thereafter, he starts hearing a haunting song at nights. One day, while going for a stage show, stuck in heavy rain, he goes to a small unknown motel, where he meets a woman named Ratna. During the night, he sees Ratna, singing the same song he often hears at night, and walking towards an dilapidated palace. Instinctively, he follows her into the haveli and calls out her name. He is told by an old keeper of the palace that Ratna died more than 1000 years ago and people believe that she still haunts that place.

As he walks around, a portrait of Ratna makes Suraj remember their previous life where he was Prakash, the chief singer of the royal court and was in love with Ratna (Hema Malini), the court dancer. They are unable to get married as Prakash is betrothed to Jamuna and Ratna is destined to become the royal courtesan. They decided to elope but are killed on their way. They die promising each other that they will meet again.

Coming back to his senses, Suraj feels confused. He then runs into a gypsy girl Jhumri, (Hema Malini) who he believes is Ratna's reincarnation. He is able to make Jhumri remember her past life and her love for Prakash. The two declare their undying love for each other. This angers Suraj's fiancée Rita Malhotra (Asha Sachdev), as well as Popatlal (Prem Chopra), who is after Jhumri. Popatlal steals the portrait, and sets the gypsies against Suraj, ensuring a fight between Suraj and the gypsies. How Suraj and Jhumri overcome all obstacles and consummate their relationship this time round forms the climax.

Cast

Actor	Role	Notes
Rajesh Khanna	Prakash & Suraj
Hema Malini	Ratna & Jhumri
Prem Chopra	Appa
Asrani	Sinha
Sujit Kumar	Dr. Vinod
Madan Puri	Sardar
Manmohan Krishna	Bandhe Ali Khan
Asha Sachdev	Rita Malhotra
Harindranath Chattopadhyay	Rita's father
Nazir Hussain	Guruji
Meena T.	Gauri
Leela Mishra	Jhumri's mother
Alankar Joshi	Buntu
Chandrashekhar	Thakur Himmat Singh
Yogeeta Bali	Jamuna Singh	Guest Appearance

Crew

Director: Shakti Samanta
Story: Gulshan Nanda
Screenplay: Gulshan Nanda
Dialogue: Akhtar Romani
Producer: Mushir Alam, Mohammad Riaz
Production Company: M. R. Productions
Cinematographer: Aloke Dasgupta
Editor: Bijoy Chowdhary
Art Director: Shanti Dass
Stunts: M. B. Shetty
Costume and Wardrobe: Bhanu Athaiya, Jaya Chakravarthy, Dattaram, Shalini Shah, Shriman
Choreographer: Suresh Bhatt, Gopi Krishna^{[citation needed]}
Music Director: Rahul Dev Burman
Lyricist: Anand Bakshi
Playback Singers: Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey

Awards

24th Filmfare Awards:

Nominated

Best Actress – Hema Malini
Best Supporting Actor – Prem Chopra
Best Music Director – R. D. Burman
Best Lyricist – Anand Bakshi for "Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon"
Best Story – Gulshan Nanda

Soundtrack

The music was composed by R. D. Burman. The songs "Mere Naina Sawan Bhadon", "Mehbooba" (title track) and "Parbat Ke Peechhe" were popular numbers.

Song	Singer
"Chalo Ri, Chalo Ri"	Lata Mangeshkar
"Main Tawaif Hoon"	Lata Mangeshkar
"Jamuna Kinare Aaja"	Lata Mangeshkar
"Mere Naina" (Female)	Lata Mangeshkar
"Parbat Ke Peechhe Chambe Da Gaon"	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
"Mere Naina" (Male)	Kishore Kumar
"Mehbooba Mehbooba"	Kishore Kumar
"Gori Tori Paijaniya"	Manna Dey