Aan


Aan Hindi , Urdu , translation Pride, also known as The Savage Princess in the USA, is a 1952 Hindi film produced and directed by Mehboob Khan, which was Indias first technicolour film, as it was shot in 16mm Gevacolour and was blown up in Technicolor. It stars Dilip Kumar, Premnath, Nimmi and marked the debut of Nadira who replaced the original choice which was actress Nargis. The cost of the film was Rs. 3.5million and it turned out to be the highest grosser of 1952as well as was the first to gross over Rs.million. This record was beatenyears later by Shree 420 in 1955.

A royal Indian family consists of the Emperor Maharaj Murad, his brother Shamsher Singh Premnath and sister Rajshree Nadira. A local village leader named Jai Tilak Dilip Kumar enters a contest to tame Princess Rajshrees horse and after he is successful Shamsher challenges him to a game of fencing. Jai is declared the winner of the fight after much dispute and Shamsher is enraged at losing to a poor villager. Jai then falls in love with Rajshree and tries numerous times to woo her but the princesss arrogance prevents her from revealing her true feelings.Shamsher becomes even more enraged when the Emperor Maharaj reveals that Shamsher is not the heir to his throne after his death and that he plans to free India from monarchy and turn to democracy. ........

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