Prince (1969 film)

Prince is a 1969 Hindi movie produced by F. C. Mehra and directed by Lekh Tandon. The film stars Shammi Kapoor with Vyjayanthimala in the lead while Rajendranath, Ajit, Helen, Leela Chitnis and Asit Sen forms an ensemble cast. The films music was composed by Shankar Jaikishan with lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri and Faruk Qaiser. Prince is about a drama set in the times of resurgent India when the nation threw off the British Yoke, but some states still languished under the Princely yoke. It is the story of a Prince who brought about his own downfall so that he may rise as a human being.

Two corrupt palace officials spot Sajjan, and notice his similarity to Shamsher, and conspire with him to pose as Shamsher for a hefty sum of money, to which Sajjan agrees. When he accompanies the officials back to the palace, he is shocked to find that his father has remarried a much younger woman, Ratna, and shortly after marrying her, has died, leaving the palace and its management to her and her greedy brother. Shamsher decides to reveal his true identity, but the officials threaten to expose him to his newfound blind mother, and Shamsher knows that he is trapped in the body of Sajjan Singh, forced to pose as none other than himself.F C Mehra and Lekh Tandon had previously worked with Vyjayanthimala in the historical film Amrapali 1966.The team of producer F C Mehra, director Lekh Tandon, actor Shammi Kapoor and musicians Shankar Jaikishan had earlier worked together on the hit film Professor 1962. FC had also worked with Shammi earlier in Mujrim 1958, Ujala 1959 and Singapore 1960. ........

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