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Director
  
Baldev Raj Chopra

Language
  
Hindi

Duration
  

Country
  
India

7.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, Family

Music director
  
Husanlal Bhagatram

Writer
  
I.S. Johar

Language
  
Hindi


Release date
  
1951

Cast
  
Ashok Kumar
(Ratan Kumar),
Tabassum
(Young Meera),
Pran
(Mohan),
Jeevan
(Chatpat),
Veena
(Young Meera)

Similar movies
  
Related Baldev Raj Chopra movies

Afsana (Hindi: अफ़साना, English: The Tale) is a 1951 Bollywood family drama film. It was the directorial debut of Baldev Raj Chopra and starred Ashok Kumar as twin brothers, starting a trend for such dual roles. It co-starred Veena, Pran, Kuldip Kaur, Jeevan, Cuckoo, and Baby Tabassum. The story was written by I. S. Johar and the music composed by Husnlal Bhagatram.

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Plot summary

Ratan and Chaman (Ashok Kumar) are twin brothers who love the same girl, Meera. During a fair, all three are separated. While Chaman and Meera are found, Ratan is untraceable. Years later, Chaman is no longer attracted to Meera, but in a dancing girl named Rasily, while Meera awaits word of her childhood sweetheart Ratan, who she feels is still alive. Then the unexpected happens, Chaman gets into a fight with another man, killing him, and is on the run from the police. Misunderstandings are clarified, and the law declares this to be an accidental death, and as a result Chaman returns. But this is not the same Chaman any more. For one thing, he has lost interest in Rasily, and is more interested in Meera

Cast

  • Ashok Kumar as Ratan Kumar / Diwan Chaman Kumar
  • Veena as Meera
  • Jeevan as Chatpat
  • Kuldip Kaur as Leela
  • Pran as Mohan
  • Cuckoo as Rassily
  • Tabassum as Young Meera (Baby Tabassum)
  • Chaman Puri as Meera's blind dad
  • Rattan Kumar as Young Ratan / Chaman
  • Narbada Shankar
  • O. P. Ralhan
  • Jagdeep as Child in theatre play
  • Uma Dutt
  • Music

    The music was composed by Husnlal Bhagatram and the lyrics were by Asad Bhopali, Chander Oberoi, Saraswati Kumar Deepak and Gafil Harnalvi.

    Abhi to mein jawan hoon lata ghafi haryanvi husnlal bhagatram afsana 1951


    References

    Afsana (film) Wikipedia
    Afsana (film) IMDb