Heer Raanjha

Heer Raanjha is a 1970 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film directed by Chetan Anand and produced by his son Ketan Anand. The film stars Raaj Kumar, Priya Rajvansh, Pran, Prithviraj Kapoor, Ajit, Jayant, Sonia Sahni, Kamini Kaushal, Indrani Mukherjee, Achla Sachdev and Tun Tun. The film's music is by Madan Mohan. The film is based on the legend of Heer Ranjha, the epic poem Heer by Punjabi poet, Waris Shah, written in 1766. The film is unique in the fact that the entire film and its dialogue is in verse, Kaifi Azmi writing the verse dialogue.

Heer Ranjha
Film Poster
Directed byChetan Anand
Screenplay byChetan Anand
Story byWaris Shah
Based onHeer
by Waris Shah
Produced byHimalaya Films
StarringRaaj Kumar
Priya Rajvansh
Narrated byChetan Anand
CinematographyJal Mistry
Edited byM. D. Jadhav Rao
Music byMadan Mohan
Kaifi Azmi (Lyrics)
Release date
  • 1970 (1970)
Running time
142 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

The film's songs and music are notable as is the photography by Jal Mistry, who shot most of Chetan Anand's films and won the Filmfare Award for the film. The film also showcases some of the best dialogues from the legendary actor Raaj Kumar. It was a box-office hit.

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