Prem Rog

Prem Rog
Prem Rog
	Poster
Directed by	Raj Kapoor
Written by	Jainendra Jain
Story by	Kamna Chandra
Produced by	Raj Kapoor
Starring	Rishi Kapoor; Padmini Kolhapure
Cinematography	Radhu Karmakar
Edited by	Raj Kapoor
Music by	Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Production; company	R. K. Films
Distributed by	R. K. Films
Release date	30 July 1982;
Running time	172 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Prem Rog (transl. Sickness Of Love) is a 1982 Hindi-language musical romantic drama directed by Raj Kapoor, with screenplay written by Jainendra Jain and Kamna Chandra. The film tells the story of a man's (Rishi Kapoor) love towards a woman, who is a higher status widow (Padmini Kolhapure). This film marked Raj Kapoor's return to social themes.^[1]

Prem Rog released on 30 July 1982 and emerged as a major commercial success at the box-office, becoming the second highest-grossing film of 1982 after Vidhaata (also starring Kolhapure and Shammi Kapoor). It received widespread critical acclaim for its direction, story, screenplay, soundtrack, cinematography and performances of the cast, with particular praise directed towards Kolhapure's performance.

At the 30th Filmfare Awards, Prem Rog received a leading 12 nominations, including Best Film, Best Actor (Rishi) and Best Supporting Actress (Nanda), and won a leading 4 awards (tying with Shakti), including Best Director (Raj) and Best Actress (Kolhapure).

Over the years, Prem Rog has achieved the status of an all-time classic of Raj, Rishi and Kolhapure's careers.

Plot

Devdhar (Rishi Kapoor) is a poor orphan who in his childhood had a magnetic friendship with Manorama (Padmini Kolhapure), the only niece of the rich and powerful Bade Thakur (Shammi Kapoor), and daughter of Virender Singh known as Chhote Thakur (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), who has a secret affair with Chamiya (Bindu). The benevolent Thakur helped Devdhar go to the city for higher studies. 8 years later, Devdhar returns to his village, where he finds Manorama has grown up. After seeing her again, Devdhar falls in love and expects that Manorama also has feelings for him. However Manorama does not reciprocate his emotions. The day Devdhar intends to ask her hand from Bade Thakur, whom he considers to be broad minded of all the village elders, he meets Kunwar Narendra Pratap Singh (Vijayendra Ghatge), Manorama's prosoective groom, who not only is wealthier than Manorama's family, but Manorama also expresses her infatuation with the man. Devdhar does not express his feelings and only persons who learn of his plight are his cousin Radha and Manorama's mother Chhoti Maa.

Kunwar Narendra Pratap Singh loves Manorama dearly. However he dies three days after their wedding in a road accident. At her own home, she is being prepared to have her head shaved against the protestations of Chhoti Maa and Bade Thakur when Raj Rani (Tanuja), sister-in-law of Kunwar Narendra Pratap Singh intervenes and takes Manorama with her. She slowly tries to piece her life together with help of Raj Rani and her son. One day, after Raja Virendra Pratap Singh (Raza Murad), her brother-in-law, rapes her, she returns to her parental home. When Devdhar learns of the situation, he works to rebuild Manorama's life and bring a smile to her face. Devdhar is determined to revive her faith in life and love. In doing so, he eventually has to face the wrath of the powerful Thakur, armed with old-age traditions and customs in his favor.

Manorama confesses to her mother about the events post her widowhood. Her brother-in-law and father both are enraged about her affair with Devdhar and swear to kill Devdhar and force her to go back to her marital home. A fight ensues in the village and in the end the youngsters reunite.

Cast

Rishi Kapoor as Devdhar "Dev," a penniless-but-educated orphan raised by his maternal uncle
Padmini Kolhapure as Manorama "Rama" Singh, the daughter of the local aristocratic family
Shammi Kapoor as Bade Raja Thakur, Rama's paternal uncle
Nanda as Chhoti Maa, Rama's mother
Tanuja as Raj Rani, wife of Raja Virendra Pratap Singh
Sushma Seth as Badi Maa, wife of Bade Raja
Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Virendra "Vir" Singh, Rama's father
Raza Murad as Raja Virendra Pratap Singh, Narendra's elder brother
Om Prakash as Panditji, the priest; Dev's maternal uncle
Dulari as Panditji's wife
Vijayendra Ghatge as Kunwar Narendra Pratap Singh, Rama's husband
Bindu as Chamiya

Soundtrack

All songs are composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal.^[2]

#	Song	Singer(s)	Lyricist	Length
1	"Bhanware Ne Khilaaya Phool"	Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar	Narendra Sharma	07:48
2	"Main Hoon Prem Rogi"	Suresh Wadkar	Santosh Anand	07:58
3	"Meri Kismat Mein Tu Nahi Shayad"	Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar	Amir Qazalbash	07:31
4	"Mohabbat Hai Kya Cheez"	Lata Mangeshkar, Suresh Wadkar	Santosh Anand	07:14
5	"Yeh Pyaar Tha Ya Kuch Aur Tha"	Sudha Malhotra, Anwar		06:26
6	"Yeh Galiyan Yeh Chaubara"	Lata Mangeshkar		07:11

Reception

Critical reception

Prem Rog received widespread critical acclaim for its direction, story, screenplay, soundtrack, cinematography and performances of the cast, with particular praise directed towards Kolhapure's performance.

It was listed by Cosmopolitan magazine as one of its "Top 10 Most Romantic Films Ever".

Box-Office

Prem Rog grossed ₹13 crore, including a nett of ₹6.5 crore, becoming the second highest-grossing film of 1982 after Vidhaata.

Box Office India gave it a verdict of a 'blockbuster'.^[3]

Awards and nominations


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1983^[4]	Raj Kapoor	Best Director	Won
	Padmini Kolhapure	Best Actress	Won
	Santosh Anand (for "Mohabbat Hai Kya Cheez")	Best Lyricist	Won
	Raj Kapoor	Best Editing	Won
	Raj Kapoor (for R. K. Films)	Best Film	Nominated
	Rishi Kapoor	Best Actor	Nominated
	Nanda	Best Supporting Actress	Nominated
	Kamna Chandra	Best Story	Nominated
	Laxmikant–Pyarelal	Best Music Director	Nominated
	Ameer Qazalbash (for "Meri Kismat Mein Tu")	Best Lyricist	Nominated
	Suresh Wadkar (for "Main Hoon Prem Rogi")	Best Male Playback Singer	Nominated
	Suresh Wadkar (for "Meri Kismat Mein Tu" )	Best Male Playback Singer	Nominated