Prince - Hindi Film 1969

Prince (1969) is a Hindi (Bollywood) Romance Drama Movie released on 25 July 1969 [CBFC certificate No. U-57596-MUM dated 6 July 1969]. There is another film with the same name released in 2010.

Cast and Crew

F.C. Mehra is the Producer, and Lekh Tandon is the Director of Prince (1969).

Abrar Alvi is the Writer of Prince. He is notable for movies like Kaagaz Ke Phool (1959), Professor (1962), Hamare Tumhare (1979), and Guddu (1995).

Faruk Kaiser and Hasrat Jaipuri are the Lyricists, whereas musical maestro duo Shankar-Jaikishan is the Music Director of Prince.

Cast

Shammi Kapoor and Vyjayanthimala play the lead role in Prince (1969). Ajit, Rajendra Nath, Leela Chitnis, Sunder, Rashid Khan, D.K. Sapru, and David play pivotal roles.

Helen, Asit Kumar Sen, Brahm Bhardwaj, Ulhas, Sudhir, Parveen Choudhary, and Leela Mishra play supporting roles in Prince (1969).

Budget and Box Office

The tentative budget of the Prince (1969) was 0.80 Crore INR. The film did well commercially and earned approximately 4 Crore at the Worldwide Box Office.

Prince was the 4th Highest Grosser Hindi Movie of 1969.

Movie plot

Prince Shamsher Singh (Shammi Kapoor) is a brat, womanizer, alcoholic, and unmarried young man, who wants everyone to bow before him.

Once, the Prince beats a priest who denies bowing down before him. However, the priest remains cool and calm and does not scold the Prince.

Shamsher realizes his mistake and wants to repent. The priest suggests that he should sacrifice a luxurious life and live like an ordinary man for six months. Shamsher Singh agrees to do that and makes a fake death drama when his car crashes so that everyone in the palace believes him dead.

Vilayati Ram (Rajendra Nath), an insurance agent, meets the Prince and becomes friendly. However, some dacoits abduct Shamsher Singh. Sajjan Singh (Sudhir), one of the dacoits, helps Shamsher to escape from the dacoits.

Sajjan Singh wants to leave the life of a dacoit and wishes to return to his blind mother after many years. In the meantime, dacoits reach there and start firing. Sajjan Singh dies, but before his death, the Prince promises to take care of his mother throughout his life.

Shamsher visits Sajjan Singh's house, where the blind mother (Leela Chitnis) and neighbors treat him like Sajjan Singh. The Prince now becomes Sajjan Singh and starts living with the blind lady.

The Prince meets Amrita (Vyjayanthimala) and immediately falls for her. Amrita is a princess and daughter of the King of Jamnapur (D.K. Sapru) and initially does not like the Prince. However, the Prince wins the heart of King Jamnapur and gets a good job.

On the other hand, the King of Ram Nagar (Ulhas) [father of Shamsher]  plans to remarry with Ratna (Parveen Choudhary), a close friend of Amrita. However, he died after a few days of marriage.

Ratna and her brother (Ajit) want the kingdom of Ram Nagar and accordingly make a conspiracy.

Amirta visits Ram Nagar after the death of Ratna's husband. On the other hand, the Prince also enters the palace. What happens next is the rest of the drama.