Manzil 1960

Manzil is a 1960 Indian Bollywood social film released on 1960. The film is directed by Mandi Burman.
Rajoo, sent abroad to study engineering, returns to his native Simla determined to carve out a carrer in music. Pushpa, his childhood sweetheart and betrothed, encourages Rajoos ambitions, but his conservative father, Mr. Mehta, is shocked. . Rajoo secure a job with a Simla hotel band, Mr. Mehta hears that his son had become, of all things, an ordinary bandmaster! This news is cleverly conveyed by Captian Premnath, Rajoos rival for Pushpas hand in marriage. Mr. Mehta demands Rajoo to give up his job forthwith, but finding him undreprentant, he orders him out of his house. Pushpa suggests that Rajoo should go and seek his fortune in one of the major cities like Calcutta, Delhi or Bombay where there sure to be greater opportuinities to further his chosen career, Rajoo agrees with Pushpa and bidding her a tender farewell, he entrained for Bombay. . Life in Bombay was neither easy nor kind towards strangers, and Rajoo was somewhat fortuante to find good friends. The panwallah at the street corner had a heart of gold, and was always ready to help Rajoo wihtin his means. Shaad, a music director in those early days of the talking film, took a fancy to the young Rajoo and employed him as assistant. Shaad was greatly impressed with Rajoos ideas, and he told him-"You are far ahead of your time. One day, your music will make you famous". . Pushpa suddenly found herself cut off from Rajoo. Her letter remained unanswered. Pushpa could not have imagined that another girl was trying to force her way int Rajoos life. Though Rajoo had no feeling beyond friendliness, Titli was madly in love with him. Any trick was good enough for Titli to win her man, and she manipulated that no letter from Pushpa should reach Rajoo, at the same time seeing that none of Rajoos letters should even get to the post box. . As time went by, Pushpa anxiously requested her mother to write to her maternal uncle in Bombay who would visit Rajoo and find out what was wrong with him. The uncles report spoke of Titli. . Thus, with success within his grasp, emotional turmoil was to sweep Rajoo off his feet. Whilst he had been unknowingly entangled with Titli, Captain Premnath was taking ful advantage of the situation in distant Punjab to win Pushpa as his bride. [Source: Booklet] Check out this page for more updates on Manzil.