Udan Khotola 1955

Udan Khotola is a 1955 Indian Bollywood romance,musical film released on Jan 01, 1955. The film is directed by S U Sunny, produced by Naushad Ali under banner named Sunny Art Productions. Musical hit adapting Capras Lost Horizon (1937). An aeroplane crashes in the lost island of Shanga. Only Kashi (D. Kumar) is saved by Soni (Nimmi), the daughter of the peshwa, i.e. the minister. The two fall in love causing problems for her fiance Shangu (Jeevan). Kashi needs the queens (Suryakumari) permission to settle in the village but complications arise when the queen falls in love with him too. The queen manipulates a situation in which Soni is sacrificed (set to the song hit O door ke musafir), which is followed by the death of the hero as well. Produced by Naushad for the directors company, it includes some of the composers famous songs: Mera salam le ja and the two numbers sung by Lala Mangeshkar, Hamara dil se na jana and Duba tara ummeedonse chhut gaya. Dubbed in Tamil and released successfully as Vanaratham (1956) with new lyrics by Kambadasan. Check out this page for more updates on Udan Khotola.