Aa Gale Lag Jaa (1973 film)
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| Directed by | Manmohan Desai |
| Produced by | A.K. Nadiadwala |
| Written by |
Smt. Jeevanprabha M. Desai K.B. Pathak Prayag Raj |
| Starring |
Shashi Kapoor Sharmila Tagore Shatrughan Sinha Om Prakash |
| Music by | Rahul Dev Burman |
| Cinematography | Peter Pereira |
| Edited by | Kamlakar Kamkhanis |
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| Distributed by |
A.K. Movies Polydor |
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Release date
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16th November 1973 |
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Running time
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149 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Aa Gale Lag Jaa (English: Come, Embrace me) is a 1973 Hindi romantic film directed by Manmohan Desai based on a story by Smt. Jeevanprabha M. Desai. It stars Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore and Shatrughan Sinha. The film became a box office hit.
Sushma Shreshta received a Filmfare nomination as Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Tera Mujhse Hai." Her nomination is the only Filmfare nomination for the film.Aa Gale Lag Jaa is noted for its wonderful hit songs which had music by R.D. Burman with lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi.
The film was remade in Telugu as Manchi Manushulu and in Tamil as Uthaman.
Preeti (Sharmila Tagore) is a young medico living in Mumbai along with her widower father, Heerachand (Om Prakash). On a holiday to Simla, she meets a young man Prem (Shashi Kapoor), an amateur skater. He teases her initially but later falls for her. After some wooing, Preeti also reciprocates his feelings. During a trip to hills, Preeti meets with an accident and loses consciousness. To save her from hypothermia, he gets close with her and one thing leads to another and they end up having intercourse.
Immediately after, Prem tells her that he got close only to save her and proposes to her. She gladly accepts and directs him to her father. Her father, Heerachand doesn't want her daughter to marry him and offers him money to leave her. Prem doesn't agree and leaves a letter for Preeti at her hospital explaining everything and asking her to come with him. But Heerachand meddles with the letter and rewrites it as if Prem was asking money to marry her. Preeti becomes surprised and decides to forget him and leaves for Bombay.
There she gets engaged with Dr. Amar (Shatrughan Sinha), her longterm friend and admirer. He leaves for Germany for higher studies and then Preeti comes to know about her pregnancy. Her father wants to abort the child but she doesn't agree, at last they decide to go to Khandala to give birth. She goes there and unknown to her Prem stays there along with his mother. Preeti gives birth to a healthy boy there. Knowing that, Prem requests to take child for himself. Heerachand agrees and gives him the child. Preeti is told that the baby was stillborn. She mourns and comes back to Bombay.
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