Char Dil Char Rahen
Char Dil Char Rahen is a 1959 Hindi film directed by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, and starring two big stars of the era, real-life brothers Shammi Kapoor and Raj Kapoor. The movie is based on a novel of the same name.
Plot
Three young men Govinda, Dilwar, and Jhonny waiting at the crossroads for their lovers. Govinda was prevented from marrying Chavi as she is untouchable and driven out of the village. Govinda then waits for her at the crossroads. Dilwar rescues Pyari from Nawab but she refuses to escape without her mother. She then sets up a shop and waits near the crossroad for Dilawar. Jhonny, in love with Stella, is framed by his boss Fereira, and jailed. He later joins the group at the crossroads and starts a garage. Nirmal Kumar the union leader then asks the trio to blast a hill at the crossroad to build a road.Cast
- Raj Kapoor as Govinda
- Ajit as Dilawar
- Shammi Kapoor as Johny Braganza
- Meena Kumari as Chavli
- Kumkum as Stella D'Souza
- Nimmi as Pyari
- Anwar Hussain as Nawab Saab
- David Abraham as Ferreira
- Nana Palsikar as Pujariji
- Achala Sachdev
- P. Jairaj as Nirmal Kumar
- Rashid Khan
- Kumari Naaz
Box office
It was released simultaneously with other big films, Devendra Goel's Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan and V Shantaram's Navrang, while Navrang was a hit, Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan broke even and Char Dil Char Rahen failed at the Indian box office in 1959.However, it later went on to become an overseas blockbuster at the Soviet box office, where it drew 39.8 million viewers in 1962. In the Soviet Union, the film grossed 9.95 million Rbls, equivalent to US$ million in 2016. Its overseas Soviet gross exceeded the domestic Indian gross of all films released in 1959.