Sangam (1964)

Purely Joyful Movie!

I like Black Panther, but I didn't like this movie.

A lot of fun.

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Spoiler A great movie...the direction is marvelous. I'm sure everyone knows the plot ~ a love triangle. Radha (Vyjayantimala) loves Gopal (Rajendra Kumar), he loves her back, but hides it due to his best friend Sunder (Raj Kapoor) who is also in love with Radha.Radha always hides her feelings and it's hard for her to be frank, but she thinks of Sunder only as a childhood and nothing more. Gopal tries to get Radha and Sunder hooked up in marriage, but even Radha's parents had planned for her to get married to Gopal.Radha yells at Sunder to be somebody! He finds that statement very strong, and decides he can be a good use in the army. So he leaves, making Gopal promise that there would be no third person in the way of him (Sunder) and Radha. Gopal, as a good friend, promises. Then, as the plane is about to leave Radha finally realized what they were talking about, and she yells and yells and Sunder saying that he was thinking wrong...she doesn't love him. But he couldn't hear her.After sometime, it is believed that Sunder had died during a plane crash is the war. After this, Gopal finally shows his love to Radha. Within two years, their marriage is about to be settled. But suddenly ~ Sunder is back! News has come that he had survived! Now it was a strange dilemma, should Gopal keep is promise and break Radha's heart? Or break it and prove himself to be an unloyal friend?The movie is wonderful. The songs are great, I especially like "Main Ka Karoon Ram" and "O Mere Sanam". But "Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega", "Yeh Mera Prem Patra" and "Dost Dost Na Raha" are also mezmerising. Vyjayantimala is unbelievable beautiful and her performance was invincible...which is why she deservedly won the best actress award for 1964. Rajendra Kumar's expression is beautifully depressing...his mouth is arched in a smile but his eyes are crying...he's excellent. And last but not least Raj Kapoor, who excels in a different role. During the second half he acts so cruel, and it's nice to see that he is a very versatile actor. He directed the movie too, and he did a great job of it.A sad but wonderful love story. I love this movie! I give it a ten out of ten. Watch it, it's a classic.

Raj Kapoor, was probably the most co-ordinated of the actors, just watching him, during the song "Her Dil Jo Pyar Karega" he is playing an accordion,singing,dancing and acting when some of his counterparts couldn't walk and chew paan at the same time!!. No wonder this immensely talented actor was known all over globe and was adored as the Indian "Charlie Chaplin". He took a big gamble with a subsequent magnum opus-encompassing the life and tribulations of a Joker-"Mera Naam Joker", almost bankrupting this Producer/Actor/Director known as the flamboyant Showman of Indian Cinema. This Movie was the culmination of many years of his efforts and one of the best he ever made. This celluloid classic was shot extensively in Ootacamund (Ooty-a Heavenly hill station near Bangalore-the song "Oh-Mehbooba" was shot in the Ooty lake), London, Rome, Switzerland. When Sundar (Raj Kapoor)is deemed to be dead, the rekindling of the romance between the erst wile caretaker-friend Gopal (Rajendra Kumar) and Radha (Vijayantimala) starts with barren,desolate and lifeless tree and then, there is this most beautiful scenery of fully blossomed trees-when the music changes from a sullen to a lilting tune coming from a 'Veena' and the subsequent interlude is probably the most romantic song-sequence ever filmed. This was the genius of Raj kapoor at work. He had the greatest ensemble of talent, musicians Shankar-Jaikishan, singers Mukesh and Lata, lyricists Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri,cinematographer Radhu Karmarkar, who enriched this visual splendor. Then there is the guilt ridden flashbacks of Gopal and Radha, when he sings "Dost Dost Naa Raha". This vivacious and talented actress was aptly rewarded with the best actress award. This is a movie, that everything came together, like the Indian "Sound of Music". Raj Kapoor had style, class, and passion for film making that no other film-maker shared. "Sangam" is a flawless Diamond that will shine as a quintessenstial Jewel in the Crown of Indian Cinema.

One of the best if not the best love story motion pictures. I recently saw it again after 37 years with my family. Every body enjoyed it. This movie has not aged. I think they should rescreen it. By the way I am not Indian and still enjoy all the songs. I saw a dubbed persian version.

Still very popular movie. Good story with excellent photography by Radhu Karmakar and good direction by Raj Kapoor supported by good acting by Rajkapoor, Vaijyanti Mala and Rajendra Kumar.All the songs composed by the magical duo, Shankar Jaikishan were super hit.. still very popular.Dost Dost Na raha, Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega, O Mehbooba., Yeh Mera Prem Patra, Bol Radha Bol, O Mere Sanam and Is Liebe dis..All were quite hit, written by Shailendra and Hasrat.