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{{short description|1953 Hindi film by Raja Nawathe}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Aah
| image = Aah film.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = [[Raja Nawathe]]
| producer = [[Raj Kapoor]]
| writer = [[Inder Raj Anand]]
| screenplay = [[Inder Raj Anand]]
| story = [[Inder Raj Anand]]
| based_on = 
| starring = [[Raj Kapoor]]<br>[[Nargis]]<br>[[Pran (actor)|Pran]]
| music = [[Shankar Jaikishan]]
| cinematography = Jaywant Pathare
| editing = [[G. G. Mayekar]]
| studio = [[R. K. Films]]
| distributor = [[R. K. Films]]
| released = {{Film date|1953|03|22|df=y}}
| runtime = 150 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross = {{Estimation}} {{INR}} 70 [[lakh]] <br/> ({{Estimation}} {{INR}} 71.68 [[crore]] as of 2019)<ref name=Boxoffice>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=159&catName=MTk1Mw==== |title=Box office 1953 |work=Boxofficeindia.com |access-date=14 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708090519/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=159&catName=MTk1Mw==== |archive-date=8 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
[[File:Aah (1953).webm|thumb|''Aah'', 1953]]
'''''Aah''''' is a 1953 [[black and white]] [[Bollywood]] romantic drama film starring [[Raj Kapoor]] and [[Nargis]] in lead roles. The film was produced by Raj Kapoor and directed by [[Raja Nawathe]]. This was Nawathe's first independent directorial venture. He had previously worked as assistant director to Kapoor in ''[[Aag (1948 film)|Aag]]'' (1948), ''[[Barsaat (1949 film)|Barsaat]]'' (1949) and ''[[Awaara]]'' (1951).

The film was rated "Below Average" at the box office<ref name=Boxoffice/> but has various hit songs like "Raja Ki Aayegi Baaraat", "Aaja Re Ab Mera Dil Pukara" and "Jaane Na Nazar". The song "Chhoti Si Yeh Zindagani" sung by [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]] was also picturised on him. Subsequently, the film was later dubbed in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as '''''Avan''''' (Dialogues by [[S. D. Sundharam]]) and [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as '''''Prema Lekhalu''''' .<ref>{{cite news |title=Her tantalising voice will live forever... |url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/08/20/stories/2004082002330400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040825085450/http://www.hindu.com/fr/2004/08/20/stories/2004082002330400.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 August 2004 |date=20 August 2004 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=18 February 2013}}</ref> The film was remade in Turkish as ''Ah Bu Dünya'' (1965) starring [[Cüneyt Arkın]].

==Plot==
Raj Raibahadur ([[Raj Kapoor]]) lives a wealthy lifestyle with his father, a widowed businessman. One day Raj is sent to work in the countryside, Saraswati Dam. One day, his father visits to Raj his deceased mother wished for him to marry Chandra (Vijayalaxmi), the daughter of his rich family friend. Raj decides to write a letter to Chandra, which she completely ignores. But Chandra's younger sister Neelu ([[Nargis]]) acknowledges the letter and responds to it in Chandra's name. After few letters, Raj and Neelu fall in love, but Raj is still unaware that it is Neelu who writes to him. Just then Raj is diagnosed with [[tuberculosis]], the same disease that killed his mother. Raj decides to pretend that he never loved Neelu and also insists that she should marry his physician friend, Dr. Kailash ([[Pran (actor)|Pran]]). He also flirts with Chandra to make Neelu believe that he does not love her. Chandra decides to end the suffering of her heartbroken sister. Upon learning the truth, Neelu accepts Raj as he is. Miraculously, Raj also turns well and both lead for a happy life.

===Theme and plot change===
The theme of the tragic hero and the sufferings of the heroine was inspired from [[Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay]]'s famous novel [[Devdas]], which has also been inspiration to various other films.<ref name=Bolly>{{cite book|title=Bollywood Cinema: Temples of Desire |author=Vijay Mishra |work=[[Routledge]] |year=2002 |isbn=0-415-93015-4 |pages=104–105 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Q8Z9Ukwn6EC&q=aah&pg=PA104}}</ref>

The end of the film originally showed Neelu marrying Dr. Kailash at Raj's insistence; Raj dies while Neelu's wedding procession is passing by. But at the premiere, Kapoor realised that this film would not work. Kapoor said {{blockquote|The atmosphere in an auditorium is like a living, palpitating thing. It told me again and again: "Your picture is a flop."<ref>{{cite book|title=Raj Kapoor, The Fabulous Showman: An intimate biography |author=Bunny Reuben |publisher=Indus |year=1995 |isbn=81-7223-196-2 |page=108 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ly8dAQAAIAAJ&q=aah}}</ref>}}
The end of the film was then changed from a tragic one to the happy one, but the change destroyed the thematic unity of the text. [[Bunny Reuben]], who wrote Kapoor's biography ''Raj Kapoor, The Fabulous Showman'', gives his rationale for the change: "The film had some of Shankar-Jaikishan's loveliest music, and a 'Devdas'-ian tragic ending which was changed to the conventional happy ending because the film didn't do well in its first release."<ref name=Bolly/>

The [[Telugu language|Telugu]] dubbed version of the film [[Premalekhalu]], 1953 was so well received that [[Raj Kapoor]] was elated and showed his gratitude for Telugu audiences by having a song in [[Shree 420]] beginning with the lines [[Ramaiya Vastavaiya]] (Lord Ram, you will come).

==Cast==
* [[Nargis]] as Neelu Rai
* [[Raj Kapoor]] as Raj Raibahadur
* Vijayalaxmi as Chandra Rai
* [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] as Dr. Kailash
* Ramesh Sinha
* Bhupendra Kapoor
* [[Leela Mishra]] as Mrs. Rai
* Rashid Khan as Dr. Yusuf
* Sohanlal
* Kusum
* [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]] as Carriage Driver (Cameo role)

==Music==
Composed by the musical duo [[Shankar Jaikishan]].

Hindi songs for the film are written by [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] and [[Hasrat Jaipuri]].
{{Track listing
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| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Jaane Na Nazar
| extra1 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]
| lyrics1 = [[Hasrat Jaipuri]]
| length1 = 03:38
| title2 = Jhanan Jhanan Jhanan
| extra2 = Lata Mangeshkar
| lyrics2 = Hasrat Jaipuri
| length2 = 02:52
| title3 = Jo Main Jaanti
| extra3 = Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh
| lyrics3 = [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]]
| length3 = 03:25
| title4 = Raat Andheri Door Savera
| extra4 = Mukesh
| lyrics4 = Hasrat Jaipuri
| length4 = 03:02
| title5 = Aaja Re Ab Mera Dil Pukara
| extra5 = Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh
| lyrics5 = Hasrat Jaipuri
| length5 = 03:44
| title6 = Yeh Shaam Ki Tanhaiyan
| extra6 = Lata Mangeshkar
| lyrics6 = Shailendra
| length6 = 03:23
| title7 = Sunte The Naam
| extra7 = Lata Mangeshkar
| lyrics7 = Shailendra
| length7 = 03:06
| title8 = Raja Ki Aayegi Baaraat
| extra8 = Lata Mangeshkar
| lyrics8 = Shailendra
| length8 = 03:29
| title9 = Chhoti Si Yeh Zindagani
| extra9 = Mukesh
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Tamil lyrics for the film are written by [[Kambadasan]].
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Kann Kaanaadhadhum Manam Kannduvidum | extra1 = [[Jikki]], [[A. M. Rajah]] | lyrics1 = Kambadasan | length1 = 03:38
| title2 = Jalakku Jalakku Jalakku Jalakku | extra2 = Jikki | lyrics2 = Kambadasan | length2 = 02:52
| title3 = Aahaa Naan Indru Arindhukonden | extra3 = Jikki | lyrics3 = Kambadasan | length3 = 03:25
| title4 = Kaarirul Neram Kaalaiyo Dhooram | extra4 = A. M. Rajah | lyrics4 = Kambadasan | length4 = 03:02
| title5 = Anbe Vaa | extra5 = Jikki, A. M. Rajah | lyrics5 = Kambadasan | length5 = 03:44
| title6 = Ekaanthamaam Immaalaiyil | extra6 = Jikki | lyrics6 = Kambadasan | length6 = 03:23
| title7 = Un Perai Ketten Thendralthanil Naan | extra7 = Jikki | lyrics7 = Kambadasan | length7 = 03:06
| title8 = Kalyaana Oorvalam Varum | extra8 = Jikki | lyrics8 = Kambadasan | length8 = 03:29
| title9 = Minnal Polaagum Indha Vaazhkkaiye | extra9 = A. M. Rajah | lyrics9 = Kambadasan | length9 = 03:34
}}

Telugu songs for the film are written by [[Aarudhra]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Premalekhalu (1953)|url=http://ghantasalagalamrutamu.blogspot.in/2011/01/1953_14.html|website=Ghantasala Galamrutamu|publisher=Kolluri Bhaskara Rao|access-date=3 March 2016|language=Telugu}}</ref> Amongst them ''Panditlo Pellauthunnadi'' song is an evergreen track played at many marriage functions even today.
{{Track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Neevewaravo Chiru Naawulato | extra1 = [[Jikki]], [[A. M. Rajah]] | lyrics1 = [[Aarudhra]] | length1 = 03:38
| title2 = Jalakku Jalakku Jalakku Jalakku | extra2 = Jikki | lyrics2 = Aarudra | length2 = 02:52
| title3 = Ghallu... Gajjela Sangeetam | extra3 = Jikki | lyrics3 = Aarudra | length3 = 03:25
| title4 = Vidi Rakasi | extra4 = A. M. Rajah | lyrics4 = Aarudra | length4 = 03:02
| title5 = Raaraada Madhi Ninne | extra5 = Jikki, A. M. Rajah | lyrics5 = Aarudra | length5 = 03:44
| title6 = Ekaanthamu Saayantramu | extra6 = Jikki | lyrics6 = Aarudra | length6 = 03:23
| title7 = Neeku Purtigaa Telusunugaa | extra7 = Jikki | lyrics7 = Aarudra | length7 = 03:06
| title8 = Panditlo Pellauthunadhi | extra8 = Jikki | lyrics8 = Aarudra | length8 = 03:29
| title9 = Padu Jeevithamu | extra9 = A. M. Rajah | lyrics9 = Aarudra | length9 = 03:34
}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0045467|Aah}}

[[Category:1953 films]]
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shankar–Jaikishan]]
[[Category:R. K. Films films]]
[[Category:1953 directorial debut films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Raja Nawathe]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Hindi-language romance films]]
[[Category:Indian romantic drama films]]
[[Category:1953 romantic drama films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]

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