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{{Infobox film
| name = Albela
| image = Albela 1951.jpg
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| caption =
| director = [[Bhagwan Dada]]
| producer = Bhagwan Dada
| writer = Ehsan Rizvi
| screenplay = Bhagwan Dada
| story = Bhagwan Dada
| narrator =
| starring = Bhagwan Dada<br>[[Geeta Bali]]
| music = [[C. Ramchandra]]
| cinematography = Shanker A. Palav
| editing = G. G. Patil
| studio = [[Bhagwan Dada|Bhagwan Art Productions]]
| distributor = Bhagwan Art Productions
| released = {{Film date|1951}}
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''Albela''''' is a 1951 [[Bollywood]] musical comedy [[film]] directed by and starring [[Bhagwan Dada]] and [[Geeta Bali]].<ref name="RajadhyakshaWillemen1999">{{cite book|last1=Rajadhyaksha|first1=Ashish|last2=Willemen|first2=Paul|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian cinema|url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopaediaofi0000raja|url-access=registration|accessdate=7 August 2011|year=1999|publisher=British Film Institute|isbn=9780851706696}}</ref>
A Hindi classic, it was the third highest-grossing film at the Indian Box Office in 1951 and its soundtrack by [[C. Ramchandra]] was acclaimed.<ref>{{cite web|author=Box Office India|title=Top Earners 1951|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=156&catName=MTk1MQ==|publisher=boxofficeindia.com|accessdate=7 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110121001128/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=156&catName=MTk1MQ==|archive-date=21 January 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Sruti"/>

The film was later dubbed in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as '''''Nalla Pillai''''' ({{lang-ta|நல்லப் பிள்ளை}}) in 1953.<ref>{{cite news |title=Film Albela dubbed in Tamil |url=http://vimeo.com/73404332}}</ref>

==Plot==
Day-dreamer and Artist, Pyarelal, lives a poor lifestyle in Bombay with his retired dad; housewife mom; married brother, Mohan and his wife, Malti; and unmarried sister, Vimla. It is now time for Vimla to get married, her dad has saved a thousand Rupees, while Mohan has made arrangements for six hundred more, and Pyarelal is asked to arrange for four hundred. Instead Pyarelal brings home one hundred rupees, informing his family that he has been fired from his job, and will be unable to raise any more money. An argument ensues, and Pyarelal is asked to leave. He leaves, swearing only to return when he is a famous and wealthy man. He meets with pretty actress, Asha, both fall in love with each other, and he starts acting in the theater, and achieves quick success. He starts sending money and gifts home to his parents, and hopes that they will be pleased with his success. Then one day when he feels that he has achieved his success, he returns home - only to find out that the money and gifts he has been sending home are missing; his mom has passed away; his dad and sister are missing, believed to be begging in the streets; his sister's marriage has been canceled; his brother cannot support himself; and his sister-in-law, has a dark deep secret that she cannot tell anyone.

==Cast==
*[[Geeta Bali]] as Asha
*[[Bhagwan (actor)|Bhagwan]] as Pyarelal
*Badri Prasad as Pyarelal's Father
*[[Sunder (actor)|Sundar]] as Theatre Owner
*Pratima Devi (Hindi actress) as Pyarelal's Mother
*[[Dulari (actress)|Dulari]] as Malti
*Bimla as Vimla
*Usha Shukla
*Nihal
*[[Marutirao Parab|Maruti]] as Drummer
*[[Shyam (actor)|Shyamu]]
*Baburao as Malti's brother

==Soundtrack==
The music director of the film was [[C. Ramchandra]] and the soundtrack was acclaimed, cited as a "classic".<ref name="Sruti">{{cite book|title=Sruti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uywqAQAAIAAJ|year=2000|publisher=P.N. Sundaresan}}</ref><ref name="Society1988">{{cite book|title=Journal of the Indian Musicological Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TckJAQAAMAAJ|year=1988|publisher=Indian Musicological Society|page=81}}</ref> The film features several westernized songs such as ''Shola Jo Bhadke'' and ''Ye Deewana, Ye Parwana'' which are said to have "employed cabaret type dance/choruses featuring bongo drums, oboes, clarinets, trumpets, saxophones, etc."<ref name="Cinema vision India">{{cite book|title=Cinema vision India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vZQHAQAAIAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Siddharth Kak|page=61}}</ref> C.Ramachandra as Chitalkar himself sang most of the male songs in the movie while [[Lata Mangeshkar]] sang all the female songs. Apart from the highly popular Western-style songs, the movie also had classic melodies like "Dheere se aaja re ankhiyan me", "Balama bada nadan re" etc.
The soundtrack "Qismat Ki Hawa Kabhi Naram" was used in [[Ludo (film)|Ludo]], a 2020 Indian [[black comedy]] [[crime film]] written and directed by [[Anurag Basu]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scoopwhoop.com/entertainment/this-1950s-song-qismat-ki-hawa-kabhi-garam-used-in-ludo-is-the-original-soundtrack-for-2020/|title = 'Ludo' Just Gave Us the Perfect Soundtrack for 2020 with the 1950s' Song 'Qismat Ki Hawa'|date = 13 November 2020}}</ref> in the opening credits, climax scenes & few other parts. Original video parts from the film were also used in opening credits.

===Hindi Songs===
{| class="wikitable"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Dil Dhadke Nazar Sharmaye" || [[Lata Mangeshkar]] || [[Rajinder Krishan]] || 03:07
|-
| 2 || "Dheere Se Aaja Ri Ankhiyon Mein" || Lata Mangeshkar & [[Chitalkar]] || Rajinder Krishan || 03:21
|-
| 3 || "Shola Jo Bhadke" || Lata Mangeshkar & Chitalkar || Rajinder Krishan || 03:31
|-
| 4 || "Shaam Dhale Khidki Tale" || Lata Mangeshkar & Chitalkar || Rajinder Krishan || 03:42
|-
| 5 || "Balma Bada Nadan Re" || Lata Mangeshkar || Rajinder Krishan || 02:57
|-
| 6 || "Deewana Parwana" || Lata Mangeshkar & Chitalkar || Rajinder Krishan || 04:58
|-
| 7 || "Bholi Soorat Dil Ke Khote" || Lata Mangeshkar & Chitalkar || Rajinder Krishan || 03:54
|-
| 8 || "Qismat Ki Hawa Kabhi Naram" || Chitalkar || Rajinder Krishan || 03:53
|-
| 9 || "Haseenon Se Muhabbat Ka Bura Anjaam" || Chitalkar || Rajinder Krishan || 02:59
|-
| 10|| "Diwana Aagaya" || Lata Mangeshkar & [[Mohammed Rafi]] || Rajinder Krishan || 03:07
|-
| 11|| "Teri Yaad Ne Mara" || Lata Mangeshkar & Chitalkar || Rajinder Krishan || 03:44
|}

===Tamil Songs===
{| class="wikitable"
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)
|-
| 1 || "Nenjam Thidukkena Nilai Thadumaari" || [[P. Leela]] || || 03:07
|-
| 2 || "Egaandha Raajaa Nee Aanandhame" || P. Leela || || 03:21
|-
| 3 || "Joraka Paadi Anbaaka Aadi" || [[T. M. Soundararajan]] & [[M. S. Rajeswari]] || || 03:31
|-
| 4 || "Aaambale Nee Jannal Kitte" || [[A. M. Rajah]] & P. Leela || || 03:42
|-
| 5 || "Priyamaai Mahaaraajaa" || P. Leela || || 02:57
|-
| 6 || "En Aasai Raadhaa Nee Aanandhame" || A. M. Rajah & P. Leela || || 04:58
|-
| 7 || "Thozhi Un Kann Edhiril Kodi" || T. M. Soundararajan & M. S. Rajeswari || || 03:54
|-
| 8 || || P. Leela || || 03:35
|-
| 9 || "Oh Paattaali Antho Paavi Nee" || A. M. Rajah || || 03:53
|-
| 10|| || A. M. Rajah || || 02:59
|-
| 11|| "Mai Vizhi Mel Paaindhu Odiye" || A. M. Rajah & P. Leela || || 03:07
|-
| 12|| "Mani Aditthadhanaal Anda Tikku Tikku Tikku" || A. M. Rajah & P. Leela || || 03:44
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0137349|title=Albela}}

[[Category:1951 films]]
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by C. Ramchandra]]
[[Category:Hindi-language comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian musical comedy films]]
[[Category:1951 musical comedy films]]
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]

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