Andaz(1949)

Mehboob Khan’s ‘Andaz’ had many distinctions to its credit. It remains Hindi Cinema’s first significant love triangle. It was the first major Naushad-Lata Mangeshkar collaboration. It was also the film that brought together two men who were to become titans in the acting field-Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor. Mehboob Khan’s tight grip on the narration saw this romantic tragedy achieve huge success, armed as if was with the sheer charisma of its three principal players, Nargis, Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor, each of whom was to grown individually into a legend. Nargis was stunning and looked ethereally beautiful. The film is replete with passionate romantic scenes as well as the memorable screen confrontation between Dilip Kumar as the loser, and Raj Kapoor as the spoilt playboy who pays for his stupidity with his life. Both the actors put its stupendous performances. The music by Naushad was a major highlight of the film, and so were the lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri.