Overview
Suraj is a 1966 Hindi-language swashbuckler Ruritanian romance film produced by S. Krishnamurthy and T. Govindarajan and directed by T. Prakash Rao.
The film stars Rajendra Kumar and Vyjayanthimala, with Ajit, Mumtaz, Johnny Walker, Lalita Pawar, Neetu Singh, Gajanan Jagirdar, David Abraham Cheulkar, Agha, Mukri, Mallika and Niranjan Sharma in the supporting roles. The film's music was composed by Shankar Jaikishan, with the lyrics penned by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri.
Plot
Vikram Singh is the Maharaja of Pratap Nagar and is very impressed with his Senapati Sangram Singh for years of loyal service. He decides to make him a Maharaja and agrees to marry his daughter, Anuradha, to his son, Pratap. Sometime later Sangram Singh's necklace given by Vikram Singh was stolen. He accused his servant, Ram Singh. He abducts Sangram Singh's son and exchanges him with his own son. Years later, Vikram sends his now grown-up Anuradha to visit the coronation of Rajkumar Pratap Singh and approve of him as her husband, and she sets off without any escort with just her maid-servant, Kalavati, for company. Shortly thereafter, Vikram is informed that Kalavati has been abducted by a bandit named Suraj Singh, he accordingly rushes over to Sangram's and this is where he discovers to his shock that Kalavati is posing as Anuradha, and it is his daughter that has been abducted by Suraj. When Suraj is arrested and lodged in a dungeon, preparations are set forth for the coronation of Pratap and his subsequently marriage with Anuradha.
Cast
Rajendra Kumar as Suraj Singh
Vyjayanthimala as The Princess Anuradha
Ajit as Prince Pratap Singh
Mumtaz as Kalavati
Johnny Walker as Bhola
Bharathi as Geeta
Lalita Pawar as the Maharani
Neetu Singh as Young Geeta
Gajanan Jagirdar as Ram Singh
David as Maharaja Vikram Singh
Agha as Kotwal Bhakti Charan / Bhagat Ram
Mukri as Anokhe
Malika as Madhuri
Niranjan Sharma as Maharaja Sangram Singh
Moolchand as the chief of the Musicians
Keshavlal as Pratap Singh's Man
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