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Sangam (film)
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| Directed by | Raj Kapoor |
| Produced by | Raj Kapoor |
| Written by | Inder Raj Anand |
| Starring | Raj Kapoor Vyjayantimala Rajendra Kumar |
| Music by | Shankar Jaikishan |
| Cinematography | Radhu Karmakar |
| Editing by | Raj Kapoor |
| Running time | 238 mins |
| Language | Hindi |
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Sangam is a 1964 Indian Hindi movie produced by R.K. Films and directed by Raj Kapoor. The music was composed by Shankar Jaikishan and lyrics by Hasrat Jaipuri. Sangam was Raj Kapoor's first color film, the film was distinguished by its technicolor and epic length (even by Bollywood standards). The film became a smash hit in India and is considered a classic today. One of the features of the film that became widely used later on in Bollywood are the foreign locales (Venice, Paris, Switzerland) for the honeymoon sequence. They started the trend of Indian films of shooting songs abroad (primarily Switzerland), in "exotic" landscapes.
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The movie stars Vyjayantimala, Raj Kapoor and Rajendra Kumar in a love triangle.
Sunder (Kapoor), Gopal (Kumar) and Radha (Vyjayantimala) are childhood friends. Sunder develops obsessive romantic feelings for Radha, but she prefers Gopal, who is also in love with her. Yet, as Sunder has confessed his feelings for Radha to him, Gopal decides to sacrifice his love for his friend.
Sunder asks Gopal to never let a man come between Radha and himself while he is away on his military mission but when Sunder goes on this mission to Kashmir he is shot down and is taken for dead. Radha and Gopal can now finally confess their love for one another, but just when they are engaged to be married, Sunder suddenly returns. Gopal sacrifices Radha again and she finally marries Sunder.
They go on an extended honeymoon in Europe and seem happy enough with each other. Radha is resolved to stay faithful to her husband and forget Gopal. But their married life is shattered when Sunder discovers an anonymous love letter to Radha. Sunder is thunderstruck. He bullies Radha to divulge the name of the suitor and threatens to kill the man, but she refuses. Sunder becomes obsessive with the letter and cannot return to normality.
Gopal finally confesses to Sunder in a dramatic scene that it has been him who wrote the letter, and then commit suicide. Radha and Sunder are finally reunited in mourning.
This love triange is a psychologically multi-faceted tale about male bonding, the meaning of love and friendship. In the context of these relationships, Sunder is the one who is preventing the other two people's happiness and finally also thwarts his own. He appears as being naive and innocent, yet he seems adamant at only noticing things that suit his own mindset. He is full of self-pity and bullies the others emotionally.
An important and critically regarded theme in the film is male bonding and the informal sharing of a woman between two male friends. Gopal indulges in his own "sacrifice", but never thinks of the woman's feelings he ostensibly loves.