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Hum Dono (1961)

Directed by: Amarjeet
Music: Jaidev
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Starring: Dev Anand, Sadhana, Nanda, 
Rashid Khan, Gajanan Jagirdar,
 Leela Chitnis, Lalita Pawar
The Dev Anand marathon continues with another one of my favourite films - Hum Dono. That it also stars one of my favourite actresses of the time - Sadhana - is a bonus. I must also confess to changing my mind about Nanda. I'm beginning to like her very much indeed. (Harvey will be pleased to hear that.) A melodious score by the very talented Jaidev, which includes two of my favourite songs, made it imperative that I watched the film again, soon. Unlike, say, Haqeeqat or  Hum Hindustani, Hum Dono, which too plays out against the backdrop of war (World War II, in this case), is not as much a 'war' film as it is about the lives of the men who take part in that war, and the people they leave behind. The war, such as it is, is just the backdrop to provide the plot a convenient peg. 
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