Plot.

Sarita is a princess with a rather outgoing and adventurous outlook. She does not like to be tied up with bodyguards, and servants, and wants to be free to do stuff on her own. So one day, she runs away from home. The palace is instructed to searh for her immediately. Sarita comes to the big city, and enters a beauty pageant, which she wins. There is also a parallel pageant for Mr. Handsome, for which the winner is Sanjay Malhotra. Both Sarita and Sanjay have now to represent India on a foreign tour. They come close, and fall in love. It is then that Sarita discovers to her horror, that Sanjay is not who he claims he is, but an imposter.

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Cast & Crew.

Saira Banu

Sarita

Joy Mukherjee

Sanjay Malhotra

Ashok Kumar

Guptaji

Man Mohan

Actor

Motilal

Jolkar

Sayeeda Khan

Olga

Badri Prasad

Actor

R.K. Nayyar

Director

Ravi

Composer

Details.

Release Date
January 1, 1966

Status
Released

Last updated: 2025-02-19

Wiki.

Yeh Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai (transl. This Life Is Beautiful) is a 1966 Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by R. K. Nayyar. The film was produced by Nayyar fr his R. K. Nayyar Films banner. It had story and screenplay by Harish Kumar Mehra with dialogues by Agha Jani Kashmiri. The music was composed by Ravi with lyrics written by Rajendra Krishan.

The film starred Joy Mukherjee, who was cast in films where the hero was required to perform the Shammi Kapoor style of acting. Though he did not achieve Kapoor's fame and popularity, he acted in several films with good music and popular songs recorded in Mohammed Rafi's voice. Yeh Zindagi Kitni Haseen Hai is cited as one of his "major" films. Saira Banu played the lead female role, where she is shown upholding "Indian morals" by refusing to wear a swimsuit for the Miss Universe contest. Besides this film, Saira had acted in two other film in 1966, Saaz Aur Awaaz and Pyar Mohabbat. The films "failed to make an impact" for Saira as an actress that year. Co-stars included Motilal, Sayeeda Khan, Badri Prasad and Madan Kumar.