This classic movie of the early 60's is a fair manifestation of excellent skills of Hrishida's direction.The song "Tera Mera Piyar Amar" is indeed mesmerizing and remarkable in ingenuity. The other Lata-Rafi duet "Tujhe jeevan ki dor se" is also a memorable one. Above all, the direction is superb and carries a stark imprint of the master director who was coming on his feet to craft future hits like, Bawarchi, Anand, Mili, Abhiman and Namak Haram.Even though the movie is black and white still it was a box office hit. Sadhana's pure beauty and graceful acting surpasses Dev Anand's casual acting style. A good entertaining movie of the old guard.

Asli Naqli (1962) - Hrishikesh Mukherjee picked the evergreen Dev Anand (almost 40 then) to star opposite a very beautiful and very young (21 yrs) Sadhna in this film. Anand is a rich playboy who runs away from home rather than marry the rich socialite fiancée picked by his very rich grandfather. Forced to slum it he finds out what is really important in life, encounters Renu (Sadhna), falls in love, has the love almost snatched away from him, but all's well that ends well.The story is most mundane but is told in a very heartwarming way that was typical of Hrishi Da. The relationships Anand develops in the slum, his struggles to survive, the foster family that adopts him, his various jobs, his romancing - it is all so heartwarming. The music by Shankar Jaikishan is very good and notable numbers are Tujhe Jeevan Ki dor Se baandh liya hai, Tera Mera Pyar Amar, Lakh Chupao Chup Na sakega. Dev gives full value for money - does not miss a beat, Sadhna has to be seen to be believed - she is that sweet and beautiful and natural. She and Dev have an on screen chemistry that was very visible in Hum Dono a year earlier and continues into this film.Another one for the A list from Hrishikesh Mukherjee.

Dev Anand plays Anand who is rich and pampered by the people. He wastes his grandfather's money on gambling until a wise man brings to light his wasted life. Dev's grandfather wants him to marry a rich girl whom Dev despises and quarrels with his grandfather. He leaves his home and travels into the wide wild world f which he is inexperienced. He is used to sleeping on soft beds and served around the clock by his servants but he is not used to sleeping on a hard mattress, cooking his food, washing his clothes etc. Worse, he has to work for his own living. But he does work with the help of Sadhana, who single handedly supports her own family comprising a mother and sister. Dev falls in love with Sadhana and wants to marry her but Dev's grandfather intervenes but eventually gives up when he notices the change in his grandson.The name Asli Naqli is justified because Dev experiences the world of money where love, the most important thing for a man's survival is missing and thus this world is termed as Naqli. On the contrary, the world of poor people is full of love and friendship and they value people and their feelings more than materialistic things. Thus this world is termed Asli. The title song of the film "Asli kya hai Naqli kya hai poocho dil se mere" justifies the title of the film. This film has mesmerizing songs like "Tera Mrea Pyar Amar" sung by Lata Mangeshkar and the film is directed well by Hrishikesh Mukherjee.

A Bollywood style song & dance adaptation of a forgotten 1936 Cary Grant movie "The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss". Dev Anand plays a spoiled playboy, who decides to earn his own living after a tiff with his industrialist grandfather. Finds a life among working class 'real people', and enjoys it. Especially when he meets Sadhana, a volunteer teacher. Gets a job and keeps it for a while with her help. Unnecessary twists complicate the plot, and separate Dev and Sadhana, before the usual happy ending can be engineered. Shanker-Jaikishan's music is lilting as usual, and the Rafi-Lata duet 'Tujhe Jeevan Ki Dor Se' leads the hit parade. Typical 60s Bollywood fare - a good basic storyline with the usual 'masala' - twists, melodrama, and memorable songs.