New Delhi:
The beauty of this Kashmiri girl was such that the director decided after seeing the picture that she will be the next heroine of the film. A naive and innocent face, deep eyes as if a lake was flowing from these eyes. Intense features and heart touching simplicity. Only these qualities attracted this actress to Bollywood. The name of this actress is Priya Rajvansh, whose film journey was very short. She did few films in her career but got a lot of fame out of them. While doing this film, she fell in love with a director. Little did he know that this love would one day lead to his brutal murder.
The only Indian film with verse dialogue by lyricist Kaifi Azmi. Lata M. and Mohammad Rafi’s Madan Mohan’s immortal songs.
“..Milo na tum to hum khabaraye
If Milo steals the eye
Hume Kya Ho Gaya Hai..”Raj Kumar and Priya Dynasty in Chetan Anand’s Heer Ranja pic.twitter.com/bDPzPvLKw5
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Seven films became memorable
It was director Chetan Anand who decided to make Priya Rajvansh a heroine after seeing her picture, who launched Priya Rajvansh through his first film Haakit. Chetan Anand was separated from his wife before meeting Priya Rajvansh. He found his lack of a partner fulfilled by the Priya dynasty. Later he made 6 more films for Priya Rajvansh. It included Heer Ranza, Hindustan Ki Kasam, Hasta Gha, Saheb Bahadur, Kudrat, Haath Hai Lakhren.
Chetan Anand died at his bungalow
Priya Rajvansh loved Chetan Anand very much. A film journalist Sheela Vesuna wrote in one of her blogs about the Priya dynasty that it should not have ended like this. He also wrote that Priya Rajvansh was highly respected and a true companion of Chetan Anand. This also led to the demise of the Priya dynasty. Priya Rajvansh’s dead body was found in Chetan Anand’s bungalow. It is said that before his death, Chetan Anand divided his property into three parts, including two sons and the Priya dynasty. But one day the dead body of Priya dynasty was found. Postmortem revealed that she died due to strangulation. After his death, none of Chetan Anand attended his funeral. It was the fateful day March 27, 2000 when the Priya dynasty bid adieu to this world.