Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli () is a 1971 Bollywood romance film directed by V. Shantaram, with Sandhya and Abhijeet as leads, along with Vatsala Deshmukh and Dina Pathak.

This was the first Indian film for which all songs were recorded in stereophonic sound. The film, however, had mono soundtrack. All songs were recorded and mixed by Mangesh Desai at V. Shantaram's Rajkamal Kalamandir studios.

Plot

Alaknanda lives a wealthy lifestyle with her widowed dad, Dr. Verma. She is fond of dancing and singing to such an extent that she refuses to marry the groom her dad has chosen for, runs away to Laitpur, enlists in the song and dance troupe that Rajkumar Kailash runs in his palatial house called "Lalit Mahal". Both Kailash and Alaknanda meet and fall in love, but Kailash's mom wants him to marry Rajkumari Rupmati. Then, when Alaknanda is performing, she meets with an accident and is hospitalized with a fractured leg that may never heal. Afraid to show her face to Kailash, who still insists on marrying her, she uses her crutches to escape from the hospital, ends up with a gang of bandits, is rescued by Kailash and brought home - where circumstances will again put her on the stage to perform a dance. The question remains how can a cripple perform a dance?

Cast
Abhijeet as Rajkumar Kailash - Abhijeet was screen name given by V Shantaram but his Real Name is Prem Sagar Gosain.
Sandhya as Alaknanda 'Alka' Verma
Vatsala Deshmukh as Bhairavi
Iftekhar as Dr. Verma
Raja Paranjpe as Chamay 'Royal' Roy
Birbal as Masseur
Vasant Parekh
Ravindra
Dina Pathak as Rajmata (as Dina Gandhi)
Sushant Ray as Bandit child

Soundtrack
The music of this movie was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal. Lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri

References

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1971 films
1970s Hindi-language films
1970s romance films
Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Films directed by V. Shantaram
Indian romance films
Hindi-language romance films