Heera Panna

{{Infobox film

| name = Heera Panna

| image = Heera Panna.jpg

| caption = Poster

| director = Dev Anand

| writer = Dev Anand
Suraj Sanim

| producer = Dev Anand

| starring = Dev Anand
Zeenat Aman
Raakhee
Rehman
Jeevan

| narrator =

| cinematography = Fali Mistry

| editing = Babu Sheikh

| music = R. D. Burman

| studio =

| distributor = Navketan International Films
Eros Entertainment

| released = {{Film date|1973|01|05|df=y}}

| runtime =

| country = India

| language = Hindi

}}

Heera Panna is a 1973 Hindi romance film. Written, produced, and directed by Dev Anand for Navketan films, the film stars Dev Anand, Zeenat Aman, Raakhee, Rehman, Jeevan, A.K. Hangal, Paintal and Dheeraj Kumar. The film's music was composed by R. D. Burman.

Plot

Heera (Dev Anand) has two passions in his life, namely photography and his love for Reema (Raakhee), an air hostess. When Reema passes away in an airplane accident, Heera is left with his only passion in life – photography. During one of his photographic sessions with Raja Sahab (Rehman), a priceless diamond is stolen by Panna (Zeenat Aman) and hidden in Heera's car. When Heera learns about this theft and that he is in possession of the stolen property, he decides to turn Panna to the police but discovers to his shock that Panna is Reema's younger sister. Feeling pity for her, Heera decides not to. While Heera describes to her how he met Reema on a plane, how they fell in love, and the tragic accident resulting in her death, Panna narrates how she was tempted by Anil (Dheeraj Kumar) and ultimately forced into joining the dark world of theft and robbery. Hearing all this, Heera remembers how Reema once told him to take care of her sister and vows to save her from the ruffians. Soon Anil and his men along with Hari's (Jeevan) goons (the group's mastermind) reach Heera and Panna's hiding place. In the confrontation that takes place, they fail to snatch the diamond away from Heera, but Panna gets hit fatally and eventually succumbs to her wounds. The Police along with Raja Sahab and Panna's father arrive; Heera who is accused of stealing the diamond proves himself innocent and hands over the same to the police who arrest all the henchmen. The film ends as Heera drives away in his car, left with the memories of both Reema and Panna.

Cast

Dev Anand as Heera
Raakhee as Reema
Zeenat Aman as Panna
Rehman as Raja Sahib
Jeevan as Hari
Paintal as Kamal
Sudhir as Kamran
Sheetal as Ratna
A. K. Hangal as Diwan Karan Singh
Manmohan as Veeru
Mac Mohan as Anil's Photographer
Dheeraj Kumar as Anil

Crew

Director – Dev Anand
Writer – Dev Anand, Suraj Sanim (additional dialogue)
Producer – Dev Anand, Kalpana Kartik (associate)
Editor – Babu Sheikh, Ashok Bandekar (assistant), Achyut Gupte (color consultant)
Cinematographer – Fali Mistry
Art Director – T. K. Desai
Production Company – Navketan International Films
Production Manager – Rashid Abbasi, Kumar D. Bhutani, R. S. Manian, Manohar, N. Mehra
Assistant Director – Vishwamitter Adil, Gogi Anand
Assistant Art Director – Nana, Sharad Pole
Costume and Wardrobe – Amarnath, Balchandra
Music Director – Rahul Dev Burman
Music Assistant – Basudeb Chakraborty, Maruti Rao, Manohari Singh
Lyricist – Anand Bakshi
Playback Singers – Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle, Lata Mangeshkar