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Saturday, November 1, 2008

Aradhana - 1969



                                             
                                              ARADHANA









Introduction :

Aradhana (English: Worship) is a 1969 Hindi language film directed by Shakti Samanta, starring Sharmila Tagore and Rajesh Khanna. It is a remake of the 1946 Hollywood film To Each His Own. It was voted best film of the year by the Filmfare Awards. Sharmila Tagore won her first Filmfare Best Actress Award for the same role that won Olivia de Havilland her first Academy Award for Best Actress. The film was the highest grosser of 1969.

Originally released in Hindi and dubbed in Bengali, Aradhana's huge success gave way to two remakes, both starring Vanisri in Sharmila Tagore's role: the Tamil film Sivakamiyin Selvan (1974) and the Telugu film Kannavari Kalalu (1974).

Star Cast :
  •     Super Star Rajesh Khanna as Arun / Suraj Prasad Saxena
  •     Sharmila Tagore as Vandhana Tripathi
  •     Sujit Kumar as Madan Verma
  •     Pahadi Sanyal as Gopal Tripathi
  •     Anita Dutt as Mrs. Prasad Saxena
  •     Abhi Bhattacharya as Ram Prasad Saxena
  •     Madan Puri as Jailer
  •     Asit Sen as Tikaram
  •     Farida Jalal as Renu
  •     Manmohan as Shyam
  •     Subhash Ghai as Prakash
  •     Dulari as Doctor
Other Film Crew's :
  • Produced and Directed by     Shakti Samanta
  • Written by     Sachin Bhowmick
  • Music by     S. D. Burman
  • Cinematography  by   Alok Dasgupta
  • Edited by     Sahil Budhiraja
  • Distributed by     Shakti Films
  • Release date :     24th October 1969
  •  Language  :   Hindi
  • Country   :  India
Summary :
The story opens against the backdrop of idyllic hilly terrain with Indian air force officer Arun Varma (Rajesh Khanna) crooning "Mere sapno ki rani" atop an open jeep along with his co-pilot Madan (Sujit Kumar), while Vandana (Sharmila Tagore), the daughter of a doctor Gopal Tripathi (Pahadi Sanyal) demurely sneaks glances at him from a mini train. After a brief romance, they have a secret wedding.
Soon afterwards, Arun dies in an air crash leaving behind a heartbroken and pregnant Vandana. His family refuses to accept the unwed mother-to-be since her marriage with Arun is never formalised. Meanwhile, her father also dies, leaving her destitute. Vandana's son is finally born, but she is forced to let a childless couple adopt him. But determined to be a part of his life, she accepts the responsibility of becoming his nanny. The boy is named Suraj. Events take an ugly turn when her employer's brother Shyam (Manmohan) arrives and lusts for Vandana. He tries to harass her physically when no-one is around, but Suraj arrives and stabs him to death in order to save his nanny. Upon the arrival of police, Vandana confesses to the murder while Suraj runs away. Thus, Vandana is sent to jail and Suraj forgets this mishap as he grows up.

Several years later, when Vandana is released from jail she is befriended by the jailer (Madan Puri) who takes her home and introduces her to his daughter Renu (Farida Jalal). Vandana comes face to face with her son Suraj (Rajesh Khanna) when she discovers that Renu is dating him. Suraj, just like how his father wished, is an air-force officer. He slowly starts remembering that he has seen Vandana somewhere, although Vandana wants to hide the truth as she feels Suraj may be embarrassed upon realizing his parent's background and history. Vandana makes herself home at the jailer's house.
At one time, Suraj gets injured in an air crash just like his real father Arun, but survives. At that time, Vandana meets Madan, who knows that Suraj is Arun and Vandana's son and he wants to tell Suraj the truth. Again, Vandana denies wanting to let Suraj know that he is her son, fearing the consequences. Later when Vandana is not around, Suraj sees her diary where Arun's photo is found. Realizing that Arun and Vandana are his true parents, he however salutes Vandana's self-sacrificing attitude and accepts her as his own mother.


Production :
The film was scripted by Sachin Bhowmick. However, a day prior to the shooting of Aradhana, producer Surinder Kapoor showed Samanta his latest film, Ek Shrimaan Ek Shrimati with Shashi Kapoor as the lead which was also written by Sachin Bhowmick. Much to his surprise this film had similar ending as his own film. The following day Samanta decided to scrap his film, when writers Gulshan Nanda and Madhusudan Kalelkar visited his office. Upon hearing the issue, it was Gulshan Nanda who suggested to have a double role of father and son in the film. Originally the first hero was to die by the interval and a new hero was to step in.[4] The same evening, while Aradhana was being cancelled, Nanda recited a story of Kati Patang to Samanta, which he instantly liked, so for the next couple of hours they first rewrote the second half of Aradhana, and subsequently went on to discuss, Kati Patang.

Music Sound Track :

The soundtrack of the film was composed by S. D. Burman, with lyrics by Anand Bakshi. Burman had already started recording the songs for Aradhana, but became very ill shortly thereafter. The responsibility for finishing the soundtrack fell on his son R. D. Burman, who used Kishore Kumar for the songs "Roop Tera Mastana" and "Mere Sapnon ki Rani". According to music and film expert Rajesh Subramanian, in the song 'Roop tera mastana' Kersi Lord played the Accordion, Homi Mullan the duggi and Manohari Singh played the saxophone.

S. No.     Song Title     Singer(s)      
    1.     ""Roop Tera Mastana""  -   By   Kishore Kumar    
2.     ""Baghon Mein Bahar Hai""  -  By  Mohammed Rafi and  Lata Mangeshkar 
3.     ""Chanda Hai Tu Mera Suraj Hai Tu""  -  By  Lata Mangeshkar    
4.     ""Mere Sapno Ki Rani"" -   By   Kishore Kumar    
5.     ""Gun Guna Rahe Hai Bhanvare"" -  By Mohammed Rafi and  Asha Bhosle 
6.   ""Kora Kagaz Tha Yeh Man Mera""- By Kishore Kumar and  Lata Mangeshkar 7.     ""Saphal Hogi Teri Aradhana""  -    By  S D Burman   

 
Awards :

1969 Filmfare Awards :
  •     Best Film - Shakti Samanta
  •     Best Actress - Sharmila Tagore
  •    Best Male Playback Singer - Kishore Kumar for the song "Roop Tera Mastana"

Friday, April 25, 2008

Begunaah - 1991

BEGUNAAH

Star cast : 
  • Super Star Rajesh Khanna ... Jeevanlal 'J.V.'
  • Ashok Kumar ... Judge Dindayal
  • Farha Naaz ... Guddu / Nirmala 'Nimmo' / Bulbul
  • Sadashiv Amrapurkar ... Rajan Dada
  • Jeetendra ... Gautam in Special Appearance
  • Raza Murad ... Inspector Kulkarni
  • Chandrashekhar ... Doctor
  • Anand
  • Bhima
  • Bunty
  • Baby Guddu ... Guddu / Kiran
  • Jabbar
  • Kamaldeep ... Jailor
  • Shubha Khote ... Rajan's Chachi
  • Maharana
  • Murad ... Judge
  • Vinod Nagpal ... Rajan's Chacha
  • Rekha Parmar
  • Radheshyam
  • Jagdish Raj ... Police Inspector
  • Abhimanyu Sharma
  • Waman 
Other Film Crew's  :
  • Produced  and Directed by Anil Suri
  • Screenplay by Abrar Alvi
  • Lyrics by Nida Fazli
  • Release Date : 4th January 1991
  • Genre : Action | Crime | Drama
  • Language : Hindi
  • Country : India
Writing credits :
  • Screenplay and Dialogue by Abrar Alvi
  • Lyrics by Nida Fazli, Indivar and Piyam Saeedi
  • Story idea : Sushma Suria
  • Cinematography by D.K. Prabhakar
  • Film Editing by M.S. Shinde
Music Sound Track : 

Music by Rajesh Roshan

Playback Singers :
  • Asha Bhosle
  • Kavita Krishnamurthy
  • Kishore Kumar
  • Kumar Sanu
  • Sadhana Sargam

SUMMARY :

Widower Jeevanlal gets arrested for assaulting a Pharmacist as he is unable to afford medicines to treat his ill daughter, Guddu. Subsequently jailed, his repeated and vain attempts to escape only end up increasing his sentence, leaving Guddu to fend on her own. Years later he will re-surface as a wealthy male and prospective Mayor known simply as J.V.; while Guddu will be living two lives - one as the single mother of a young child, Kiran; and the other as a gun-toting alcoholic prostitute known as Bulbul.




(1991)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Anil Suri

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Abrar Alvi ... (screenplay & dialogue)
Nida Fazli ... (lyrics)
Indivar ... (lyrics)
Piyam Saeedi ... (lyrics)
Sushma Suri ... (story idea)

Cast (in credits order)  


Rajesh Khanna ...
Jeevanlal 'J.V.'
Ashok Kumar ...
Judge Dindayal
Farha Naaz ...
Guddu / Nirmala 'Nimmo' / Bulbul
Sadashiv Amrapurkar ...
Rajan Dada
Jeetendra ...
Gautam in Special Appearance
Raza Murad ...
Inspector Kulkarni
Chandrashekhar ...
Doctor
Anand ...
(as Anand Mamaji)
Bhima
Bunty
Baby Guddu ...
Guddu / Kiran
Jabbar
Kamaldeep ...
Jailor
Shubha Khote ...
Rajan's Chachi (as Shobha Khote)
Maharana
Murad ...
Judge
Vinod Nagpal ...
Rajan's Chacha
Rekha Parmar
Radheshyam
Jagdish Raj ...
Police Inspector
Abhimanyu Sharma
Waman
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Produced by 

Anil Suri ... producer

Music by 

Rajesh Roshan

Cinematography by 

D.K. Prabhakar ... director of photography

Film Editing by 

M.S. Shinde

Music Department 

Asha Bhosle ... playback singer (as Asha Bhonsle)
Kavita Krishnamurthy ... playback singer
Kishore Kumar ... playback singer
Kumar Sanu ... playback singer (as Kumar Shanoo)
Sadhana Sargam ... playback singer (as Sadhna Sargam)

Other crew 

R.L. Suri ... presents 
 Widower Jeevanlal gets arrested for assaulting a Pharmacist as he is unable to afford medicines to treat his ill daughter, Guddu. Subsequently jailed, his repeated and vain attempts to escape only end up increasing his sentence, leaving Guddu to fend on her own. Years later he will re-surface as a wealthy male and prospective Mayor known simply as J.V.; while Guddu will be living two lives - one as the single mother of a young child, Kiran; and the other as a gun-toting alcoholic prostitute known as Bulbul.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Sautela Bhai - 1996


SAUTELA BHAI   

Introduction :

Sautela Bhai is a 1996 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by B. R. Ishara, starring Rajesh Khanna and Raj Babbar in lead roles. It was released on 21 June 1996.


Star Cast :
  •     Super Star Rajesh Khanna...Master Tulsiram
  •     Deepti Naval...Saraswati (wife of Master Tulsiram)
  •     Raj Babbar...Advocate Rajaram
  •     Moon Moon Sen...Sheena
  •     Kumar Gaurav...Shankar
  •     Farha Naaz...Bindiya (as Farha)
  •     Amjad Khan...Thakur Narayandas
  •     Ranjeet...Rehman
  •     Raja Bundela...Gopal
  •     A.K. Hangal...Bindiya's maternal grandfather
  •     Satyendra Kapoor...Advocate Surendranath
  •     Deepak Qazir...Harkishan
  •     Raza Murad
Other Film Crew's :
  • Directed by     B. R. Ishara
  • Produced by     Satish Khanna
  • Written by     B. R. Ishara
  • Release date :     June 21, 1996
  •  Language  :    Hindi
  • Country    :  India
Summary : 

Teacher Tulsiram is married to Saraswati and has two step-brothers, Advocate Rajaram, and Shankar who is uneducated. When Rajaram returns, Tulsiram wants him to get married to Bindiya, the daughter of Thakur Narayandas, and is displeased when he finds that Rajaram has married Sheena, the daughter of wealthy Advocate Surendranath. Narayandas gets upset after Tulsiram attempts to get Shankar married to Bindiya, and he gives Tulsiram an ultimatum - get Rajaram to marry his daughter - or he will forcibly take over their land and house, which have been mortgaged with him to pay for Rajaram's education. Then Tulsiram gets arrested on charges of Fraud, Theft and Cheating. Shortly thereafter Shankar, too, is arrested for abducting Bindiya and holding her hostage. Rajaram returns home to defend his brothers but may end up regretting this decision when he finds out who the public prosecutor


Music Sound  Track :


Music by     Rahul Dev Burman

S.No.      Title     Singer(s)

1     "Na Na Na Mai Nahi Aati"  -   By Alka Yagnik
2     "Chahe Puchh Lo Kangana Se"  - By  Babla Mehta and  Asha Bhosle
3     "O Jiyo Jiyo Yaaro"  -   By Amit Kumar
4     "Sajan Sajan Kahe Gir Gir Jaye"  -  By  Asha Bhosle



(1996)

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

B.R. Ishara

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

B.R. Ishara ... (written by)

Cast (in credits order)  


Rajesh Khanna ...
Master Tulsiram
Raj Babbar ...
Advocate Rajaram
Kumar Gaurav ...
Shankar
Farha Naaz ...
Bindiya (as Farha)
Deepti Naval ...
Saraswati
Moon Moon Sen ...
Sheena
Amjad Khan ...
Thakur Narayandas
Ranjeet ...
Rehman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Raja Bundela ...
Gopal
A.K. Hangal ...
Bindiya's maternal grandfather
Satyendra Kapoor ...
Advocate Surendranath
Raza Murad
Deepak Qazir ...
Harkishan
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Produced by 

B.R. Ishara ... producer

Music by 

Rahul Dev Burman ... (as R.D. Burman) (music)

Cinematography by 

Nazir Ansari ... (as Nasir Ansari)

Film Editing by 

Omkarnath Bhakri ... (as Omkar Bhakri)

Music Department 

Majrooh Sultanpuri ... lyricist     Teacher Tulsiram is married to Saraswati and has two step-brothers, Advocate Rajaram, and Shankar who is uneducated. When Rajaram returns, Tulsiram wants him to get married to Bindiya, the daughter of Thakur Narayandas, and is displeased when he finds that Rajaram has married Sheena, the daughter of wealthy Advocate Surendranath. Narayandas gets upset after Tulsiram attempts to get Shankar married to Bindiya, and he gives Tulsiram an ultimatum - get Rajaram to marry his daughter - or he will forcibly take over their land and house, which have been mortgaged with him to pay for Rajaram's education. Then Tulsiram gets arrested on charges of Fraud, Theft and Cheating. Shortly thereafter Shankar, too, is arrested for abducting Bindiya and holding her hostage. Rajaram returns home to defend his brothers but may end up regretting this decision when he finds out who the public prosecutor is.