Aurat - 1967

                                                AURAT

Introduction :

Aurat is a 1967 Hindi movie produced and directed by S. S. Balan and S. S. Vasan. The film stars Padmini, Pran, Rajesh Khanna, Feroz Khan, Kanhaiyalal, David, O. P. Ralhan, Nazima, Lalita Pawar and Leela Chitnis. The films music is by Ravi.The film is totally revolving around character of Parvati's life played by Padmini. The film deals with how Parvati (played by Padmini), who is in true love with character played by Feroz Khan, is forced by circumstances to marry Manoharilal (played by Pran) against wishes of her brother (played by Rajesh Khanna) and later is tested by life to show whether after marriage to Manoharilal, she is truly affectionate to Manoharilal or is she having affair with the her ex-boyfriend.

This movie is the remake of 1966 Tamil movie Chitthi (meaning 'step-mother') played by Padmini in the lead role and R. Muthuraman as her younger brother. It is one of the first significant on screen roles for Rajesh Khanna, then a new comer to screen.

Star Cast :

•     Super Star Rajesh Khanna - Suresh
•     Padmini (actress) - Parvati
•     Pran - Manoharilal
•     Feroz Khan
•     Nazima - Asha
•     David
•     O. P. Ralhan - Rattanlal
•     Lalita Pawar - Dadi Maa
•     Leela Chitnis
•     Nana Palsikar
•     Achala Sachdev
•     Mohan Choti
•     Niranjan Sharma
•     Kanhaiyalal

Other Film Crew's :

• Distributed by  Gemini Pictures
• Directed by  S. S. Vasan and S. S. Balan
• Produced by  S. S. Vasan and S. S. Balan
• Written by  K. S. Gopalakrishnan
• Music by  Ravi
• Cinematography  by  Kamal Ghosh
• Edited by M Umanath
• Release year :    1967
• Language     : Hindi 
• Country     : India

Summary :
Parvathi (Padmini) is an elder daughter of eight children family who is the primary bread earner of her house. Her aim is bring up her family position and marry off all her sisters which include a dumb girl. So she spents her whole life and struggles hard to educate her brother Suresh (Rajesh Khanna) and make him doctor so that he can lend her helping hand. Though she works hard she smiles at times when she meets a man (Feroz Khan) whom she has a liking but her circumstances prevent her moving further.
Manoharilal an aged rich man and father of six children wants to marry again and searches for bride and keeps an eye on Parvati. A proposal for marriage is raised on his behalf to which Suresh and Parvati's mother does not accept even though he has money. But Parvati accepts the proposal on the grounds that her family position will improve if she marries him. Suresh tries his level best to make her back-off from the marriage but she does not accept it. Parvati marries Manoharilal and steps in his family.

Manoharilal's family who are against his marriage does not welcome Parvati to their home due to step-mother fear. Suresh worries on the situation of her sister in the new home but Parvati manages win the love of all her husband's children. Parvati spends most of the time with the children and this irritates her husband. So she behaves in the way which is liked by her husband but not liked by herself. At times he doubts on the fidelity of his wife and assumes that she has affair with some other man and tortures her. Suresh and Manoharilal's sister gets attracted towards each other but it is strongly opposed by Manoharilal. Hence he stops aiding Suresh's education but somehow Manoharilal's sister manages money for his studies by getting money from a man. Because of which she frequently visits a hotel. Suresh passes in his final examination and cheers Parvati.
Manoharilal arranges for groom visit for his sister. The groom looks at the bride and is shocked as he has seen her frequently coming to a hotel and assumes that she is a dirty woman earning money in dirty way. This shocks Parvati and Manoharilal. But the fact is the money for Suresh's education is provided by the man whom Parvati wanted to marry in the beginning. She also finds that he married is dumb sister. Manoharilal realises his mistake and unites his sister with Suresh and all live happily.

Baharon Ke Sapne - 1967

BAHARON KE SAPNE

Introduction :

Baharon Ke Sapne is a 1967 Hindi movie under Nasir Hussain films banner. It starred Rajesh Khanna, and the Nasir Husain fixture- Asha Parekh. It also had Premnath, Madan Puri and another Nasir Husain fixture Rajendranath. Another pair of Husain fixtures gave the music Majrooh Sultanpuri the lyrics and composition by R.D. Burman.

 Star Cast :

•    Super Star Rajesh Khanna ... Ramaiya
•     Asha Parekh ... Geeta
•     Prem Nath ... Mr. Kapoor
•     Rajendra Nath ... Pandu
•     Madan Puri ... Ranjeet
•     Sulochana Latkar ... Gouri
•     Nana Palsikar ... Bholanath
•     P. Jairaj
•     Anwar Hussain
•     Ram Avtar
•     Bela Bose as Dancer. 
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• Other Film Crew's :

• Directed by     Nasir Hussain
• Produced by     Nasir Hussain
• Cinematography     Jal Mistry
• Edited by     Babu Lavande and Gurudutt Shirali
• Release date :    1967
• Language     :  Hindi
• Country      :  India

Summary :

In a small industrial town near Bombay lives Bholanath, who works at the local mill, and is the proud husband of Gauri, a daughter, Champa, and above all his son, Ramaiya, who is a graduate in the arts faculty, - the only one in this town who has attained this degree. But times are hard, and jobs are difficult to come by. When Bholanath loses his job, Ramaiya decides to find employment, and does so as a menial worker in the same mill his dad used to work. Ramaiya is very popular with his co-workers and they soon elect him as their new union leader. This puts Ramaiya in conflict with the Management of the Mill, headed by the owner, Kapoor, who has ordered that Ramaiya be eliminated post haste. But Ramaiya is determined to address the workers' grievances, and he gets himself framed for theft; has the police on the lookout for him, and so Ramaiya goes into hiding. When Ramaiya does not show up for a workers' meeting, some believe that he has been bought by the mill management, and they decide to take the matters into their own hands - by burning the mill down, killing Kapoor and his family, and getting into direct confrontation with the local police, who have been issued orders to shoot-at-sight.

Music Sound Track :

• Music by     R.D. Burman 
• Lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri

S.No. Song Title     Singer(s)

1. Aja Piya Tohey Pyar Dun  -   By Lata Mangeshkar
2. Chunri Sambhal Gori  -   By Manna Dey  and Lata Mangeshkar
3. Kya Janoo Sajan Huti Hai Kya Gham Ki Sham   -  By Lata Mangeshkar
4. O Mere Sajna O Mere Balmaa   -  By Lata Mangeshkar and Rajesh Khanna
5. Zamane Ne Maare Jawan Kaise Kaise  -   By Mohammed Rafi
6. Do Pal Jo Teri Aankhon Se Mile Na Mile  - By Asha Bhosle and Usha Mangeshkar

Awards :

Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award  : Black and White Film : Jal Mistry

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"

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.

Begunaah (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

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producer

Music by 

Rajesh Roshan

Cinematography by 

D.K. Prabhakar

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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

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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.