Aarti (film)

Last updated

Aarti
Aarti 1962 poster.jpg
Poster
Directed by Phani Majumdar
Screenplay byVishwamitter Adil
Based onSanskar Lakshmi
by Prafulla Desai
Produced by Tarachand Barjatya
Starring Ashok Kumar
Meena Kumari
Pradeep Kumar
Shashikala
CinematographyPandurang Naik
Edited by G. G. Mayekar
Music by Roshan
Production
company
Release date
  • 10 August 1962 (1962-08-10)
Running time
156 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box office₹75 lakh (equivalent to ₹54 croreorUS$6.8 million in 2020) [1]

Aarti is a 1962 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Phani Majumdar and produced by Tarachand Barjatya. The film stars Meena Kumari in the title role of Aarti, with Ashok Kumar, Pradeep Kumar and Shashikala appearing in pivotal roles. It is based on Sanskar Lakshmi, a play written by Prafulla Desai. [2]

Contents

Plot

An unemployed young man named Deepak (Pradeep Kumar) saves Aarti Gupta (Meena Kumari), a hardworking and dedicated doctor, from drowning, and the two eventually fall in love with each other, although her parent have already engaged her to marry Dr. Prakash (Ashok Kumar). Although Aarti's father firmly disapproves of this relationship, Deepak and Aarti marry. She moves in with him and his family, which includes his father (Jagirdar), elder brother, Niranjan (Ramesh Deo), sister-in-law, Jaswanti (Shashikala) and their three children. Prakash (Aarti's former fiancé) happens to be a friend of this family, as also of Aarti's natal family, and he keeps up his visits to both families. This brings a discord in Aarti's marital life, so much so that Deepak asks her to leave, and she returns to her father's house. This is followed by Deepak having a serious accident, when Prakash is the only surgeon who can operate on him. He agrees to operate on him only if Aarti promises to come back to him and forget her husband.

Cast

Awards

Aarti received two nominations at the 1963 annual Filmfare Awards, and won one award. Shashikala won her first Filmfare Award. It was the year when Meena Kumari made a record by having all the three nominations for Best Actress to her credit. She eventually won for Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam . The Bengal Film Journalists' Association acknowledged Aarti as the ninth-best Indian film of the year, and gave it three additional competitive awards. [3] Nominations are listed below.

10th Filmfare Awards :

Won

Nominated

Other Awards

Music

The music for this film is composed by Roshan, with lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

Track listing
No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Bane Ho Ek Khaak Se" Lata Mangeshkar 4:32
2."Kabhi To Milegi, Kahin To Milegi"Lata Mangeshkar3:56
3."Ab Kya Misaal Doon Main Tumhare Shabaab Ki" Mohammed Rafi 3:53
4."Aapne Yaad Dilaaya To Mujhe Yaad Aaya"Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi3:29
5."Baar Baar Tohe Kya Samjhaaye Paayal Ki Jhankaar"Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi6:45
6."Na Bhanwara Na Koi Gul" Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi2:11
7."Woh Teer Dil Pe Chala" Asha Bhosle, Mohammed Rafi5:12
Total length:29:59

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Meena Kumari</span> Indian actress and poet (1933–1972)

Meena Kumari was an Indian actress and poet, who worked in Hindi films. Popularly known as The Tragedy Queen, she was active between 1939 and 1972. Kumari is widely considered one of the greatest actresses of Indian cinema. In a career spanning 33 years, from child actress to adult, she starred in over 90 films. She died at the age of 38 years, from cirrhosis of the liver, which has been associated with her alcoholism.

<i>Guddi</i> (1971 film) 1971 Indian film

Guddi is a 1971 Hindi drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and written by Gulzar. It starred Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan and Utpal Dutt. It is Jaya Bachchan 's career-making film in which she plays a schoolgirl who has a crush on and is obsessed with the actor Dharmendra, who plays himself. She earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress, the only nomination for the film. Utpal Dutt also has a starring role. Many Bollywood actors like Rajesh Khanna, Naveen Nischol, Asrani, Amitabh Bachchan, Om Prakash and Pran gave guest appearances as themselves. According to Boxofficeindia.com, the film became a "big city hit" and did "above average" business everywhere else. It was later remade in Tamil as Cinema Paithiyam (1975) starring Jayachitra and Kamal Haasan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shashikala</span> Indian actress (1932–2021)

Shashikala Saigal, better known by her first name, was an Indian film and television actress, who played supporting roles in hundreds of Bollywood films beginning in the 1940s.

<i>Khubsoorat</i> 1980 Indian film

Khubsoorat (transl. Beautiful) is a 1980 Indian Hindi-language comedy-drama film, directed and produced by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, and written by Gulzar, Shanu Banerjee, Ashok Rawat, and D. N. Mukherjee. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Rekha, Rakesh Roshan, Dina Pathak in lead roles. It received critical acclaim and was a box-office success. The film was remade in Telugu as Swargam in 1981, in Tamil as Lakshmi Vandhachu, and in Malayalam as Vannu Kandu Keezhadakki. The 2014 film of the same name was loosely based on it.

<i>Kora Kagaz</i> 1974 Indian film

Kora Kagaz is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language drama film produced by Sanath Kothari and directed by Anil Ganguly. The film stars Vijay Anand, Jaya Bhaduri, A.K. Hangal, Achala Sachdev and Deven Verma. The film's music is by Kalyanji Anandji. The famous title song "Mera Jeevan Kora Kagaz" was rendered by Kishore Kumar.

<i>Dhool Ka Phool</i> 1959 Indian film directed by Yash Chopra

Dhool Ka Phool is a 1959 Indian Hindi-language film produced by B. R. Chopra and directed by B. R.'s brother Yash Chopra, being his first movie as a director, having been an assistant director in B. R.'s earlier film Naya Daur. The film stars Rajendra Kumar, Mala Sinha, Nanda, Leela Chitnis, Jeevan, Manmohan Krishna, and Ashok Kumar. The story revolves around a Muslim man bringing up an "illegitimate" Hindu child and featured the classic song Too Hindu Banega Na Musalman Banega, Insaan Ki Aulaad Hai, Insaan Banega on Manmohan Krishna, who also won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Abdul Rasheed. Besides that, Sinha received a nomination for Best Actress and Mukhram Sharma for Best Story. The movie was remade in Telugu as Jeevana Teeralu.

<i>Gumrah</i> (1963 film) 1963 Indian film

Gumrah (transl. Astray) is a 1963 Hindi-language romantic drama film produced and directed by B. R. Chopra. The film stars Sunil Dutt, Ashok Kumar, Mala Sinha, Nirupa Roy, Deven Verma and Shashikala. The music was composed by Ravi and the lyrics were by Sahir Ludhianvi. The film was a box office success. It was remade in Malayalam as Vivahitha (1970). For her performance, Shashikala won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.

<i>Mere Apne</i> 1971 Indian film

Mere Apne is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language film written and directed by Gulzar and produced by Romu, Raj and N. C. Sippy. It was Gulzar's first directorial venture and was almost a frame by frame remake of the National Award-winning Bengali film Apanjan, which was directed by Tapan Sinha. This was the first movie of Vinod Khanna as Hero. This was also debut movie of Danny. The film stars Meena Kumari, Vinod Khanna and Shatrughan Sinha in lead roles along with Deven Verma, Paintal, Asit Sen, Asrani, Danny Denzongpa, Keshto Mukherjee, A. K. Hangal, Dinesh Thakur, Mehmood and Yogeeta Bali. The music of the film is composed by Salil Choudhury.

<i>Kaajal</i> 1965 Indian film

Kaajal is a 1965 Bollywood film produced by Pannalal Maheshwari and directed by Ram Maheshwari. The film stars Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar, Dharmendra, Padmini, Mumtaz, Mehmood, Durga Khote, Helen. The film's music is by Ravi.

<i>Pyar Kiye Jaa</i> 1966 film by C. V. Sridhar

Pyar Kiye Jaa is a 1966 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed and produced by C. V. Sridhar. It stars Kishore Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Mehmood, Kalpana, Rajasree, Mumtaz, Om Prakash. It was a "semi-hit" at the box office. The film is a remake of the Tamil comedy Kadhalikka Neramillai (1964), which was remade into Telugu as Preminchi Choodu in 1965. Actress Rajasree starred in all three versions of the film. Kadhalikka Neramillai was also later remade in Kannada as Preethi Madu Thamashe Nodu and in Marathi as Dhoom Dhadaka. The role played by Nagesh in the Tamil version was reprised by Mehmood in the Hindi version and by Dwarakish in the Kannada version.

<i>Tawaif</i> (film) 1985 Indian film

Tawaif is an 1985 Indian drama movie. It was produced by R. C. Kumar and directed by B. R. Chopra. It stars Rishi Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri, Poonam Dhillon, Deepak Parashar in lead roles, with Ashok Kumar, Kader Khan, Asrani, Iftekhar, Shashikala, Sushma Seth in other important roles.

<i>Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan</i> 1959 film

Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan is a 1959 Indian Hindi-language film directed and produced by Devendra Goel. The film stars Rajendra Kumar as the protagonist Dr Anand and Meena Kumari, Honey Irani and Madan Puri in pivotal roles. The film was remade in Telugu as Maa Babu.

The 14th Filmfare Awards were held in 1967, honoring the best Hindi films of 1966.

The 13th Filmfare Awards were held in 1966, honoring the best in Hindi cinema in 1965.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">11th Filmfare Awards</span>

The 11th Filmfare Awards were held in 1964, honoring the best films in Hindi Cinema in 1963.

The 10th Filmfare Awards were held on 13 June 1963, honoring the best films in Hindi Cinema of the year 1962.

Rahgir is a Bollywood romantic social drama film. It was released in 1969 and directed by Tarun Majumdar. The film was produced by Geetanjali Pictures and had music by Hemant Kumar. The film had Biswajeet playing the central role of Rahgir where his acting "attracted attention". Costarring with Biswajeet were Sandhya Roy, Shashikala, Kanhaiyalal, Iftekhar, Nirupa Roy and Asit Sen. The film was based on Angti Chattujjer Vai, a Bengali novel of Manoj Basu. The story is about Biswajeet playing an impetuous young man in search "for the meaning of life" and is regarded as one of his most credible performances. The movie is a remake of 1963 Bengali movie Palatak.

The 26th Annual Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards were held on 1963, honoring the best in Indian cinema in 1962.

<i>Bheegi Raat</i> 1965 film by Kalidas

Bheegi Raat is a 1965 Bollywood film produced and directed by Kalidas. The film was a semi hit at the box office.

References

  1. ↑ "Box Office 1962". Box Office India . Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Vijayakumar, B. (12 April 2015). "Manaswini – 1968". The Hindu . Archived from the original on 9 May 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "1963 awards". BFJA . Archived from the original on 8 January 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.