Produced by Radha Kishan and Prabhu Dayal (R. P. Films), it had music by C. Ramchandra
Ramchandra Narhar Chitalkar (12 January 1918 – 5 January 1982), also known as C. Ramchandra or Chitalkar or Anna Sahib, was an Indian music director and playback singer.[Nalini Jaywant
Nalini Jaywant (18 February 1926 – 22 December 2010) was an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi films in the 1940s and 1950s.
Background and personal life
Jaywant was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1926. She was first cousin of actre ...]
, Rajendra Kumar
Rajendra Kumar Tuli (20 July 1927 – 12 July 1999) was an Indian actor who starred in Bollywood films. Starting his career in 1949, he appeared in more than 80 films in a career spanning over four decades. He was popularly known as the 'Jubil ...
, Nanda
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* Nanda Empire, ruled by the Nanda dynasty, an Indian royal dynasty ruling Magadha in the 4th century BCE
** Mahapadma Nanda, first Emperor of the Nanda Empire
** Dhana Nanda (died c. 321 BCE), last ...
, Honey Irani and Prabhu Dayal.
Set against the backdrop of the
partition
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* Partition (database), the division of a ...
(1947),
it's the story of a widow who is given an infant to look after, only to have the real mother come five years later to claim it as her own.
Plot
Geeta and Kishan are a happily married couple and expecting their first child. Kishan works with a contractor, Thomas, driving a truck to work. One day, he meets with an accident and dies. The grief makes Geeta lose her baby. Geeta is inconsolable and her brother Sewakram tries his best to help her mourn and deal with her sorrow. He finds an abandoned infant and brings him to Geeta, hoping that by caring for him her maternal instincts will ease the pain. It's 1947 and communal riots have spread all over the city. Advocate Iqbal Hussain and his wife Razia, had left
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for the newly formed
Pakistan
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, but due to unforeseen circumstances, their infant boy was left behind. After five years spent in anguish over their missing son, Razia and Iqbal come back to India to look for their son. Eventually, they trace him to Geeta. The boy and mother refuse to be parted, but it is imposed on Geeta to give up the boy. Razia is unable to see the misery the parting is causing her son and Geeta. She makes the final sacrifice and returns with her husband to Pakistan, having left the boy behind in India with Geeta.
Cast
*
Rajendra Kumar
Rajendra Kumar Tuli (20 July 1927 – 12 July 1999) was an Indian actor who starred in Bollywood films. Starting his career in 1949, he appeared in more than 80 films in a career spanning over four decades. He was popularly known as the 'Jubil ...
as Advocate Iqbal Hussain
*
Nanda
Nanda may refer to:
Indian history and religion
* Nanda Empire, ruled by the Nanda dynasty, an Indian royal dynasty ruling Magadha in the 4th century BCE
** Mahapadma Nanda, first Emperor of the Nanda Empire
** Dhana Nanda (died c. 321 BCE), last ...
as Razia Hussain
*
Nalini Jaywant
Nalini Jaywant (18 February 1926 – 22 December 2010) was an Indian actress who appeared in Hindi films in the 1940s and 1950s.
Background and personal life
Jaywant was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1926. She was first cousin of actre ...
as Geeta
* Chandan Kumar as Kishan
* Radha Kishan as Sewakram
*
Honey Irani
*
Tiwari
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Notable people Independence activists
*Chandra Shekhar Azad (born Chandrashekhar Tiwari)
*Adrian Cola Ri ...
as Bahadur
* Narbada Shankar
* Sarita
* S. Nazir
Music
The music composer was
C. Ramchandra
Ramchandra Narhar Chitalkar (12 January 1918 – 5 January 1982), also known as C. Ramchandra or Chitalkar or Anna Sahib, was an Indian music director and playback singer.[Kavi Pradeep
Kavi Pradeep (born Ramchandra Narayanji Dwivedi; 6 February 1915 – 11 December 1998), was an Indian poet and songwriter who is best known for his patriotic song "''Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo"'' written as a tribute to the soldiers who had died d ...]
.
Asha Bhosle
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and occasional actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian Cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the ...
and
Suman Kalyanpur
Suman Kalyanpur (born as Suman Hemmadi;January 28th 1937) is an Indian playback singer, one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India.
Her voice was often mistaken to be that of Lata Mangeshkar. Suman Kalyanpur's career st ...
provided the female playback for the songs.
The male singer was Pradeep, who wrote strongly about the communal violence in his lyrics, with his "raw" voice matching the pathos required.
According to one source, a song written by Pradeep, "Hai, Yeh Siyasat Kitni Gandi" (Alas! How Dirty Are The Politics of the Time), critical of the establishment, was censored from the film.
Song List
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, id=0379167
1961 films
1960s Hindi-language films
Films set in the partition of India
Films scored by C. Ramchandra