''Jait Re Jait'' (English: ''Win, Win'') is 1977 Indian

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-language

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film directed by Dr. Jabbar Patel and produced by

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and

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, under the banner of Mahalakshmi Chitra. The film stars

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and

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in the lead roles. The film won President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi at the

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. It is considered to be one of the greatest

hits of all time in

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. It is based on a book by G. N. Dandekar. Though the music achieved all-time hit status, the film was a box office disaster.

Plot

Jait re jait is a story that revolves around Nagya, a thakar tribal drummer who develops a passion for being “punyavanta” ious onewhile growing up listening to his father. He desperately wants to see the “devimashi” ueen bee His father, during Negaya's childhood, piqued his interest in it unknowingly. A girl who had left her husband because she did not like him falls madly in love with Nagya. Once, when Nagya was cutting wood in the jungle, bees attacked him. Nagya seeks revenge and wants to kill them, especially the queen bee. However, the queen bee has some religious role in Nagya’s tribe. Despite this, Nagya being stubborn sets out to flee away from the bees with his wife, he does manage to flew them away but in the process his wife gets killed during the time nagya was attacked and attacked back he did not play drum but even after fleeing the queen bee away he restlessly picked up the drum and started playing it like a mad man he did not show a single amount of care for his dead wife. This is a classic paradox, where he succeeds (Jait re jait, means WIN-WIN) in his revenge, but loses his wife

Cast

as Nagya *

as Chindhi *

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as Nagya's father *

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as Nagya's mother *

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as Young Nagya * Narayan Pe * Manjiri Paranjpae * Meena Arjunwadkar * Seema Dharmadhikari * Shriram Ranade * Chandrakant Kale * Kamini *

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* Shriram Pendse * Anant Kulkarni * Dilip Mangalvedhekar * Arvind Thakar

Crew

* Story - G. N. Dandekar * Dialogues - Satish Alekar and Anil Joglekar * Playback - Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Varsha Bhosle, Ravindra Sathe and Chandrakant Kale * Art - Desai * Colour - Nivrutri Dalvi * Make Up - Suresh Basale * Stills - Rao and Rao * Assistants: Music - Amar Direction - Prasad Subhedar and Shrinivas Bhange Camera - Rajan Kothari and Rajesh Joshi * Director of Photography - Binod Pradhan * Director - Dr. Jabbar Patel

Production

The film's shooting began on 25 April 1977, and ended on 14 July 1977. Most of part was shot in the Karnala area near

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. The film was also shot on locations of Maharashtra in

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, Kumbhavali and Thakarwadi in Raigad District. The titles appeared after 15 minutes after the start of the film and the popular song "Mee Raat Takli"—appeared after 50 minutes after the start of the film.

Music

The popular songs of the film are composed by Pt. Hridaynath Mangeshkar, with most of the lyrics by

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and performed by

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and Chandrakant Kale. Poet Arati Prabhu contributed to the lyrics of the song "Me Raat Takli".

Awards

The songs from this film are popular in Maharashtra. The film earned actress

and Jabbar Patel Filmfare Awards.

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for

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was also presented to Patel. The

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held in April 1978 honoured the film with President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi.

References

External links

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Lyrics of the songs from ''Jait Re Jait''
{{National Film Award Best Feature Film Marathi 1977 films Films directed by Jabbar Patel Marathi-language musical films 1970s Marathi-language films Films shot in Maharashtra Films about the caste system in India Best Marathi Feature Film National Film Award winners Films scored by Hridaynath Mangeshkar Indian romantic drama films