''Nirmon'' is a 1966 Indian

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-language film. It was directed by A. Salam and produced by Frank Fernand. The film features C. Alvares, Shalini Mardolkar, Anthony De Sa,

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, A. R. Souza Ferrão, Antonette Mendes, and Jacinto Vaz.

Cast and crew

''Nirmon'' was Frank Fernand's second production. It had story and direction from A. Salam, music by Fernand, dialogue by C. Alvares, and screenplay and editing by R. V. Shirkhande. The film stars Shalini Mardolkar, C. Alvares, Titta Pretto, Anthony D'Sa, Jacinto Vaz, Antonette Mendes,

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, Jack Souza Ferrão and J. P. Souzalin.

Inspiration

Nirmonn is based on

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's character from the 1864 poem ''

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''.

Remake

In 1967, it was remade into the

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movie ''Taqdeer'', in which Shalini Mardolkar took the lead role as in the original film. ''Taqdeer'', produced by Rajshri Productions was dubbed into seven other languages. The

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film was also directed by A. Salam.

Awards

The film won two National Awards at the hands of

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’s then Prime Minister

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. C. Alvares earned best actor for his lead role. The film won the

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for regional films at the 13th National Film Awards, the first of its kind for Konkani.

Music

The songs of ''Nirmon'' have become standards. The music was released on Angel Records under EMI of The Gramophone Company of India, manufactured and distributed by The Gramophone Company.

References

External links

* 1966 films Films based on Enoch Arden 1960s Konkani-language films {{India-film-stub