Daag (1973 film)
Daag – A Poem Of Love | |
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File:Daag A Poem of Love.jpg Theatrical Poster | |
Directed by | Yash Chopra |
Written by | Story: Gulshan Nanda Dialogue: Akhtar-Ul-Iman |
Based on | The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy |
Produced by | Yash Chopra |
Starring | Rajesh Khanna Sharmila Tagore Raakhee |
Cinematography | Kay Gee |
Edited by | Pran Mehra |
Music by | Laxmikant Pyarelal |
Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
Release date | 27 April 1973 |
Running time | 146 min |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Box office | ₹ 6.5 crores [1] |
Daag: A Poem of Love (transl.) is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film produced and directed by Yash Chopra in his debut as a producer, which laid the foundation of Yash Raj Films. It is an adaptation of the 1886 Thomas Hardy novel The Mayor of Casterbridge. The film stars Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore and Raakhee in lead roles, with Madan Puri, Kader Khan, Prem Chopra and A. K. Hangal.[2]
Daag was made at the peak of the Rajesh Khanna's craze and became a superhit at the box office and received positive reviews from critics, with major praise directed towards the performances of the three leads.[1] The music by Laxmikant Pyarelal dominated the charts for the year. The film was later remade into the Telugu film Vichitra Jeevitham (1978).[3] This film was Kader Khan's debut as an actor.[4]
At the 21st Filmfare Awards, Daag: A Poem of Love received 7 nominations, including Best Film, Best Actor (Khanna) and Best Actress (Tagore), and won 2 awards – Best Director (Chopra) and Best Supporting Actress (Raakhee).[5]
Chopra used Raakhee's character name Chandni from this film also in his later films Silsila (1981) and Chandni (1989).
Plot
A young man, Sunil Kohli (Rajesh Khanna), falls for the beautiful Sonia (Sharmila Tagore). Soon, they get married and leave for their honeymoon. On the way, owing to bad weather, they decide to spend a night at a bungalow owned by Sunil's boss. The boss's son, Dheeraj Kapoor (Prem Chopra), tries to rape Sonia when she is alone. But Sunil arrives in time, and a fight ensues, resulting in the death of Dheeraj. Sunil is arrested and, later, sentenced to life imprisonment by the court. But, on the way to prison, the police van carrying him meets with an accident. All occupants are killed.
Years later, Sonia, working as a school teacher and bringing up Sunil's and her son, finds out that her husband is still alive. He is living with a new identity as Sudhir, and is married to a rich woman named Chandni (Raakhee). After escaping from the police van, Sunil met Chandni, whose lover had ditched her on learning of her pregnancy. Sunil married her to provide legitimacy to her child, in return for her help in establishing his new identity. Now, after so many years, the law is once again at his doorstep. This time, however, there is an added crime to his name: bigamy.
Cast
- Rajesh Khanna – Sunil Kohli / Sudhir
- Sharmila Tagore – Sonia Kohli
- Raakhee – Chandni
- Prem Chopra – Dheeraj Kapoor
- Baby Pinky – Pinky
- Raju Shrestha (Master Raju) – Rinku
- Manmohan Krishna – Deewan, Chandni's father
- Madan Puri – K. C. Khanna
- Achala Sachdev – Mrs. Malti Khanna
- Iftekhar – Inspector Singh
- Hari Shivdasani – Jagdish Kapoor
- Yashodra Katju – School Principal
- Kader Khan – Prosecuting attorney
- A. K. Hangal – Prosecuting Attorney / Judge
- S. N. Banerjee – Judge
- Karan Dewan – Doctor Kapoor who treats Chandni's father
- Surendra – Sunil's uncle
- Jagdish Raj – Ram Singh (driver)
- Manmohan – Prisoner in van fighting with Sunil
- Padma Khanna – Dancer
- Aruna – Dancer
- Habib – Blacksmith removing Sunil's handcuffs
- Saul George – Jr. Artist
Crew
- Director – Yash Chopra
- Story – Gulshan Nanda
- Dialogue – Akhtar-Ul-Iman
- Producer – Yash Chopra
- Editor – Pran Mehra
- Art Director – R. G. Gaekwad
- Cinematographer – Kay Gee
- Stunts – Ravi Khanna, M. B. Shetty
- Choreographer – Suresh Bhatt[citation needed]
- Lyricist – Sahir Ludhianvi
- Music Director – Laxmikant Pyarelal
- Playback Singers – Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Rajesh Khanna
Soundtrack
The soundtrack includes the following tracks, composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal, and with lyrics by Sahir Ludhianvi[6]
- The song "Ab Chahe Ma Roothe Yaa Baba" was listed at #7 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1973
- The song "Mere Dil Mein Aaj Kya Hai" was listed at #20 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1973
Daag: A Poem of Love | ||||
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Soundtrack album by | ||||
Released | 1973 (India) | |||
Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
Label | Sa Re Ga Ma | |||
Producer | Laxmikant Pyarelal | |||
Laxmikant Pyarelal chronology | ||||
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# | Title | Singer(s) | Duration |
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1 | "Mere Dil Mein Aaj Kya Hai" | Kishore Kumar | 04:19 |
2 | "Ab Chahe Ma Roothe Yaa Baba" | Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar | 05:36 |
3 | "Hum Aur Tum Tum Aur Hum" | Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar | 04:07 |
4 | "Jab Bhi Jee Chaahe" | Lata Mangeshkar | 04:19 |
5 | "Main To Kuchh Bhi Nahin" | Rajesh Khanna | 02:28 |
6 | "Ni Main Yaar Manana Ni" | Lata Mangeshkar, Minoo Purushottam | 05:48 |
7 | "Hawa Chale Kaise" | Lata Mangeshkar | 05:46 |
Awards and nominations
Won
Nominated
- Best Film
- Best Actor – Rajesh Khanna
- Best Actress – Sharmila Tagore
- Best Music Director – Laxmikant Pyarelal
- Best Male Playback Singer – Kishore Kumar for "Mere Dil Mein Aaj Kya Hai"
References
- ^ a b "Box Office India". Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Sood, Samira (3 October 2020). "Daag, Yash Chopra's debut as producer, broke the mould with its shades of bigamy".
- ^ Kohli, Suresh (5 June 2014). "Daag (1973)" – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "Kader Khan". IMDb.
- ^ a b "1st Filmfare Awards 1953" (PDF).
- ^ "Daag 1973 songs". Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2009.
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