Noorie
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Directed by | Manmohan Krishna |
Produced by | Yash Chopra |
Starring | Farooq Shaikh Poonam Dhillon Madan Puri |
Music by | Khayyam Jan Nisar Akhtar (lyrics) Naqsh Lyallpuri (lyrics) |
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Running time | 114min |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi-Urdu[1] |
Box office | ₹50 million (US$6.14 million) (India)[2] |
Noorie is a 1979 Indian romance film produced by Yash Chopra, and directed by Manmohan Krishna; this is his only film as director. The film stars Farooq Shaikh, Poonam Dhillon, Madan Puri and Iftekhar. The film's music is by Khayyam and the lyrics by Jan Nisar Akhtar.
The film was a "Super-Hit" and the seventh highest-grossing film at the Indian box office in 1979.[2] It was also an overseas hit in China, where it released in 1981,[3] and became one of the most successful Indian films in China at the time, along with Awaara and Caravan.[4]
Plot
Noorie (Poonam Dhillon) lives in the Bhaderwah valleys with her father, Ghulam Nabi (Iftekhar) and her dog Khairoo. She has a boyfriend Yusuf (Farooq Shaikh), they decide to get married, the date is decided and preparations begin. But fate had something else in store. Another villager, Bashir Khan (Bharat Kapoor) takes a liking to Noorie and approaches Noorie's father for her hand, to which Ghulam Nabi refuses. An angry Bashir Khan then arranges the murder of Gulam Nabi, through his men, using a falling tree. The marriage is suspended, and few months later when the marriage preparations are back on, a few days before the marriage, Bashir Khan, who happens to be Yusuf's boss sends him on an errand out of town. While Yusuf is out of town, Bashir Khan goes over to Noorie's house and rapes her. Noorie commits suicide and Yusuf gets to know that it all happened because of Bashir, so he runs behind him to kill him, followed by Khairoo. They end up into a physical fight and Yusuf gets shot by Bashir. As Bashir runs back, he finds Khairoo there, who finally kills Bashir. Yusuf runs to the place where Noorie's body is and dies there. At the end they both are dug into the ground and unite with each other.
Cast
- Farooque Shaikh as Yusuf Fakir Mohammed
- Poonam Dhillon as Noorie Nabi
- Madan Puri as Lala Karamchand
- Iftekhar as Ghulam Nabi
- Padma Khanna as Courtesan
- Gita Siddharth as Karamchand's daughter-in-law
- Javed Khan as Faulad Khan
- Bharat Kapoor as Basheer Khan
- Avtar Gill as Basheer's friend
- Manmohan Krishna as Saiji (Storyteller)
Soundtrack
The following tracks[5] were composed by Khayyam, with lyrics by Jan Nisar Akhtar, Naqsh Lyallpuri and Majrooh Sultanpuri.
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Released | 1979 (India) | |||
Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Producer | Khayyam | |||
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# | Title | Singer(s) | Lyricist | Duration |
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1 | "Aaja Re O Mere Dilbar Aaja" – I | Lata Mangeshkar, Nitin Mukesh | Jan Nisar Akhtar | 04:58 |
2 | "Chori Chori Koi Aaye" | Lata Mangeshkar | Naqsh Lyallpuri | 05:04 |
3 | "Qadar Tune Na Jani" | Asha Bhosle | Naqsh Lyallpuri | 05:12 |
4 | "Uske Khel Nirale Wohi Jane" | Pamela Chopra, Jagjit Kaur, Anwar | Majrooh Sultanpuri | 04:54 |
5 | "Aashiq Ho To Aisa Ho" (Qawwali) | Pamela Chopra, Mahendra Kapoor, Jagjit Kaur, Swadesh Mahan | Jan Nisar Akhtar | 06:31 |
6 | "Aaja Re O Mere Dilbar Aaja" – II | Lata Mangeshkar, Nitin Mukesh | Jan Nisar Akhtar | 05:03 |
Awards
Nominated
- Best Film – Yash Chopra
- Best Director – Manmohan Krishna
- Best Actress – Poonam Dhillon
- Best Music Director – Khayyam
- Best Lyricist – Jan Nisar Akhtar for "Aaja Re"
- Best Male Playback Singer – Nitin Mukesh for "Aaja Re"
Trivia
Teri Meherbaniyan (1985) was copy of this film, starring also Poonam Dhillon and with a wonder dog too.
References
- ^ Ramachandran, T. M.; Rukmini, S. (1985). "Urdu Cinema". 70 Years of Indian Cinema, 1913–1983. Cinema India-International. p. 491. ISBN 978-0-86132-090-5.
- ^ a b Box Office 1979 Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "印度片現在這麼火也不是沒有原因的". Xuehua. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
- ^ "Dangal underlines popularity of Indian films in China". China Daily. 20 July 2017.
- ^ "Noorie : Lyrics and video of Songs from the Movie Noorie (1979)". HindiGeetMala. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2016.
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