“Aadhi Raat Ke Baad” (1965) was directed by Naubhai Bhatt for Movie Fare. The movie had Sailesh Kumar, Raagini, Ashok Kumar, Agha, Sajjan, Ulhas, Jankidas, Murad etc in it.
The B grade movie had A grade music in it. There were six songs in it which were composed by Chitragupta.
This review is written by Mr Arunkumar Deshmukh
The film Aadmi was a remake of the record breaking marathi Film ‘Manoos’(1938), also made by Shantaram, with the same starcast.
Aadmi’s Hero is Moti (Shahu Modak-a Jew by birth), who is a Police Constable. He falls in love with Kesar(Shanta Hublikar) ,who is a Kothewali girl. Kesar detests her singing profession and wants to quit. Moti’s family is very conservative. His old mother gives her consent for the marriage, without knowing who is the girl. When Kesar visits Moti’s mother and sees the family set up, she realises that she canot fit into it. She goes away etc etc.
The point I want to make here is ,in those days Shantaram was lauded for depecting the human side of the Policeman and for trying to bring to the notice of the society that Policemen also have natural feelings, like other members of the society.
The entire focus was only on depicting the human aspect,and it had nothing to do with Devdas mentality. Personally,I dont think that angle was behind this movie at all.
It is true that there is a scene where the Hero,Moti is dejected and wants to have drinks, and his wellwishers prevent him from doing so saying, Drinks do not solve problems, they add to it. But the story revolves around the human aspect mainly.
RAM PURUSHOTHAMDAS MARATHE born in 1927 in Pune, joined Jayant films and then Prabaht. He became the lead actor in Prabhat’s GOPALKRISHNA in 1938 and then acted in Aadmi-1939.
He was trained in music by Vilayat Khan, Mirashibuwa,Barve, Master krishnarao etc and later was a vocalist of Gwalior,Jaipur and Agra Gharana.
He acted in Hindi Marathi and Gujarati films for 30 years.He was very famous on Marathi stage.
He died in 1989.
“Aadmi” (1968) was a S V Productions movie. It was directed by A Bhim Singh. The movie had Dilip Kumar, Waheeda Rehman, Manoj Kumar, Pran, Simi Garewal, Sulochana, Ullhas, Mohan Choti, Agha etc in it.
The movie had six songs in it that were written by Shakeel Badayuni and composed by Naushad.
“Aadmi Aur Insaan” (1969) was directed by Yash Chopra for B R Chopra Films. The movie had Dharmendra, Feroz Khan, Ajit, Iftekhar, Johnny Walker, Randhawa, Saira Banu,Mumtaz, Madan Puri, Achla Sachdev etc in it.
Sahir Ludhianvi was the lyricist and music of the movie was composed by Ravi.
“Aadmi Sadak Ka”(1977) was produced and directed by Devendra Goel. The movie had Shatrughan Sinha, Zaahira, Vikram, Deven Verma, Sujit Kumar, Asit Sen, David, Agha etc in it.
Ravi was the music director.
This movie is remembered mainly of its iconic “baaraat” song “Aaj mere yaar ki shaadi hai” which is compulsorily played in the baaraat band party of all Indian weddings.
“Aag”(1948) was the debut movie of R K Banner. Raj Kapoor produced and directed this movie and acted in it too. The movie had Raj Kapoor and Nargis as the lead pair (for the first time). Others in the movie were Premnath, Nigar Sultana, Kamal Kapoor, Kamini Kaushal etc.
The movie had eight songs in it which were composed by Ram Ganguly. The movie failed at the box office. However, the next R K Banner film, namely “Barsaat” (1949) rewrote Hindi movie history and established R K Banner as a force to reckon with.
This review is written by Sudhir Kapur
This movie was produced and directed by Naresh Kumar under the banner of Dimple Films. This film’s star cast includes Feroze Khan, Mumtaz, Shyama, Achla Sachdev, Jeevan, Aruna Irani, Madan Puri, Sunder, Mohan Choti, Manohar Deepak, Tun Tun, Bipin Gupta, Indira Bansal, Randheer etc.
The lyrics credits are shared between Asad Bhopali and Indeewar, with Asad Saab having penned 6 of the 8 songs in this film. Music is composed by Usha Khanna.
“Aa Gale La Jaa” (1973) was produced by A K Nadiadwala and directed by Manmohan Desai. The movie had Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore, Shatrughan Sinha, Sulochana, Om Prakash, Jagdeep, Shobha Khote, Asrani, Gajanan Jagirdar etc in it.
Sahir Ludhianvi was the lyricist and music of this movie was composed by R D Burman.
This review is written by Arunkumar Deshmukh
AAG AUR DAAG-1971 was actually a very interesting film,but due to poor acting and direction,it did not become a hit,though the story and music was good.
The story of Aag aur Daag-
When young, Raja lives with his well to do parents in great happiness.On one Diwali day his father goes to a club to play cards,where he starts winning, but suddenly starts losing. His friend Madanlal(Madan Puri) who is with him knows that a rich person is cheating in cards. Raja’s father loses everything and decides to commit suicide with family. All 3 go to the sea,but the mother could not drag her son to death and Raja has to see his parents die before his eyes.Madanlal brings him up reminding him all the while to take revenge.
Raja(Joy Mukherjee) meets Renu(Komal) daughter of rich Ratanlal(Rajan Haksar) and falls in her love.They marry and Ratanlal makes all his business and wealth in his name.Raja still wants to take revenge on father’s cheater.He opens up a Card club and invites all con people.Madanlal who has seen the cheat and Raja wait for the prey to come.Atlast he comes.Madanlal points out to him and Raja is shocked because he is none other than Renu’s father,Ratanlal.
The story takes a turn here. Ratanlal knows that Raja is son of his victim,that is why he has given everything to him back after marrying Renu.one day he tells all this tothe Renu, which Raja hears, but before he could do anything, Ratanlal shoots himself.
This review is written by Sudhir Kapur
This movie was considered very much ahead of its times, because it dramatized a very delicate theme, that of widow remarriage. That explains the title of the movie. In 1947, this was too progressive a theme for the society of that time.
Dev Anand is indeed the lead actor / hero, named Udai, in the movie, opposite to Khursheed, who plays the role of Sarla. The other two names i.e. Vasant Thengdi and Kusum Deshpande play the roles of Sarla’s parents, Badri Prasad and Jamuna. Jamuna is the step mother to Sarla (in fact Badri Prasad’s third wife). Badri Prasad is an “aiyaash” (playboy) type person, which explains his multiple marriages, and his ongoing extra-marital flings.
Sarla’s marriage is fixed. The wedding takes place, but a fireworks accident happens on the evening of the wedding, after the ceremony is solemnized, and the newlywed groom dies in this accident. Sarla is a widow, even before her doli leaves her home. After this accident, her step mother treats her even worse. In fact the step mother’s brother makes advances towards Sarla; she resists, and in turn is blamed for trying to seduce him. Sarla is shocked, she runs away and tries to commit suicide. Udai (Dev Anand) saves her from the river, and brings her to his village and home. Udai is person of progressive thinking. He takes care of her, and he encourages Sarla to think of getting married again.
The rest of the story is about the relationship that develops between Sarla and Udai, plus a complex narrative of tragic sequences; but eventually ending with “happily ever after”.
Regarding Khursheed herself; the actress – singer Khursheed Bano started her film career in 1931 and worked in Hindi movies till 1948, whereafter she migrated to Pakistan. She passed away in 2001 in Karachi.
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