Nazrana (1961 film)

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Nazrana
Nazrana 1961.jpg
Film poster
Directed by C. V. Sridhar
Written by C. V. Sridhar (story)
Rajendra Krishan (dialogue and lyrics)
Based on Kalyana Parisu (Tamil)
Produced byS. Krishnamurthy and T. Govindarajan
Starring Raj Kapoor
Vyjayanthimala
Usha Kiran
Cinematography A. Vincent
Edited byN. M. Shankar
Music by Ravi
Production
company
Venus Pictures
Distributed byVenus Pictures
Release date
  • 1961 (1961)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget40,00,000 (estimated)
Box office90,00,000

Nazrana (transl.Gift) is a 1961 Indian black-and-white Hindi-language melodrama film produced by S. Krishnamurthy and T. Govindarajan and directed by C. V. Sridhar in his Hindi directorial debut. The film stars Raj Kapoor, Vyjayanthimala, Usha Kiran in a love triangle, while South star Gemini Ganeshan has an extended cameo appearance. [1] The music is by Ravi. The Mohammed Rafi song "Baazi Kisi Ne Pyar Ki Jeeti Ya Haar Di", which was picturised on Raj Kapoor and it was one of the popular sad songs of that era.

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The film was a remake of the 1959 Tamil film Kalyana Parisu , which was also directed by C. V. Sridhar and was remade in Turkish as Küçük Sevgilim  [ tr ]. [2] Nazrana is a triangular love story between Raj, Vasanthi and Geeta.

Plot

Raj and Basanti are college mates who clash when she complains to the college principal about a love letter he sent her. Later on, realizing her mistake, Basanti apologizes to him and the two fall in love. Basanti's elder sister, Geeta, supports the family by stitching clothes. Raj rents the room upstairs in their house. He falls ill and in nursing him, Geeta falls in love with him. She confides her love to Basanti, who decides to sacrifice her love for the sake of her sister and convinces Raj to marry Geeta. Raj initially neglects Geeta. On finding out, Basanti writes to him that their sacrifice, made for Geeta's happiness, would mean nothing unless he is a good husband to Geeta. Raj relents and marries Geeta and they have a son. Basanti joins them and Geeta suspects that there is something on between Raj and Basanti and makes Basanti leave the house. A few years later, Geeta, having found out that Raj and Basanti loved each other, dies in guilt leaving Raj alone to bring up their child, making him promise that he will make Basanti the child's mother. Raj learns of Basanti's impending marriage to her former boss Shyam. By the time he reaches there, Basanti is already married. He hands over his child to Basanti as a wedding gift and walks away.

Cast

Production

Casting

Initially the shooting of the film was started with actress B. Saroja Devi, who acted in the Tamil original Kalyana Parisu and its Telugu remake Pelli Kanuka . During the filming process, she fell out with the director C. V. Sridhar and was replaced by actress Usha Kiran. [3] [4]

Soundtrack

Nazrana
Soundtrack album by
Released1961 (1961)
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Sa Re Ga Ma
HMV Group
Ravi chronology
Ghunghat
(1960)
Nazrana
(1961)
Gharana
(1961)

The film soundtrack was composed by Ravi, with lyrics by Rajendra Krishan. [5] The songs "Baazi Kisi Ne Pyar Ki Jeeti Ya Haar Di", "Bikhrake Zulfen Chaman Mein Na Jana" and "Ek Woh Bhi Diwali Thi" became popular. [6]

SongSingers
"Baazi Kisi Ne Pyar Ki" Mohammed Rafi
"Mele Hai Chiragon Ki" Lata Mangeshkar
"Bikhrake Zulfen"Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh
"Mere Peechhe Ek" Asha Bhosle, Mukesh
"Ek Woh Bhi Diwali Thi"Mukesh

Box office

At the end of its theatrical run, Nazrana grossed around 90,00,000 with net of 45,00,000 and was an average success at box office, thus becoming 12th highest-grossing film of 1961. [7]

Awards

Filmfare Awards

1961 – Filmfare Award for Best StoryC. V. Sridhar [8]

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