Samadhi (1972 film)

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Samadhi
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Poster
Directed by Prakash Mehra
Produced byBhagwant Singh
G. L. Khanna
Starring Dharmendra
Asha Parekh
Jaya Bhaduri
Music by R. D. Burman
Production
company
Sangam Arts International
Release date
  • 22 December 1972 (1972-12-22)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Budget₹0.90 Cr
Box office₹3.20 Cr [1]

Samadhi is a 1972 Hindi film directed by Prakash Mehra. The film stars Dharmendra in double role as father and son, along with Asha Parekh and Jaya Bhaduri as their love interests. The music was composed by R. D. Burman. The memorable songs in the film include "Kaanta Laga", "Jab Tak Rahe" and "Jaan-E-Jaana". The film became a huge success at the box office, collecting around 3.2 crore rupees. [2]

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Cast

Soundtrack

"Kaanta Laga" is the most popular song from the film, and was remixed by T-Series album DJ Doll with an accompanying music video starring Shefali Jariwala. [3] [4]

All lyrics are penned by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

SongSinger
"Kaanta Laga, Hay Laga" Lata Mangeshkar
"Maine Dekha Ek Sapna, Kya Dekha Bolo Na Bolo Na"Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar
"Jaan-E-Jaana Jao"Kishore Kumar
"Jab Tak Rahe Tan Mein" Asha Bhosle
"O Yaara Yaara"Asha Bhosle
"Yeh Khel Hai Taqdeer Ke" Manna Dey

Remakes

The film was remade in Bangladesh as Badshah in 1975, directed by Akbar Kabir Pintu. It stars Kamrul Alam Khan Khasru in double role as father and son, along with Shabana and Nuton as their love interests. [5] [6] It was also remade in Telugu as Nindu Manishi in 1978. [7]

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