Shirin Farhad | |
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Directed by | Aspi Irani [1] |
Written by | Hakim Riaz Latta [1] |
Screenplay by | Hakim Riaz Latta |
Story by | Hakim Riaz Latta |
Based on | Khosrow and Shirin from Shahnameh |
Produced by | Aspi Irani |
Starring |
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Edited by | Dinesh Tanhame |
Music by | S. Mohinder |
Release date |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindustani |
Shirin Farhad is a 1956 Indian Hindustani-language romantic drama film directed and produced by Aspi Irani. [1] Based on Khosrow and Shirin from the Shahnameh, [3] it revolves around Princess Shirin (Madhubala) who is forbidden to meet her childhood sweetheart Farhad (Pradeep Kumar) and forced to marry a king. [4]
The film featured a popular soundtrack composed by S. Mohinder and was partially shot in Gevacolor. According to writers Rekha Menon and Mohan Deep, the film was one of the biggest box office successes of Madhubala and Pradeep Kumar's careers. [5] [6]
The film is about two star-crossed lovers: Shirin and Farhad. Shirin is a princess who developed a liking for a beautiful deer she saw in a shop in her childhood. As she takes the deer with her at her palace, she promises its owner, Farhad, the poor child of a sculptor to come to her palace everyday and play with her and the deer.
Farhad continues to do so and Shirin and Farhad become very close friends despite social differences; and eventually fall in love. However, a reluctant Shirin's marriage is fixed with the Shahenshah Husro. This first infuriates Farhad and then makes him a wanderer.
The rest of the film deals with how Farhad reaches Shirin's in-law's palace and how her husband Husro promises him to give him "anything" if he is able to create a lake of milk from a rocky mountain for Shirin to bath in. As Farhad succeeds, his enemies tell him that Shirin is dead, and consequently Farhad too kills himself by jumping from a cliff in the milk lake. However, Shirin is alive and upon knowing that Farhad is no more, she jumps into the same lake. The film ends with two lovers climbing the stairs of heaven peacefully, holding each other's hands and finally reuniting.
The soundtrack was composed by S. Mohinder, and lyrics were penned by Tanvir Naqbi and Saba Afghani. "Hazaron Rang Badlega Zamana" and "Guzara Hua Zamana, Aata Nahi Dobara" became popular upon the film's release.
No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Guzra Hua Zamana, Aata Nahi Dobara" | Lata Mangeshkar | |
2. | "Hazaron Rang Badlega Zamana" | Mohammed Rafi | |
3. | "Na Hanso Pyar Pr" | Mohammed Rafi | |
4. | "Aankhon Mein Tumhare Jalwe" | Mohammad Rafi | |
5. | "Na Tajshahi Na Badshahi" | Mohammed Rafi | |
6. | "Mera Aagaz Shirin Hai" | Asha Bhonsle, Hemant Kumar | |
7. | "Bichde Hue Milenge Phir" | Asha Bhonsle | |
8. | "Do Hi Lafzon Ka" | Talat Mahmood | |
9. | "Are Dilruba, Jaan-e-Wafa" | Asha Bhonsle, Hemant Kumar | |
10. | "Aaja O Jaan-e-Wafa" | Lata Mangeshkar, Hemant Kumar | |
11. | "Aasman Wale Bata De" | Lata Mangeshkar |
As per Times of India, Shirin Farhad was theatrically released on 3 February 1956 in Bombay. [2]
Shirin Farhad proved to be very popular among audience. [7] As per Madhubala's biographer Mohan Deep, the film was a financial success; its success captured the pairing of Madhubala and Pradeep Kumar to fame. [6]
Shirin Farhad was also a breakthrough film of Ameeta. Nett4u reported: "Her acting career took a turn with Shirin Farhad in which she acted along Madhubala in 1956. This hit brought her lead roles in Abhimaan and Zamana ." [8]
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