Swarg Narak (transl. Heaven and Hell) is a 1978 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced by B. Nagi Reddy under the Vijaya Productions Pvt. Ltd. banner and directed and written by Dasari Narayana Rao.[1][2][3] It stars Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Vinod Mehra, Moushumi Chatterjee, Shabana Azmi and music is composed by Rajesh Roshan. All three songs became popular. The film is a remake of the Telugu Silver Jubilee movie Swargam Narakam (1975) made by the same director.[4][5][6][7]
| Swarg Narak | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Dasari Narayana Rao |
| Written by | Raj Baldev Raj (Dialogue) |
| Screenplay by | Dasari Narayana Rao |
| Story by | Dasari Narayana Rao |
| Produced by | B.Nagi Reddy |
| Starring | Sanjeev Kumar Jeetendra Vinod Mehra Moushumi Chatterjee Shabana Azmi |
| Cinematography | P.L. Rai |
| Edited by | K Balu |
| Music by | Rajesh Roshan |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 164 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot edit
This is the story of three couples. The first couple is that of Tripathi (Sanjeev Kumar), who always takes advantage of other's mistakes and position and earns money and his wife Mary. The second one is that of Geeta (Shabana Azmi) and Romeo Vinod (Vinod Mehra), while the jealous and possessive Shobha (Moushumi Chatterjee) and Vicky Kapoor (Jeetendra) form the third one.
The first couple is a happily married one. The second couple stays with Vinod's mother (Kamini Kaushal). Vinod spends a lot of time with Leena (Prema Narayan) and attending late night parties while Geeta patiently awaits her husband every night. Once Shobha happens to see Vicky with Radha (Tanuja), she assumes they are having an affair and pesters Vicky about it. When Vicky denies it, she leaves him. On the other hand, Vinod decides to leave the house, but destiny plays its role. He meets with an accident and during his recovery period, Geeta proves how important she is for him. He repents and completely changes into a new soft-spoken and good man. On the other hand, Shobha spoils her own relationship to such a stage that Vicky is compelled to leave his house after Radha's tragic death. At this juncture, Tripathi steps in to mend the couple. Some of the events that follow are hilarious sequences. Whether Tripathi is successful in mending these couples forms the rest of the story.
Cast edit
- Sanjeev Kumar as Pandit Sohanlal Tripathi
- Jeetendra as Mohan "Micky" Kapoor
- Vinod Mehra as Vinod
- Moushumi Chatterjee as Shobha Mohan Kapoor
- Shabana Azmi as Geeta Vinod
- Tanuja as Radha
- Shobhini Singh as Mary
- Madan Puri as Lala Lalchand
- A. K. Hangal as Geeta's Father
- Raj Mehra as Shobha's Father
- Om Shivpuri as College Principal
- Jagdeep as Vinod's friend
- Paintal as Shambhu, Shobha's servant
- Vikram Gokhale as Cinema Hall Manager
- Birbal as Zaveri, Cinema Hall employee
- Saleem as Student
- Adil Amaan
- Kamini Kaushal as Vinod's mother
- Shammi as Shobha's Mother
- Pandari Bai
- Prema Narayan as Leena
- Farita Boyce as Lily
- Komilla Wirk
- Baby Sumathi
- Baby Gowri
- Helen as Cabaret Dancer
Soundtrack edit
| # | Song Title | Singers | Lyricist | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Leena O Leena Dil Toone Cheena" | Kishore Kumar | Anand Bakshi | 4:55 | |
| 2 | "Aag Hai Lagi Hui Yahan Wahan" | Mohammad Rafi | Anand Bakshi | 6:00 | |
| 3 | "I Love you" | Lata Mangeshkar | Harindranath Chattopadhyay | 6.20 | |
| 4 | "Nahin Nahin Koi Tumsa Haseen" | Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle | Anand Bakshi | 5.50 |
References edit
- ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 9781135943257 – via Google Books.
- ^ Nadadhur, Srivathsan (31 May 2017). "Dasari: The original trendsetter" – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "National : Many roles for Mohan Babu". The Hindu. 22 November 2005.[dead link]
- ^ Malhotra, Aps (9 October 2014). "Blast from the Past: Swarg Narak (1978)" – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "Swargam Narakam". 22 November 1975 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Swarg Narak on Bollywood hungama". Bollywood Hungama. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008.
- ^ Hooli, Shekhar H. "Dasari Narayana Rao's death marks the end of an era in Telugu film industry". IBT.
External links edit
- Swarg Narak at IMDb
