Bahar (transl. The spring season) is a 1951 Hindi Black-and-white social guidance film written and directed by M. V. Raman. It was a remake of the 1949 South Indian film Vazhkai. The film starred Vyjayanthimala and Pandari Bai in their Bollywood debut, Karan Dewan in the lead with Pran, Om Prakash, Leela Mishra, Sunder, Tabassum, Indira Acharya and Chaman Puri, forming an ensemble cast. The film was produced by A. V. Meiyappan with his production company, AVM. The music was composed by S. D. Burman with lyrics provided by Rajendra Krishan, while the editing was done by K. Shankarand and M. V. Raman and the camera was handled by T. Muthuswamy. The story revolves around Lata, Daksh Garg and Malti.
| Bahar | |
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| Directed by | M. V. Raman |
| Written by | Rajendra Krishan |
| Story by | Daksh Garg |
| Produced by | A. V. Meiyappan |
| Starring | Karan Dewan Vyjayanthimala Pandari Bai Pran Om Prakash |
| Cinematography | T. Muthuswamy |
| Edited by | M. V. Raman K. Shankar |
| Music by | S. D. Burman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Rajshri Productions |
Release date |
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Running time | 170 min |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹12,500,000[2] |
Plot edit
The story revolves around Lata, who lives a wealthy lifestyle with her parents and they would like her to marry the wealthy Shekhar; she initially approves of it. Shortly thereafter, she meets Vasant Kumar, they fall in love and marry. Heartbroken and angry, Shekhar starts to investigate Vasant's background. He finds out that Vasant's real name is Ashok, an editor for a magazine. What happens in Ashok's or Vasant Kumar's life?
Cast edit
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Crew edit
- H. Shantaram as the Art director
- K. A. Rehman as the Costume designer
- E. I. Jeeva as the Audiographer
- Hiralal and K. N. Dandayuthapani as the Choreographers
- K. Kumar and R. N. Nagaraja Rao as the Still photographer
- P. N. Nambiar, Panchapagesan, T. Ramaswamy and Sudhir Kumar Dey as the Colour Consultants
- R. Rangaswamy as the Line producer
- S. P. Chellappa and T. K. Srinivasan as the Production controllers
- K. N. Kini as the make-up person
- S. L Narayan as the Assistant director
- P. L. Valliappan and V. R. Ratan as the Assistant cinematographers
- M. Alagappan as the Assistant art director
- C. D. Viswanathan, M. K. Balu and S. P. Ramanathan as the Assistant audiographers
- Somu as the Assistant make-up person
Production edit
After his film Vazhkai was a runaway success at the box office where it completed 25 weeks of its theatrical run, A. V. Meiyappan planned to remake the film in Hindi with his company AVM Productions.[3] For the lead female role, actress Vyjayanthimala was roped in, Vyjayanthimala, who has done the same role previously in the Tamil and Telugu versions was about to make her Bollywood debut through this film.[4] She had also learned Hindi at the Hindi Prachar Sabha to dub her own voice for her character.[5] For second female lead, popular South Indian actress Pandari Bai was approached, though earlier she was considered to enact the same role in the Tamil version, only to be rejected by A. V. Meiyappan because of her Kannada-tinged Tamil accent, who replaced her with actress M. S. Draupadi in that role.[6] Pandari Bai was credited as Padmini in this film, as her name is too old-fashioned for Bollywood.[6][7]
Soundtrack edit
| Bahar | ||||
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| Released | 1951 | |||
| Recorded | Minoo Katrak | |||
| Genre | Film soundtrack | |||
| Label | The Gramophone Company of India | |||
| Producer | S. D. Burman | |||
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The film's soundtrack was composed by S. D. Burman, while the lyrics were penned by Rajendra Krishan.[8] R.Sudarsanam of south was the associate music director. Almost all the songs were chartbusters and the album proved to be successful for music director S. D. Burman, who previously tasted success through Shabnam.
The album features Kishore Kumar's early hit song "Qasoor Aapka", and he later became one of the leading male playback singers in Bollywood.[9][10] Bahar is also one of the rare soundtracks where Burman uses Shamshad Begum as his main singer. Her voice for the song "Saiyan Dil Mein Aana Re" became a hit.[11] "Saiyan Dil Mein Aana Re" was later remixed by Harry Anand for the album UMI 10 Vol 4.[12]
| Song | Singer |
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| "Ae Zindagi Ka Rahi" | Talat Mahmood |
| "Bhagwan Do Ghadi Zara" | Geeta Dutt |
| "O Duniyawale Kitne Zalim Hai" | Geeta Dutt |
| "Saiyan Dil Mein Aana Re" | Shamshad Begum |
| "Chhodo Ji Kalai Hamar" | Shamshad Begum |
| "Duniya Ka Maza Le Lo" | Shamshad Begum |
| "O Pardesiya" | Shamshad Begum |
| "Kusoor Aapka Huzoor Aapka" | Shamshad Begum |
| "Kusoor Aapka Huzoor Aapka" | Kishore Kumar |
Box office edit
At the end of its theatrical run, the film grossed around ₹12,500,000 with a net of ₹7,000,000, while it became the sixth-highest-grossing film of 1951 with a verdict of "hit" at the box office.[2]
References edit
- ^ "Bahar (Hindi)". Avm.in. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ^ a b "Box Office 1951". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2011. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ^ "AVM Production". Avm.in. Archived from the original on 18 February 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ^ "1951 – Year that was". The Indian Express. 25 July 1997. Archived from the original on 28 March 2005. Retrieved 13 October 2011.
- ^ Sudha Umashanker (19 April 2001). "Bali uncensored". The Hindu. Chennai, India. Archived from the original on 19 July 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2011.
- ^ a b Randor Guy (21 February 2003). "Remembering Pandari Bai". The Indian Express. Retrieved 22 November 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Randor Guy (14 February 2003). "Actress who glowed with inner beauty". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 4 July 2003. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ^ "Bahar (1951)". Raaga.com. Retrieved 7 October 2011.
- ^ Dinesh Raheja (18 February 2002). "Kishore Kumar: The master voice". Rediff. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ^ Raju Bharatan (13 October 2000). "Remembering Kishore Kumar". Rediff. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ^ Siraj Khan (Web Feature Service) (17 April 2009). "Shamshad Begum: Still topping the charts at 90". Newstrackindia.com. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
- ^ Vishnu, A. (6 August 2003). "Return to remixes". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
External links edit
- Bahar at IMDb
- Bahar profile at Upperstall.com
