Amar Prem (1972)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Amar Prem |
| Country of production | India |
| original language | Hindi , English |
| Publishing year | 1972 |
| length | 145 minutes |
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| Director | Shakti Samanta |
| script | Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay (book), Arabinda Mukherjee , Ramesh Pant |
| production | Shakti Samanta |
| music | Rahul Dev Burman |
| camera | Aloke Dasgupta |
| cut | Govind Dalwadi |
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Amar Prem ( Hindi : अमर प्रेम, Urdu : امر پریم, translated: Immortal Love ) is a Bollywood classic from 1972 and is based on a novel by the Bengali author Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay . The drama is a remake of the Bengali film Nishipadma by Arabinda Mukherjee , who wrote the script for both films. He was also successful at the box office.
action
Pushpa is a young woman who, however, cannot give birth to her husband. Reason enough for him to throw her out of the house and marry a second wife. There is already bad whispering about Pushpa in the village and after a false accusation, she is even thrown out of the house by her own mother. A family friend, Nepal Babu, takes her to Calcutta and puts her in a brothel. There, thanks to her beautiful voice, she quickly becomes a star and attracts the attention of the rich alcoholic Anand Babu. He visits Pushpa every night because his own wife completely neglects him.
Years later, Pushpa has built a small existence in the red light district . Finally, a man from her village moves into a neighboring house, but he doesn't want anything to do with her. Nevertheless, she befriends his little son Nandu, who is treated badly by his stepmother. However, she gives him all her love as if Nandu were her own son. She even pays Nandu's medical expenses as his family lives in poor conditions. Pushpa is all the more sad when Nandu moves away with his family.
The years go by and Pushpa has become an old woman. The now adult Nandu is also back in town and he longs to see Pushpa again. After he happens to meet Anand, he accompanies him to her. Both are overjoyed to see each other again and Nandu takes them to live with his small family.
music
| Song title | Singer |
|---|---|
| Doli Mein Bithai Ke | Sachin Dev Burman |
| Raina Beeti Jaye | Lata Mangeshkar |
| Chingari Koi Bhadke | Kishore Kumar |
| Kuchh Toh Log Kahenge | Kishore Kumar |
| Yeh Kya Hua | Kishore Kumar |
| Bada Natkhat Hai Yeh | Lata Mangeshkar |
Awards
- Filmfare Award / Best Dialogue to Ramesh Pant
- Filmfare Award / Best Screenplay to Arabinda Mukherjee
- Filmfare Award / Best Sound to Jehangir Nowrojee
Nominations
- Filmfare Award / Best Actor to Rajesh Khanna
- Filmfare Award / Best Playback Singer to Kishore Kumar for Chingari Koi Bhadke
- Filmfare Award / Best Lyrics to Anand Bakshi for Chingari Koi Bhadke
criticism
The plot itself is relatively thin and, I dare to say, also somewhat predictable - but it is the constellations and their changes over the generations that advance the film and give the intimate work something epic. There is also no lack of small socially critical peaks. For example, when the oh-so-pious village culture is shown as a refuge of intrigues, while the supposedly sinful Pushpa prays and only does good. (...)
Web links
- Amar Prem in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Review at molodezhnaja.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=177&catName=MTk3MQ== ( Memento from February 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ from molodezhnaja.ch, from November 7, 2005