Taxi Driver (1954)
| Movie | |
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| Original title | Taxi driver |
| Country of production | India |
| original language | Hindi |
| Publishing year | 1954 |
| length | 133 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Chetan Anand |
| script | Chetan Anand |
| production | Dev Anand |
| music | Sachin Dev Burman |
| camera | V. Ratra |
| cut | MD Jadhav Rao |
| occupation | |
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Taxi Driver is a Hindi film by Chetan Anand from the year 1954 .
action
The taxi driver Mangal, called "Hero" by his friends, is a regular guest at a nightclub where the Anglo-Indian Sylvie , whom he adored, works as a cabaret dancer. One evening he saves the ambitious young singer Mala from harassment by two street thugs. She was on the way to the film music composer Ratanlal, who should help her with starting her career. Since they don't find Ratanlal, Mangal takes them in. In the course of time Mangal and Mala get closer, but as soon as visitors come, Mala has to dress up as a man. Mangal teaches their street jargon and other habits of the proletariat. The romance is disrupted by the activities of a criminal gang, including stealing Mangal's taxi when they need a vehicle to rob a bank. The gang ends up having a shooting with Mangal's friends in the nightclub.
music
Most of the songs written by SD Burman are cabaret numbers for "Sylvie". However, hits were in particular the taxi driver number Chahe koi khush ho chahe galiyan hazaar de sung by Kishore Kumar and the tragic Jaye to jaye kahan interpreted by Talat Mahmood . The female interpreters of the film songs are Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar . The lyrics are from Sahir Ludhianvi .
Others
The brothers Dev and Chetan Anand produced the film with their film company " Navketan Prod. ". The script was based on a story by Uma and Vijay Anand . In 1976 Dev Anand made a remake of the film called Jaaneman .
Awards
Reviews
According to the Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , Dev Anand delivered his most famous proletarian portrayal in his role as a taxi driver; this in a story that is inspired by film noir .
literature
- Entry on Taxi Driver in Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , p. 339
Web links
- Taxi Driver in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Review at molodezhnaja.ch
- Drooling over this cabbie (Taxi Driver )
Individual evidence
- ^ Ashish Rajadhyaksha, Paul Willemen: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema , p. 339