My OperaAaina
Saturday, December 8, 2012 10:52:02 AM
Super Star Rajesh Khanna's Aaina - 1977
INTRODUCTION :
Aaina (Hindi: आइना; translation: Mirror) is a 1974 Indian Bollywood film starring Mumtaz in the lead roles and A. K. Hangal, Nirupa Roy, Lalita Pawar, Jayasudha and Madan Puri in support roles. The music is given by Naushad.This film has a special appearance by Super Star Rajesh Khanna. The 2007 film, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag has a similar plot to that of Aaina, with Rani Mukerji reprising Mumtaz's role as a prostitute.
The film is directed by director K. Balachander. He had filmed the same story before: the Tamil film Arangetram (1973) with Kamal Hassan, Pramila and Sivakumar. The film is about a Brahmin girl becoming a sex worker to support her mother and siblings.
SUMMARY :
Ram Shashtri, an upper Caste Hindu Brahmin, lives in a small village in India, but has a very large family, consisting of his wife, Savitri, five daughters and three sons. Ram performs prayers and last rites for the Hindu community, and it is through these meagre earnings that the entire household lives on. The eldest is a daughter by name Shalini, silently falls in love with Ashok J. Rao, the son of the Village Mukhiya, Jagannath. As the Raos are of a much lower caste than the Shastris, Ashok is told by his dad that he cannot marry Shalini. One day, after an argument with his dad, he leaves to join the army, and a few weeks later a telegram is received by Jagannath that Ashok is no more. As Ram is unable to get more assignments, Savitri attempts to poison the entire family, but Shalini stops her in time. She gets a job and is able to get the family to get back up on its feet. Her brother, Gautam, wants to be a doctor, so she arranges for his studies, while her sister, Poorna, wants to be a singer, and a music teacher is arranged. Then Shalini leaves her village to travel to Poona to get her brother's admission to Medical College, with considerable success, and from thence on there is no looking back for this family. Shalini gets a raise and an offer for a big pay-raise if she re-locates to the capital, Delhi, which she does. She sends plenty of money so her dad does not have to work, and her siblings can carry on with their respective studies. Then Shalini's sister, Girja, meets a young man, Raju, and both fall in love. Gautam, now a doctor, is in love with the Tehsildar's daughter, Usha, and wants to marry her. Shalini returns home to attend the two marriages. The marriages take place with great pomp and ceremony and everyone compliments Shalini, for without her efforts, the family would have been destitute. But after the weddings, her life will be changed forever, she will lose all respect from her family, she will be treated as an outcast and forced to leave the house.
STAR CAST :
Super Star Rajesh Khanna - Ashok J. Rao (Special Appearance)
Mumtaz - Shalini R. Shastri
A. K. Hangal - Ram Shastri
Nirupa Roy - Savitri R. Shastri
Rita Bhaduri - Poorna R. Shastri
Adil - Dr. Gautam R. Shastri
Jayasudha - Usha G. Shastri
Lalitha Pawar - Janki
Manmohan Krishna - Jagannath Rao
Jagdishraj - Managing Director
Polson - Shastri's Client
Brahmachari - Shastri's Client
Madan Puri - M. B. Patil
Jagdeep - Music Instructor
Suresh Chatwal - Shyam Lal
Kamal Hassan - Prem Kapoor (Cameo)
Dharmendra - Himself (shooting of a movie)
Neetu Singh - Herself (shooting of a movie)
FILM CREW'S :
Director - K. Balachander
Story - K. Balachander
Screenplay - K. Balachander
Dialogue - Inder Raj Anand
Producer - L. Duraiswamy, N. Selvaraj
Production Company - Kalakendra Films
Cinematographer - B. S. Lokanathan
Editor - N. R. Kittoo
Art Director - T. K. Desai
Costume and Wardrobe - Bhanu Athaiya, P. Samee
Choreographer - Suresh Bhatt
Dance - Kamalahasan, Gopi Krishna, Manohar Naidu
Music Director - Naushad
Lyricist - Jan Nisar Akhtar
Playback Singers - Asha Bhosle, Vani Jairam, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammad Rafi
Studio : Venus Combines, Chennai
Release date : 28 February 1974
Country : India
Language : Hindi
MUSIC SOUNDTRACKS :
S.No. Song Title Singer(s)
1) "Dharti Hansti Hai Chhalke Masti" - Lata Mangeshkar
2) "Jane Kya Hojaye" - Lata Mangeshkar & Mohammed Rafi
3) "Kaho To Aaj Bol Doon" - Asha Bhosle
4) "Woh Jo Auron Ki Khatir" - Lata Mangeshkar
VIDEO SONGS & LYRICS :
1) Song Title : Dharti Hansti Hai Chhalke Masti
Singer : Lata Mangeshkar
Lyricist : Jan Nisar Akhtar
Music Director : Naushad
Song picturised on Mumtaz & Super Star Rajesh Khanna.
2) Song Title : Jane Kya Hojaye
http://youtu.be/tfawe846DBA
Singers : Lata Mangeshkar & Mohammed Rafi
Lyricist : Jan Nisar Akhtar
Music Director : Naushad
Song picturised on Mumtaz & Super Star Rajesh Khanna.
The picturisation shows shooting of a song sequence for a movie where a song is being shot on Neetu Singh and Dharmendra, and the picturisation also shows Kamal Hasan. Kamal Hasan, who was introduced by K Balachandar was one of the dance directors in this movie.This shooting is being watched by the villagers, including Jayasudha and her paramour who then imagine themselves in the picturisation instead of the film actors. The villagers visible in the picturisation are Jayasudha(blue saree),Adil Aman(black shirt),Ratan Chopra (wearing sweater)and a unknown face ( she could be Vandana raane or Anjum Savera), and Lalita Pawar(green saree).
Listening to the song, one could well imagine it to be a Laxmikant Pyarelal composition. It comes as a great surprise to realise that this is a composition of Naushad. the public taste had obviousy changed and so most oldtimers, including Naushad wee forced to change their music to cater to the changing tastes of the music lovers. I remember listening to this song and liking it too, but all thiswhile I never had a clue about the details of this song and the movie.
This song is a duet sung by Lata and Rafi. Jaan Nissar Akhtar is the lyricist.
Here is this superb song from “Aaina” (1974). The lyrics of this song as well the details about this movie and the picturisation were sent by Prakashchandra.
Song-Jaane kyaa ho jaaye (Aaina)(1974) Singer-Lata, Rafi, Lyrics-Jaan Nisaar Akhtar, MD-Naushad
Lyrics
jaane kya ho jaaye
jab dil se dil takraaye
sach hai pehle pehle lagta hai dar
ho o o
pehle dil ghabraaye
phir aisa jaadoo chhaaye
dil ko reh naa jaaye
dil ki khabar
ho o o
jaane kya ho jaaye
jab dil se dil takraaye
sach hai pehle pehle lagta hai dar
ho o o
jaane kya ho jaaye
chhalke badan se kaliyaan gulaab ki
koi misaal kyaa,
tere shabaab ki
paayega kyaa tu
har bhed khol ke
aankhon se aap ke
nazron mein tol ke
chhalke badan se kaliyaan gulaab ki
koi misaal kyaa
tere shabaab ki
paayega kyaa tu
har bhed khol ke
aankhon se naap ke
nazron mein tolke
jaane kya ho jaaye
jab dil se dil takraaye
sach hai pehle pehle
lagta hai dar
ho o o
jaane kya ho jaaye
nazrein milaake
chaahe tu jhoom le
zulfon ko bhool jaa
khushboo ko chhoom le
mehke jawaani baahon ke haar mein
reh jaaye hosh kyun
chadti bahaar mein
nazrein milaake chaahe tu jhoom le
zulfon ko bhool jaa
khushboo ko chhoom le
mehke jawaani baahon ke haar mein
reh jaaye hosh kyun
chadhti bahaar mein
pehle dil ghabraaye
phir aisa jaadoo chhaaye
dil ko reh naa jaaye
dil ki khabar
ho o o
jaane kya ho jaaye
jab dil se dil takraaye
sach hai pehle pehle
lagta hai dar
ho o o
jaane kya ho jaaye
3) Song Title : Kaho To Aaj Bol Doon
Singer : Asha Bhosle
Lyricist : Jan Nisar Akhtar
Music Director : Naushad
Song picturised on Mumtaz & Super Star Rajesh Khanna.
4) Song Title : Woh Jo Auron Ki Khatir
Singer : Lata Mangeshkar
Lyricist : Jan Nisar Akhtar
Music Director : Naushad
Song picturised on Mumtaz & Super Star Rajesh Khanna.
INTRODUCTION :
Aaina (Hindi: आइना; translation: Mirror) is a 1974 Indian Bollywood film starring Mumtaz in the lead roles and A. K. Hangal, Nirupa Roy, Lalita Pawar, Jayasudha and Madan Puri in support roles. The music is given by Naushad.This film has a special appearance by Super Star Rajesh Khanna. The 2007 film, Laaga Chunari Mein Daag has a similar plot to that of Aaina, with Rani Mukerji reprising Mumtaz's role as a prostitute.
The film is directed by director K. Balachander. He had filmed the same story before: the Tamil film Arangetram (1973) with Kamal Hassan, Pramila and Sivakumar. The film is about a Brahmin girl becoming a sex worker to support her mother and siblings.
SUMMARY :
Ram Shashtri, an upper Caste Hindu Brahmin, lives in a small village in India, but has a very large family, consisting of his wife, Savitri, five daughters and three sons. Ram performs prayers and last rites for the Hindu community, and it is through these meagre earnings that the entire household lives on. The eldest is a daughter by name Shalini, silently falls in love with Ashok J. Rao, the son of the Village Mukhiya, Jagannath. As the Raos are of a much lower caste than the Shastris, Ashok is told by his dad that he cannot marry Shalini. One day, after an argument with his dad, he leaves to join the army, and a few weeks later a telegram is received by Jagannath that Ashok is no more. As Ram is unable to get more assignments, Savitri attempts to poison the entire family, but Shalini stops her in time. She gets a job and is able to get the family to get back up on its feet. Her brother, Gautam, wants to be a doctor, so she arranges for his studies, while her sister, Poorna, wants to be a singer, and a music teacher is arranged. Then Shalini leaves her village to travel to Poona to get her brother's admission to Medical College, with considerable success, and from thence on there is no looking back for this family. Shalini gets a raise and an offer for a big pay-raise if she re-locates to the capital, Delhi, which she does. She sends plenty of money so her dad does not have to work, and her siblings can carry on with their respective studies. Then Shalini's sister, Girja, meets a young man, Raju, and both fall in love. Gautam, now a doctor, is in love with the Tehsildar's daughter, Usha, and wants to marry her. Shalini returns home to attend the two marriages. The marriages take place with great pomp and ceremony and everyone compliments Shalini, for without her efforts, the family would have been destitute. But after the weddings, her life will be changed forever, she will lose all respect from her family, she will be treated as an outcast and forced to leave the house.
STAR CAST :
Super Star Rajesh Khanna - Ashok J. Rao (Special Appearance)
Mumtaz - Shalini R. Shastri
A. K. Hangal - Ram Shastri
Nirupa Roy - Savitri R. Shastri
Rita Bhaduri - Poorna R. Shastri
Adil - Dr. Gautam R. Shastri
Jayasudha - Usha G. Shastri
Lalitha Pawar - Janki
Manmohan Krishna - Jagannath Rao
Jagdishraj - Managing Director
Polson - Shastri's Client
Brahmachari - Shastri's Client
Madan Puri - M. B. Patil
Jagdeep - Music Instructor
Suresh Chatwal - Shyam Lal
Kamal Hassan - Prem Kapoor (Cameo)
Dharmendra - Himself (shooting of a movie)
Neetu Singh - Herself (shooting of a movie)
FILM CREW'S :
Director - K. Balachander
Story - K. Balachander
Screenplay - K. Balachander
Dialogue - Inder Raj Anand
Producer - L. Duraiswamy, N. Selvaraj
Production Company - Kalakendra Films
Cinematographer - B. S. Lokanathan
Editor - N. R. Kittoo
Art Director - T. K. Desai
Costume and Wardrobe - Bhanu Athaiya, P. Samee
Choreographer - Suresh Bhatt
Dance - Kamalahasan, Gopi Krishna, Manohar Naidu
Music Director - Naushad
Lyricist - Jan Nisar Akhtar
Playback Singers - Asha Bhosle, Vani Jairam, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammad Rafi
Studio : Venus Combines, Chennai
Release date : 28 February 1974
Country : India
Language : Hindi
MUSIC SOUNDTRACKS :
S.No. Song Title Singer(s)
1) "Dharti Hansti Hai Chhalke Masti" - Lata Mangeshkar
2) "Jane Kya Hojaye" - Lata Mangeshkar & Mohammed Rafi
3) "Kaho To Aaj Bol Doon" - Asha Bhosle
4) "Woh Jo Auron Ki Khatir" - Lata Mangeshkar
VIDEO SONGS & LYRICS :
1) Song Title : Dharti Hansti Hai Chhalke Masti
Singer : Lata Mangeshkar
Lyricist : Jan Nisar Akhtar
Music Director : Naushad
Song picturised on Mumtaz & Super Star Rajesh Khanna.
2) Song Title : Jane Kya Hojaye
http://youtu.be/tfawe846DBA
Singers : Lata Mangeshkar & Mohammed Rafi
Lyricist : Jan Nisar Akhtar
Music Director : Naushad
Song picturised on Mumtaz & Super Star Rajesh Khanna.
The picturisation shows shooting of a song sequence for a movie where a song is being shot on Neetu Singh and Dharmendra, and the picturisation also shows Kamal Hasan. Kamal Hasan, who was introduced by K Balachandar was one of the dance directors in this movie.This shooting is being watched by the villagers, including Jayasudha and her paramour who then imagine themselves in the picturisation instead of the film actors. The villagers visible in the picturisation are Jayasudha(blue saree),Adil Aman(black shirt),Ratan Chopra (wearing sweater)and a unknown face ( she could be Vandana raane or Anjum Savera), and Lalita Pawar(green saree).
Listening to the song, one could well imagine it to be a Laxmikant Pyarelal composition. It comes as a great surprise to realise that this is a composition of Naushad. the public taste had obviousy changed and so most oldtimers, including Naushad wee forced to change their music to cater to the changing tastes of the music lovers. I remember listening to this song and liking it too, but all thiswhile I never had a clue about the details of this song and the movie.
This song is a duet sung by Lata and Rafi. Jaan Nissar Akhtar is the lyricist.
Here is this superb song from “Aaina” (1974). The lyrics of this song as well the details about this movie and the picturisation were sent by Prakashchandra.
Song-Jaane kyaa ho jaaye (Aaina)(1974) Singer-Lata, Rafi, Lyrics-Jaan Nisaar Akhtar, MD-Naushad
Lyrics
jaane kya ho jaaye
jab dil se dil takraaye
sach hai pehle pehle lagta hai dar
ho o o
pehle dil ghabraaye
phir aisa jaadoo chhaaye
dil ko reh naa jaaye
dil ki khabar
ho o o
jaane kya ho jaaye
jab dil se dil takraaye
sach hai pehle pehle lagta hai dar
ho o o
jaane kya ho jaaye
chhalke badan se kaliyaan gulaab ki
koi misaal kyaa,
tere shabaab ki
paayega kyaa tu
har bhed khol ke
aankhon se aap ke
nazron mein tol ke
chhalke badan se kaliyaan gulaab ki
koi misaal kyaa
tere shabaab ki
paayega kyaa tu
har bhed khol ke
aankhon se naap ke
nazron mein tolke
jaane kya ho jaaye
jab dil se dil takraaye
sach hai pehle pehle
lagta hai dar
ho o o
jaane kya ho jaaye
nazrein milaake
chaahe tu jhoom le
zulfon ko bhool jaa
khushboo ko chhoom le
mehke jawaani baahon ke haar mein
reh jaaye hosh kyun
chadti bahaar mein
nazrein milaake chaahe tu jhoom le
zulfon ko bhool jaa
khushboo ko chhoom le
mehke jawaani baahon ke haar mein
reh jaaye hosh kyun
chadhti bahaar mein
pehle dil ghabraaye
phir aisa jaadoo chhaaye
dil ko reh naa jaaye
dil ki khabar
ho o o
jaane kya ho jaaye
jab dil se dil takraaye
sach hai pehle pehle
lagta hai dar
ho o o
jaane kya ho jaaye
3) Song Title : Kaho To Aaj Bol Doon
Singer : Asha Bhosle
Lyricist : Jan Nisar Akhtar
Music Director : Naushad
Song picturised on Mumtaz & Super Star Rajesh Khanna.
4) Song Title : Woh Jo Auron Ki Khatir
Singer : Lata Mangeshkar
Lyricist : Jan Nisar Akhtar
Music Director : Naushad
Song picturised on Mumtaz & Super Star Rajesh Khanna.
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