Bahurani (1963 film)
Bahurani (Daughter-in-law) is a 1963 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by T. Prakash Rao. The film stars Guru Dutt, Mala Sinha and Feroz Khan in lead roles.
| Bahurani | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | T. Prakash Rao |
| Written by | Inder Raj Anand |
| Story by | Manila Banerjee |
| Starring | Guru Dutt Mala Sinha Feroz Khan |
| Music by | C. Ramchandra |
| Distributed by | Meena Movies |
Release date | 1963 |
Running time | 132 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
It is a remake of the Telugu movie Ardhangi, which was based on Maddipatla Suri's Telugu translation of the Bengali novel Swayamsiddha, written by Manilal Banerjee. Swayamsiddha went on to be made into a 1975 Bengali movie of same name.[1] Ardhangi was remade in Tamil as Pennin Perumai and was also remade again in Hindi as Jyoti in 1981. The story of Swayamsiddha was also similar to the Kannada novel Mallammana Pavaada, by B. Puttaswamayya, which was adapted into the 1969 movie titled Mallammana Pavaada, for which the screenplay was written by director P. Pullaiah, based on his 1955 Telugu movie Ardhangi. The Kannada novel Mallammana Pavaada also inspired the 1987 Tamil movie Enga Chinna Rasa, which went on to be remade in Telugu as Abbaigaru, in Hindi as Beta, in Kannada as Annayya and in Odia as Santana (1998).
Plot
The Zamindar (Nazir Hussain) has two sons — Raghu, by his first wife and Vikram, by his second wife. Raghu (Guru Dutt) is a simple-minded and innocent young man. Vikram (Feroz Khan) is cruel, domineering, selfish and greedy, and he maltreats everyone, from servants to his own brother Raghu. Vikram's vicious mother (Lalita Pawar) does the same.
After Vikram has a feud with a tough and smart village girl named Padma (Mala Sinha), who is the first person to ever confront him, the Zamindar gets the idea of marrying Vikram and Padma. Vikram refuses, and after a series of incidents, Padma marries Raghu instead. When she understands how her husband has been treated over the years, she vows to set things right, and in the process falls in love with him. Inspired by her love, fearlessness and no-nonsense attitude, Raghu begins to find the courage to resist his oppressors.
Cast
- Guru Dutt ... Raghu
- Mala Sinha ... Padma
- Feroz Khan ... Vikram (Raghu's stepbrother)
- Shyama ... Chanda (courtesan)
- Lalita Pawar ... Rajeshwari (Vikram's mother and Raghu's stepmother)
- Agha ... Banwarilal
- Badri Prasad..Vaidji
- Mukri ... Sukhiya
- Nazir Hussain ... Zamindar (Raghu and Vikram's father)
- Manorama ... Chanda's mother
- Shivraj ... Diwanji
- Pratima Devi ... Dai Maa
- Nazir Kashmiri ... Kalicharan
Awards
- Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award - Mala Sinha
Music
The soundtrack of the film contains two songs composed by C. Ramchandra with lyrics authored by Sahir Ludhianvi.
| # | Song | Singer |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Main Jagoon Saari Rain" | Lata Mangeshkar |
| 2 | "Balma Anari Man Bhaye" | Lata Mangeshkar |
| 3 | "Eetal Ke Ghal Mein Teetal" | Hemant Kumar |
| 4 | "Yeh Husn Mera, Yeh Ishq Tera" (Part 1) | Asha Bhosle |
| 5 | "Yeh Husn Mera, Yeh Ishq Tera" (Part 2) | Asha Bhosle |
| 6 | "Bane Aisa Samaaj" | Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey |
| 7 | "Kaam Krodh Aur Lobh Ka Maara" | Mahendra Kapoor |
| 8 | "Umr Hui Tumse Mile" | Lata Mangeshkar, Hemant Kumar |
Other versions
The story line has been inspiration for various movies and has had various remakes in Indian film industry.
| Year | Title | Language | Director | Cast | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Step-mother | Son | Wife | ||||
| 1955 | Ardhangi | Telugu | P. Pullaiah | Santha Kumari | Akkineni Nageswara Rao | Savitri |
| 1956 | Pennin Perumai | Tamil | P. Pullaiah | Santha Kumari | Sivaji Ganesan | Savitri |
| 1969 | Mallammana Pavaada | Kannada | Puttanna Kanagal | Advani Lakshmi Devi | Rajkumar | B Sarojadevi |
| 1975 | Swayamsiddha | Bengali | Sushil Mukherjee | Ranjit Mallick | Mithu Mukherjee | |
| 1981 | Jyothi | Hindi | Pramod Chakravorty | Shashikala | Jeetendra | Hema Malini |
| 1987 | Enga Chinna Rasa | Tamil | K. Bhagyaraj | C. R. Saraswathy | K. Bhagyaraj | Radha |
| 1992 | Beta | Hindi | Indra Kumar | Aruna Irani | Anil Kapoor | Madhuri Dixit |
| 1993 | Abbaigaru | Telugu | E. V. V. Satyanarayana | Jayachitra | Venkatesh | Meena |
| 1993 | Annayya | Kannada | D. Rajendra Babu | Aruna Irani | V. Ravichandran | Madhoo |
| 1998 | Santan | Oriya | Snigdha Mohanty | Siddhanta Mahapatra | Rachana Banerjee | |