Ghar Basake Dekho

Ghar Basake Dekho (Start A Family) is a 1963 Hindi family drama film, directed by Kishore Sahu.[1][2] The film was produced by Trikambhai Dave and Bal Chander Shukla for Ratandeep Pictures,[3] with music composed by Chitragupta and lyrics written by Rajendra Krishan.[4] The story was taken from the Gujarati stage writer Prabhulal Dwivedi's story, 'Grahasti'.[5] The screenplay and dialogues were by Rajendra Krishan.

Ghar Basake Dekho
Directed byKishore Sahu
Produced byTrikambhai Dave
Bal Chander Shukla
Written byPrabhulal Dwivedi
StarringManoj Kumar
Rajshree
Mehmood
Savitri
Shyama
Music byChitragupta
CinematographyBipin Gajjar
Edited byPratap Dave
Production
company
Ratandeep Pictures
Release date
1963
Running time
140 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Savitri, a top South Indian actress,[6] made her Hindi film debut in Ghar Basake Dekho in a supporting role.[7] The cast included Manoj Kumar, Rajshree, Shyama, Sudesh Kumar, Mehmood, Johnny Walker and Lalita Pawar.[8]

Mehmood was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.[9]

Ghar Basake Dekho was a family drama with romance and comedy interwoven in the story.[10] The story revolves around a widowed mother, who mortgages her village house to educate her son in the city. The film then follows his marriage to a woman of his choice, who mistreats his family, and the repercussions it has on family and friends.

Plot

Kamal Mehra (Sudesh Kumar) lives in the village with his mother Shanta Mehra (Lalita Pawar) and younger sister, Sharda (Rajshree). They are poor and his mother has to mortgage her house in the village in order to send Kamal to the city for further education. She expects him to pay off the mortgage once he gets a job. Kamal gets a job and returns to the village with a wife Mona (Shyama), who is considered too modern for the village. When Kamal returns to the city, he stops sending money to his family. The mother and daughter leave for the city when they are informed that Kamal is not well. They are treated badly by Mona, who with her spendthrift habits gets into arguments with Kamal. When Kamal leaves for a job outside the city, Mona has Shanta and Sharda thrown out of the house.

Wandering on the streets, Shanta and Sharda collide with Kumar's (Manoj Kumar) car, who takes them to his home. Kamal is an employee of Kumar, but the fact is unknown to mother and daughter. Kumar and Sharda start liking each other and he insists that they stay at his place till the mother recovers. When Kamal returns home, he is upset to see his mother and sister missing. He leaves some money he is carrying for his employer with Mona, and goes off to the village to look for them, but is unable to find them. Mona spends three-fourths of the money Kamal had left in her care, and he has to find a way to return the money. Finally, Kamal unites with his mother and sister; Mona has learnt her lesson from her errant ways, and Kumar and Sharda get married.

There is a sub-plot in the form of Kamal and Mona's neighbours; one is Sunder (Mehmood) and his wife Geeta (Savitri), who is shown as the traditional wife in comparison to Mona. Another neighbour is Jackson (Johnny Walker), who has left his wife Ganga (Minu Mumtaz) in the village.

Cast
  • Manoj Kumar as Kumar
  • Rajshree as Sharda Mehra
  • Shyama as Mona Mehra
  • Sudesh Kumar as Kamal Mehra
  • Mehmood as Sunder
  • Savitri as Geeta, Sunder's wife
  • Lalita Pawar as Shanta Mehra
  • Johnny Walker as Jaikishen Ram Agnihotri, alias "Jackson"
  • Minu Mumtaz as Ganga Agnihotri
  • Leela Mishra as Kashi, Ganga's mother
  • Uma Khosla as Kavita Kapoor, Mohana's friend
  • Shivraj as Ramprasad, Sunder's father
  • Randhir

Soundtrack

One of the popular numbers from the film was "Tumne Hansi Hi Hansi Mein", sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Mahendra Kapoor. The composer was Chitragupta and the lyrics were written by Rajendra Krishan. The playback singing was provided by Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi, Suman Kalyanpur, Mahendra Kapoor, and Usha Mangeshkar.[11]

Songlist
#TitleSinger
1 "Ae Mere Pyar Bata" Lata Mangeshkar, Mahendra Kapoor
2 "Tumne Hansi Hi Hansi Mein Kyun" Lata Mangeshkar, Mahendra Kapoor
3 "Khush Rahe Teri Nagri" Lata Mangeshkar
4 "Jidhar Ji Mein Aaya Udhar Hum Chale" Suman Kalyanpur, Usha Mangeshkar
5 "Ye Ras Teri Baton Ka Chocolate" Mohammed Rafi
6 "Aap Ki Ankhon Ka Mere Dil Pe Yeh Ehsaan Hai"
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References
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  2. "Ghar Basake Dekho". gomolo.com. Gomolo. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  3. Ram Awatar Agnihotri (1992). Artistes and their films of modern Hindi cinema: cultural and socio-political impact on society, 1931-91. Commonwealth Publishers. ISBN 978-81-7169-182-1.
  4. Hanif Zaveri (2005). Mehmood, a Man of Many Moods. Popular Prakashan. p. 178. ISBN 978-81-7991-213-3.
  5. Mother India. 29. Sumati. 1963.
  6. V. R. Murthy; V. Soma Raju (2009). A Legendary Actress Mahanati Savitri. Upstate Harbor Publishers. ISBN 978-0-615-28096-7.
  7. Film World. 14. T.M. Ramachandran. 1978.
  8. "Ghar Basake Dekho". citwf.com. Alan Goble. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  9. "The Nominations-1963". filmfareawards.indiatimes.com. Times Internet Ltd. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  10. Collections. Update Video Publication. 1991.
  11. "Ghar Basake Dekho (1963)". myswar.com. MySwar. Retrieved 10 March 2015.
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