Jigri Dost
Jigri Dost (transl. Best Friend) is a 1969 Hindi-language comedy film, produced by Sunderlal Nahata and Dhoondy under the Vijaya Lakhshmi Pictures banner and directed by Ravikant Nagaich. It stars Jeetendra, Mumtaz and Poonam Sinha in the lead roles and music composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal. The heroine Komal in the movie is actually Poonam Sinha, Shatrughan Sinha's wife.The film is a remake of 1966 Kannada movie Emme Thammanna,[1] which had earlier been remade in Telugu in 1968 as Govula Gopanna and which later went on to be remade in Tamil in 1970 as Maattukara Velan.[2]
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| Directed by | Ravikant Nagaich |
| Produced by | Doondi Sunderlal Nahata |
| Written by | Vishwamittar Adil (dialogues) |
| Story by | A. K. Velan |
| Based on | Emme Thammanna (1966) |
| Starring | Jeetendra Mumtaz Poonam Sinha |
| Music by | Laxmikant-Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | Ravikant Nagaich |
| Edited by | N. S. Prakash |
Production company | Vijaya Lakhshmi Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 155 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
Gopi (Jeetendra) is an innocent village guy whose livelihood is rearing cattle and looks God in them. Neelkanth (K.N. Singh) chairman of the municipality is a crooked & cruel person, performs a lot of atrocities in the town also involved in anti-social and illegal activities. He has an arrogant daughter Komal (Poonam Sinha) and a good-nurtured son Kasthuri (Jagdeep). Kasthuri always teases and revolts against his father for his evil deeds. Once Gopi's cows obstruct Komal's way, she beats the cattle when Gopi becomes furious and beats her in turn. But gets frightened when he comes to know that Komal is chairman's daughter. Neelkanth sends his men to kill Gopi when Kasthuri rescues him and changes his attire as a college student. Parallelly, Advocate Narayan Das (Agha) an honest person who always supports the justice, backs the piety and gives a tough fight to Neelkanth. He leads a happy family life with his ideal wife Annapurna (Nirupa Roy) and a daughter Shobha (Mumtaz). Narayan Das fixes his daughter marriage with his childhood friend Sripathi's son Anand (again Jeetendra) who looks like Gopi. On the advice of Kasturi Gopi reaches Narayan Das's house, they mistake him as Anand and highly honors him. Here Gopi & Shobha fall in love. Eventually, Anand arrives to apprentice Narasimha, he was caught by goons of Neelkanth they take him to Neelkanth's house and beats him. However, Sekhar escapes, enters Narayan Das's house where he is surprised to see Gopi, explains Sekhar about his problem and he understands the fact. Knowing that Gopi is in love with Shobha he stops and asks him to stay along with him. Now they play a confuse drama without revealing their identity. Meanwhile, Sekhar meets Komal, she again teases him mistaking him as Gopi but afterward feels sorry when both of them fall in love. On the other hand, Kasthuri loves their maidservant (Aruna Irani). Unfortunately, once Shobha witnesses Anand & Komal, misunderstands Gopi when Anand turn up, affirms the entire story. Hearing it, Narayan Das throws Gopi out and decides to make Shobha's marriage with Anand. But Anand refuses it and says he is going to marry Komal. Then Narayan Das declares Neelkanth as his father's murderer who projected it as a suicide. Listening to it Anand breakdowns and he also comes to know his father gathered pieces of evidence against Neelkanth in a dairy and secured it in a secret place. In that anger, Anand burst out on Neelkanth, knowing that Anand is Sripati's son he captivates him and blackmails Narayan Das for the dairy. Immediately, Narayan Das rushes to Neelkanth's house when Neelkanth is about to kill Narayan Das Gopi comes to his protection where he plays a drama as if he has murdered Narayan Das. At this moment, everyone understands Gopi's virtue, simultaneously, Anand is shifted to Neelkanth's den. Ultimately, Gopi breaks out dairy's secret, finds the route map to Neelkanth's den, sees the end of him and protects Anand. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriages of Gopi & Shobha and Anand & Komal.
Cast
- Jeetendra as Gopi & Advocate Anand (Dual role)
- Mumtaz as Shobha N. Das
- Poonam Sinha as Komal
- Agha as Advocate Narayan Das
- K.N. Singh as Chairman Neelkanth
- Jagdeep as Kasturi
- Prem Kumar as Jagawar
- Nirupa Roy as Annapurna N. Das
- Aruna Irani as Neelkanth's maidservant
Soundtrack
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Dil Mein Kya Hai (Revival)" | Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi |
| 2 | "Dil Men Kya Hai Tere" | Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi |
| 3 | "Mere Des Mein Pavan Chale Purvai" | Mohammed Rafi |
| 4 | "Raat Suhani Jaag Rahi Hain" | Mohammed Rafi, Suman Kalyanpur |
| 5 | "Tirchhi Topi Wale" | Lata Mangeshkar |
| 6 | "Phool Hai Baharon Ka" | Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi |
References
- https://m.filmfare.com/features/filmfare-recommends-top-films-of-jeetendra-where-he-played-a-double-role-40040.amp
- National Film Archive of India [@nfaiofficial] (26 April 2018). "A moment from the dream song sequence 'Kolalanoodhi Kuniva' from the film #EmmeThammanna, starring #FaceOfTheWeek Rajkumar and Bharathi. The film was later remade in Telugu (Govula Gopanna), Tamil (Mattukkara Velan) and Hindi (Jigri Dost)" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links
- Jigri Dost on IMDb