Kati Patang
| Kati Patang | |
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Kati Patang theatrical poster
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| कटी पतंग | |
| Directed by | Shakti Samanta |
| Produced by | Shakti Samanta |
| Written by | Vrajendra Gaur Gulshan Nanda |
| Starring | Rajesh Khanna Asha Parekh Prem Chopra Bindu Nazir Hussain |
| Music by | Rahul Dev Burman |
| Cinematography | V. Gopi Krishna |
| Edited by | Govind Dalwadi |
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Production
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Naini Lake
Nainital Club Natraj Studios Ranikhet |
| Distributed by | Shakti Films United Producers Asian Television Network |
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Release dates
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29 January 1971[1] |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹3,80,00,000[2] |
Kati Patang (Cut Kite) is an 1970 Indian film produced and directed by Shakti Samanta. It was a box office success.[3] The film stars Asha Parekh as a woman pretending to be a widow, and her ensuing trials and tribulations. The story, written by Gulshan Nanda, is based on the novel I Married a Dead Man, by Cornell Woolrich and had been previously made into a picture titled No Man of Her Own (1950) starring Barbara Stanwyck. The novel was also later filmed in Japanese as Shisha to no Kekkon (1960), in Brazilian as the TV miniseries A Intrusa (1962), in French as J'ai épousé une ombre (I Married a Shadow) (1983), and by Hollywood as Mrs. Winterbourne (1996).[1][4][5]
The movie also stars Nasir Hussain, Bindu, Prem Chopra and Rajesh Khanna. The film was the second in a string of nine movies in which Samanta and Khanna collaborated. Music was composed by R.D. Burman and was a huge hit. "Ye shaam masthani" and "Pyar deewana hota hein", sung by Kishore Kumar were particularly famous.
The film was remade in Tamil as Nenjil Oru Mull (1981) and in Telugu as Punnami Chandrudu (1987) with Sobhan Babu.
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Plot
Madhavi (Asha Parekh) is an orphan living with her maternal uncle, who arranges her marriage with someone she does not know. Blinded in love with Kailash (Prem Chopra), she runs away from the marriage procession. She discovers Kailash in the arms of Shabnam (Bindu). Heartbroken and dejected, she returns to her uncle, who committed suicide from the setback. Madhavi realizes that she has no one in life. So she decides to leave town and head somewhere. She meets her childhood friend Poonam (also Asha Parekh) who tells her about her husband's untimely demise in an accident and she is on her way, along with her baby boy Munna, to stay with her in-laws whom she's never met before. Poonam manages to compel Madhavi to accompany her as her plight is pitiful.
En route Poonam and Madhavi chit-chat until the train derails. Madhu and Poonam end up in a Government hospital. Poonam has lost her limbs. She knows that time is up, so takes an oath from Madhu that she will assume Poonam's identity, bring Munna up and continue for her in-law's house. Madhu had no choice but to obey. On the way, the cabbie attempts to rob her until Kamal (Rajesh Khanna), the forest ranger rescues her and gives her shelter until the skies are clear the next day. She soon learns that Kamal is the very man she was about to marry.
Ashamed, she leaves Kamal's home and reaches Poonam's in-laws. Her father-in-law, Dinanath (Nazir Hussain) and mother-in-law (Sulochana) accept her and let her stay there. Kamal keeps visiting the house as he was the son of Dinanath's best friend. As he keeps visiting, he realizes that he is in love with Poonam.
But 'Madhavi's' jinxed fate has brought Kailash to Dinanath's house. He is after their money and is very close to reveal Madhavi's identity. To be successful, he impresses all the members of the house but Poonam takes a resentment to him. Dinanath soon realizes Poonam's true identity and asks for the truth. When he realizes what the matter really is, he accepts Madhavi and makes her the guardian of the Dinanath property which will be inherited by Munna. Before the new dawn would rise, Dinanath is poisoned by Kailash, which he mixes in his milk. Mrs. Dinanath accuses Poonam for what has happened and she is jailed.
Now Shabnam enters the life of the Dinanaths claiming that she is the real Poonam. Mrs. Dinanath in rage sends her away and is ready for no story. Kamal takes a dislike towards Madhu, learning the truth. And soon he realizes what the truth is and gets Shabnam and Kailash arrested for their evil intentions and Madhavi is freed. When Kamal searches for Madhu, he realizes that she has left without any notice and left a letter for Kamal, stating that she is going out of his life and so, he should not try to find out her.
Kamal starts searching for her and finds her trying to jump from a cliff, stops her by singing a song. They hug - The end
Cast
- Asha Parekh as Madhuri 'Madhu' / Poonam
- Rajesh Khanna as Kamal Sinha
- Prem Chopra as Kailash
- Bindu as Shabnam 'Shaboo'
- Nazir Hussain as Diwan Dinanath
- Kumari Naaz as Poonam (uncredited)
- Sulochana Latkar as Mrs. Dinanath
- Satyen Kappu as Dr. Kashinath
Shakti Samanta has said that he cast Asha Parekh, because he was "confident" that he could extract a "convincing performance from her." He had cast her in his earlier film, the underrated Pagla Kahin Ka.[6] She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award, the only win for the film.
Music
| Kati Patang | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by R. D. Burman | ||||
| Released | December 01, 1970 | |||
| Recorded | 1970 | |||
| Genre | Feature Film Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 28:01 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | Saregama | |||
| Director | Shakti Samanta | |||
| Producer | Shakti Samanta | |||
| R. D. Burman chronology | ||||
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The music was composed by Rahul Dev Burman, and the lyrics were penned by Anand Bakshi. Kishore Kumar sang four songs for Rajesh Khanna, while Mukesh got to sing a number for the latter - a rare combination. Asha Bhosle performed "Mera Naam Hai Shabnam" in the talk-sung style of Rex Harrison in My Fair Lady (and thus often incorrectly dubbed "the first Hindi rap number").
Soundtrack
| Track | Song | Singer(s) | Picturized on | Duration |
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| 1 | "Yeh Shaam Mastani" | Kishore Kumar | Rajesh Khanna and Asha Parekh | 4:07 |
| 2 | "Pyar Deewana Hota Hai" | Kishore Kumar | Rajesh Khanna and Asha Parekh | 4:30 |
| 3 | "Mera Naam Hai Shabnam" | Asha Bhosle, R. D. Burman | Bindu | 3:05 |
| 4 | "Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai" | Kishore Kumar | Rajesh Khanna | 3:36 |
| 5 | "Jis Gali Mein Tera Ghar" | Mukesh | Rajesh Khanna and Asha Parekh | 3:40 |
| 6 | "Na Koi Umang Hai" | Lata Mangeshkar | Asha Parekh | 3:07 |
| 7 | "Aaj Na Chodenge" | Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar | Rajesh Khanna and Asha Parekh | 4:55 |
Box office
The film was successful,[7] and it became the sixth highest earning Bollywood film of 1970.[8]
Awards and nominations
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- Nominations
- Filmfare Award for Best Director - Shakti Samanta
- Filmfare Award for Best Actor - Rajesh Khanna
- Filmfare Award for Best Story - Gulshan Nanda
- Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist - Anand Bakshi - "Na Koi Umang Hai"
- Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer - Kishore Kumar - "Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai"[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ BoxOffice India.com
- ↑ http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold-70s/
- ↑ Thomas S. Hishak, American Literature on Stage and Screen: 525 Works and their Adaptations. McFarland & Company, Inc. Publishers (2012). p. 99
- ↑ http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,562948-4,00.html
- ↑ Great Gambler
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Box Office India 1970
- ↑ 1st Filmfare Awards 1953
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