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Chaudhvin Ka Chand
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Wikipedia article
'Chaudhvin Ka Chand' is a 1960 Indian Hindi-language Muslim social film directed by Mohammed Sadiq. This film was a super-hit at box-office, and became one of the top-grossing films of 1960.[https://muvyz.com/boxoffice/byyear/y1/1960 Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960 film) on Muvyz.com website] Retrieved 13 November 2019 A production of Guru Dutt, the film centers on a love triangle between Guru Dutt, Rehman and Waheeda Rehman, and features music by Ravi. After the disastrous box office performance of 'Kaagaz Ke Phool', Guru Dutt had to stick back to the idea of producing a commercial film along with an experimental project to protect his studio from ruins. The next commercial venture by the studio was 'Chaudhvin ka Chand', which was a huge commercially successful comeback film for Guru Dutt, which saved Guru Dutt's production studio from ruins.
Despite being a commercial venture, the film is considered a classic Muslim-social. It was ranked '#28' in 2003 Outlook Magazine poll of '25 Leading Indian Directors' for Best Bollywood Movies of all time''. Filmfare listed it among Seven Muslim socials you must watch''. Its album was ranked #30 in 'Top 100 Bollywood Albums' by 'Film Companion'. 'Chaudhvin ka Chand' is also noted for pioneering the Bro-Code in Hindi cinema. The film's title track Chaudhvin Ka Chand became especially popular and is noted for picturization of the song sequence. The song is regarded as one of the most acclaimed romantic ballads in history and one of the most loved 'filmi' songs of all time.
In 2014, the film's screenplay was published as a book, titled 'Chaudhvin Ka Chand: The Original Screenplay', by the historians Dinesh Raheja and Jitendra Kothari.
The film was also entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival.
Plot
The setting is the city of Lucknow in northern India, where Islamic culture flourished. Aslam (Guru Dutt) and Nawab (Rehman) are two best friends looking for a wife and end up in an accidental love triangle.
At a gathering they attend, the ladies exchange veils for fun. This causes the two best friends who live in this city to accidentally fall in love with the same woman named Jameela (Waheeda Rehman). Jameela is in love with Aslam and marries him. After marriage, Aslam figures out that his friend Nawab had fallen in love with Jameela as well. However, because the veils had been switched by the girls earlier he was unaware of this. Aslam wants nothing but his friend Nawab to be happy and tries to act in a way that would cause Jameela to divorce him, so that Nawab can then marry her. However, Jameela loves Aslam despite this and will not leave him. Eventually Nawab realizes the misunderstanding and is overcome with grief to cause his friend so much sorrow. He is devastated, and commits suicide knowing this will ensure there are no obstacles in the way now for Aslam to love Jameela.
Cast
*Guru Dutt as Aslam
*Waheeda Rehman as Jameela
*Rehman as Nawab
*Johnny Walker as Mirza Masaraddik Shaida
*Minoo Mumtaz as Tameezan
*Mumtaz Begum as Nawab's Mother
*Tun Tun as Naseeban
Music
Guru Dutt's music composer of earlier films S. D. Burman had warned him not to make 'Kaagaz Ke Phool' (1959 film), which resembled his own life. When Guru Dutt insisted on making the film, S. D. Burman said that would be his last film with Guru Dutt. Hence, the music composing of this film was offered to composer Ravi and was critically acclaimed, and the lyrics by his all-time favourite Shakeel Badayuni. It was a creative choice of Guru Dutt's to have the title track in color while the rest of the film was in black and white.http://www.hindigeetmala.net/movie/chaudhvin_ka_chand.htm Chaudhvin Ka Chand (1960 film) on Hindigeetmala.net website The title song, sung by Mohammed Rafi, became an evergreen hit, and is still popular among masses. The other hit songs from this film are "Mera Yaar Bana Hai Dulha", sung by Mohammed Rafi, often played in wedding ceremony and mujra song "Dil Ki Kahani Rang Layi Hai", sung by Asha Bhosle.
Track listing
Ravi has composed the music of the film & Shakeel Badayuni wrote the lyrics.Awards
; 8th Filmfare Awards
'Won'
* Best Lyricist Shakeel Badayuni for "Chaudhvin Ka Chand"
* Best Male Playback Singer Mohammed Rafi for "Chaudhvin Ka Chand"
* Best Art Direction Biren Nag
'Nominated'
* Best Supporting Actor Rehman
* Best Music Director Ravi
* Best Story Saghir Usmani
References
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