Goonj Uthi Shehnai

Goonj Uthi Shehnai
Directed by Vijay Bhatt
Produced by Vijay Bhatt
Starring Rajendra Kumar
Ameeta
Anita Guha
I. S. Johar
Music by Vasant Desai
Bharat Vyas (lyrics)
Release date
 May 29, 1959
Running time
 174 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Box office Rs. 1,80,00,000 [1]

Goonj Uthi Shehnai (English: The Call of the Shehnai) (meaning 'The Wedding Bells Have Started Ringing') is 1959 Hindi film directed by Vijay Bhatt, with Rajendra Kumar, Ameeta, Anita Guha and I. S. Johar as leads. The film has music by Vasant Desai and lyrics by Bharat Vyas, and the duo created numerous hits such as "Jivan Men Piya Tera Sath Rahe" sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohd. Rafi, and Lata's "Tere Sur Aur Mere Geet" and "Dil Ka Khilona Hai Toot Gaya".

The film narrates the story of a Shehnai player, and features a shehnai recitals by maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan throughout the film.[2] There is also Jugalbandi between him and Sitar player, Abdul Halim Jaffar Khan [3]

The film was the fifth highest grosser of the year and was declared a "Hit" at Box Office India,[1] and became the first big hit of actor Rajendra Kumar, who was soon giving dates four years from the day of signing.[4]

Cast

Awards and nominations

Soundtrack

The soundtrack includes the following tracks, composed by Vasant Desai, and with lyrics by Bharat Vyas, also featuring shehnai pieces by noted classical instrumentalist Ustad Bismillah Khan, with vocal renderings by Amir Khan, a Hindustani classical music vocalist.[5][6]

Goonj Uthi Shehnai
Soundtrack album by Vasant Desai
Released 1995 (India)
Genre Film soundtrack
Label EMI
Producer Vasant Desai
Vasant Desai chronology
Samarat Prithviraj Chauvan
(1959)Samarat Prithviraj Chauvan1959		 Goonj Uthi Shehnai
(1959)		 Ardhangini
(1959)Ardhangini1959
SongSinger (s)
"Teri Shehnai Bole" Mohd. Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
"Tere Sur Aur Mere Geet" Lata Mangeshkar
"Maine Peena Seekh Liya" Mohd. Rafi
"Jivan Men Piya Tera Sath Rahe" Mohd. Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
"Haule Haule Ghoonghat Pat Khole" Mohd. Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
"Akhiyan Bhool Gain Hain Sona" Geeta Dutt, Lata Mangeshkar
"Mujhko Agar Bhool Jaoge Tum" Lata Mangeshkar
"Kah Do Koi Na Kare Yahan Pyaar" Mohd. Rafi
"Dil Ka Khilona Hai Toot Gaya" Lata Mangeshkar

References

  1. 1 2 Box Office 1959
  2. ↑ Khan played in just one Hindi film, Goonj Uthi Shehnai (Echoes of the Shehnai), in 1959... BBC News, 21 August 2006.
  3. ↑ Ustad Bismillah Khan "Essays on Indian music", by Raj Kumar. Publisher: Discovery Publishing House, 2003. ISBN 81-7141-719-1. p. 205.
  4. ↑ 1959: Year that was Indian Express, Friday, 29 May 1998.
  5. ↑ Goonj Uthi Shehnai 1959 songs
  6. ↑ Goonj Uthi Shehnai 1959 songs
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