Nau Do Gyarah
| Nau Do Gyarah | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Vijay Anand |
| Produced by | Dev Anand |
| Written by | Vijay Anand |
| Starring |
Dev Anand Kalpana Kartik Shashikala Jeevan Madan Puri Lalita Pawar |
| Music by | S.D. Burman |
| Cinematography | V. Ratra |
| Edited by | Dharamvir |
| Distributed by | Navketan Productions |
Release date | 1957 |
Running time | 170 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Nau Do Gyarah (lit. Nine Two Eleven; the Hindi idiom means "to run away") is a 1957 Hindi film produced by Dev Anand. This was his brother, Vijay Anand's directorial debut.[1] The film stars Dev Anand, Kalpana Kartik, Madan Puri, Shashikala and Jeevan. The film's music is by S. D. Burman and the lyrics are by Majrooh Sultanpuri. It is loosely based on the American film It Happened One Night.[2]
Plot
The film starts with Madan Gopal (Dev Anand) being thrown out of his house for not paying the rent. He goes to visit his friend, who has been helping him collect his mail, and finds a letter from his uncle, Manoharlal. Manoharlal writes that he is willing eleven lakh rupees (nine lakhs of property and two lakhs worth of cash), to Madan. It was originally willed to his sister-in-law's son, Kuldeep (Krishan Dhawan). After seeing Kuldeep's bad behaviour, though, Manoharlal decides to give the money to Madan.
Madan promptly gets a truck and sets off for Bombay, and on the way, his friend drags him to a wedding. The two discuss the wedding, with Madan saying that if he were in the girl's place, he would run away. True enough, when an eavesdropping friend tells the bride, Raksha (Kalpana Kartik) that the groom is Surjit (Jeevan), she decides to run away and hides in Madan's truck.
Raksha disguises herself as a Sikh boy with the psedonym of "Sardar Nihal Singh" and hides in his truck. Madan discovers "him" and the two quarrel nonstop, but Madan is compelled to take him along, because the boy has money, food and water. The disguise soon comes loose and Sardar Nihal Singh is revealed to be a girl. Madan doesn't know her past, but the two of them fall in love, with Madan teasing her on several occasions, calling her a "thief". Raksha, who was unhappy with her marriage, finally finds happiness travelling with Madan.
When the two of them reach Bombay, Madan goes off to see his friend, Radheshyam (Madan Puri), but is informed that Manoharlal has died. A shocked Madan takes out the letter and finds out that it is a few months old. Radheshyam says that all the property has gone to Kuldeep and his mother (Lalita Pawar).
Production
Nau Do Gyarah was the first film directed by Vijay Anand.[3]
Soundtrack
| Song | Singer(s) | Picturised on |
|---|---|---|
| "Hum Hai Rahi Pyar Ke" | Kishore Kumar | Dev Anand |
| "Aankhon Mein Kya Jee" | Kishore Kumar and Asha Bhosle | Dev Anand and Kalpana Kartik |
| "Kali Ke Roop Mein" | Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle | Dev Anand and Kalpana Kartik |
| "Kya Ho Jo Phir Din Rangeela Ho" | Asha Bhosle and Geeta Dutt | Helen and Shashikala |
| "Aaja Panchi Akela Hai" | Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhosle | Dev Anand and Kalpana Kartik |
| "Dhalti Jaye Chunariya" | Asha Bhosle | Dev Anand and Kalpana Kartik |
| "Dekho To Idhar Hai Hai" | Asha Bhosle | Dev Anand and Shashikala |
| "See Le Zuban" | Geeta Dutt | Shashikala |
References
- ↑ Ganti, Tejaswini (2004). Bollywood: a guidebook to popular Hindi cinema. Routledge. p. 102. ISBN 0-415-28854-1.
- ↑ "It happened to be a hit!". The Hindu. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
- ↑ Kohli, Suresh (27 December 2008). "Nau Do Gyarah 1957". The Hindu. Retrieved 14 June 2018.