Jyoti (1981 film)

Jyoti
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Pramod Chakravarty
Produced by	Pramod Chakravarty
Screenplay by	Sachin Bhaumick
Story by	Manilal Banerjee
Based on	Ardhangi (1955)
Starring	Jeetendra Hema Malini
Music by	Bappi Lahiri
Cinematography	S.R.K. Murthy
Edited by	Narendra Arora
Production company	Pramod Films[1]
Release date	6 May 1981 (1981-05-06)
Running time	144 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Jyoti (lit. Light) is a 1981 Bollywood drama film, produced and directed by Pramod Chakravarty under the Pramod Films banner. It stars Jeetendra and Hema Malini in the lead roles, with music composed by Bappi Lahiri.

The film is a remake of the Telugu movie Ardhangi (1955), starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Savitri in pivotal roles.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}Ardhangi was based on Maddipatla Suri's Telugu translation of the Bengali novel Swayamsiddha, written by Manilal Banerjee.Swayamsiddha went on to be made into a 1975 Bengali movie of the same name.^[9] Ardhangi was remade in Tamil as Pennin Perumai. It was also remade in Hindi earlier as Bahurani in 1963. The story of Swayamsiddha was also similar to the Kannada novel Mallammana Pavaada by, B. Puttaswamayya, which was adapted into the 1969 movie titled Mallammana Pavaada, for which the screenplay was written by P. Pullaiah, based on his 1955 Telugu movie Ardhangi. The Kannada novel Mallammana Pavaada also inspired the 1987 Tamil movie Enga Chinna Rasa, which went on to be remade in Telugu as Abbaigaru, in Hindi as Beta, in Kannada as Annayya and in Oriya as Santan (1998).

Plot

Niranjan Pratap Singh is the stepson of a Zamindar and the real son of Ranimaa Sunanda. He is also the sole heir to the property of the Zamindar, as his elder stepbrother, Govind is drug-induced to the point of senility. When Gauri opposes Niranjan's ruthlessness against fellow-villagers, the Zamindar, angered by her intrusion, complains to her dad, Vedji. The Zamindar's anger is subdued when he actually speaks to Gauri and ends up admiring her and asking her hand in marriage for his son, Niranjan. But Sunanda will not hear of her son marrying a poor villager's daughter, and she convinces him that Gauri should get married to Govind. Although her father is opposed to his daughter marrying a senile man, Gauri accepts Govind and marries him. She finds out that she and Govind have no status in the household, which is run on the whims and fancies of Sunanda, her maid, Chintamani, and Niranjan. Niranjan is misguided by a dancer, Mallika, and Amirchand, who are after his wealth. Gauri must now decide whether to have her own life, or be chained to a senile half-child half-man.

Cast

• Jeetendra as Govind Pratap Singh
• Hema Malini as Gauri
• Ashok Kumar as Raja Saab
• Shashikala as Sunanda
• Om Shivpuri as Vedji
• Ajit as Amirchand
• Vijayendra Ghatge as Niranjan Pratap Singh
• Deven Verma as Siyaram
• Birbal as Lallu
• Viju Khote
• Aruna Irani as Mallika
• Sulochana as Daimaa
• Jayshree T. as Champa
• Padma Khanna as Chintamani

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Bappi Lahiri.^[10][11] The song "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai" later became the basis for two songs released in 2002: it was sampled by American producer Dr. Dre for the Truth Hurts song "Addictive" and remixed by Indian music director Harry Anand as "Kaliyon Ka Chaman" for the Universal Music India album UMI-10 (Vol 3).^[12][13]

Other versions

The story line has been the inspiration for various movies and has had various remakes in the Indian film industry.

References