Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Men (1964)

An impoverished ex-army officer faces obstacles and challenges when he seeks a cure for his mute son.

Director:

Kishore Kumar

Writer:

Kishore Kumar

Stars:

Kishore Kumar, Supriya Choudhury, Amit Ganguly

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kishore Kumar	...	Shankar
Supriya Choudhury	...	Meera (as Supriya Chowdhury)
Amit Ganguly	...	Ramu (as Amit Gangoly)
Raj Mehra	...	Thakur
Nana Palsikar	...	Pagla
Iftekhar	...	Jagga (as Iftikhar)
Sajjan	...	Thakur's Second Son
Leela Mishra	...	Jamuna Kaki
Hiralal	...	Vikram
Moni Chatterjee	...	Doctor (as Mony Chatterjee)
S.N. Banerjee
Jeevan Kala	...	(as Jeevankala)
Kesari	...	(as Kesri)
Samsher Singh
Nand Kishore

Storyline

Shankar (Kishore Kumar) is in the army. On his return he finds out that he has lost his wife and father in a fire. His child, Ramu, has stopped talking. Shankar sets off to city to get Ramu treated. Instead, he ends up in Meena's (Supriya Choudhury) house after a quarrel with Thakur leaves him wounded on the road. Meena begins to have feelings toward Shankar and Ramu. Thakur, on the other hand, has plans to get Meera married to his son. The only things in the way of his plans are now Shankar and his son Ramu.

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Plot Keywords:

written and directed by cast member

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Genres:

Drama | Musical

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Details

Country:

India

Language:

Hindi

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kishore Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

153 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Color:

Black and White

User Reviews

Why can't we make such movies these days?

I consider this movie as one of the masterpieces of Indian cinema of 60's. A very colourful journey of a father and a son (of black and white times). Kishore Kumar has very successfully shown his serious side in this movie as well.

I don't know why we say that Indian cinema is, now, slowly matching the international standards while, in my opinion, films like these ones had all the flair to match those standards. Way back what we lacked was technical sources but not the talent.

A movie doesn't need a powerful storyline to be a masterpiece. A simple script can also do wonders. Perhaps that is the reason why 'No Man's Land' could beat 'Lagaan' for Oscar. Not to say that I have anything against Lagaan neither do I say that Oscar is a way to judge Indian Cinema. But my point is that Indian Cinema needs to follow the footsteps of old classics like this one, Madhumati, Do Bheega Zameen, Bandini, Pather Panchali etc.

Door Gagan Ki Chhaon Mein is a movie that stands all tests of time and international Cinema in this regard.