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Navrang

  • 19591959
  • 2h 37m
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6.6/10
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Navrang (1959)
  • Drama
  • Musical
  • Romance
Diwakar is a poet and loves his wife Jamuna more than anything. But Jamuna feels that Diwakar lives in a fantasy world and is irresponsible in the real world. Diwakar creates a muse from his... Read allDiwakar is a poet and loves his wife Jamuna more than anything. But Jamuna feels that Diwakar lives in a fantasy world and is irresponsible in the real world. Diwakar creates a muse from his imagination, who looks exactly like his wife and whom he calls Mohini. Diwakar becomes a ... Read allDiwakar is a poet and loves his wife Jamuna more than anything. But Jamuna feels that Diwakar lives in a fantasy world and is irresponsible in the real world. Diwakar creates a muse from his imagination, who looks exactly like his wife and whom he calls Mohini. Diwakar becomes a recognized poet and Jamuna gives birth to a boy. Unfortunately, the happiness does not las... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
156
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  • Director
    • Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre
  • Writers
    • G.D. Madgulkar(story)
    • Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Sandhya
    • Mahipal
    • Keshavrao Date
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  • Director
    • Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre
  • Writers
    • G.D. Madgulkar(story)
    • Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Sandhya
    • Mahipal
    • Keshavrao Date
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    Jeetendra
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    • Director
      • Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre
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      • G.D. Madgulkar(story)
      • Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre(screenplay)
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    Diwakar is a poet and loves his wife Jamuna more than anything. But Jamuna feels that Diwakar lives in a fantasy world and is irresponsible in the real world. Diwakar creates a muse from his imagination, who looks exactly like his wife and whom he calls Mohini. Diwakar becomes a recognized poet and Jamuna gives birth to a boy. Unfortunately, the happiness does not last long as Diwakar loses his job because of critical songs against the British. Now he can no longer feed his sickly father nor his son. On top of all this, Diwakar's obsession with Mohini shows no sign of abating, forcing Jamuna to leave their home. —Soumitra
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    • dysfunctional marriage
    • old man
    • dance
    • dual role
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      V Shanataram was very particular about timing during the Bikaner schedule Jeetendra reached late for the shoot after dinner which annoyed V Shantaram and told the production team to send him back and asked his makeup man not to get him ready for next day shoot,next day Jeetendra woke up at 5am and got ready with the makeup and went in tears to V Shantarm ,V Shanatram saw him all dressed and was very impressed.
    • Soundtracks
      Tu Chhupi Hai Kahan
      Sung by Asha Bhosle & Manna Dey

      Music composed by C. Ramchandra

      Lyrics by Bharat Vyas

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    Sheer Technicolor bliss courtesy of V. Shantaram
    Wow. Whenever I find myself watching allegedly show stopping choreography in new Bollywood films which style themselves as fantasies, this sense of total boredom always creeps in at the sheer unimaginative nature of the dance routines. They're ubiquitous of course. Everyone prances about like their fresh from the Brian Rogers Dance Connection on Seaside Special, same kicks, same cutaways, the lot.

    And then I saw Navrang on satellite. Wow. This is a truly fantastical film. It looks genuinely unearthly. The plot: 19th Century sage/poet/artistic type Divakar (Mahipal, looking uncannily like William L Petersen circa Manhunter)has lost his muse. This is a time of British Imperial rule (booo), but there's no overt agenda here. Its a simple story via which Divakar starts to be tormented by his artists' block. Which is where Sandhya comes in. In a dual role of his beloved and his muse she performs some gob smacking classically inspired pieces. There's this scene where she's performing a kathak (?) style routine, balancing about 10 water pots on her head, she even bends down whilst balancing them on her head (no strings). There's fantasy set pieces that are simply beautiful too, notably the piece where she's in the temple, and it morphs into a whole white-out room full of giant temple bells, each with a dancer on the ringer, swaying to the music. This is up there with the glorious surreal set designs of some of the Hollywood musicals of the 30's, and the Powwll & Pressburger film "The Red Shoes" in terms of real skill on display. they make it all look so simple too.
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    • Aug 28, 2004

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    • Country of origin
      • India
    • Language
      • Hindi
    • Also known as
      • नवरंग
    • Filming locations
      • India
    • Production company
      • Rajkamal Kala Mandir
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 37 minutes

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