Yaadon Ki Baaraat

Infobox_Film
name = Yaadon Ki Baaraat


image size = 180 px imdb_id = 0070935
writer = Salim-Javed
starring = Dharmendra,
Vijay Arora,
Tariq,
Zeenat Aman
Neetu Singh &
Ajit | director = Nasir Hussain
producer = Nasir Hussain
cinematography = Munir Khan W.I.C.A.
editing = Babu Lavande &
Gurudutt Shirali
released = 1973
language = Hindi
music = R.D. Burman

"Yaadon Ki Baraat" was a 1973 Bollywood film directed by Nasir Hussain. It starred Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Vijay Arora, Tariq, and Neetu Singh. The film became a box office hit. [http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=179&catName=MTk3Mw=] It is still remembered fondly for the score, by music director R.D. Burman. One song, "Chura liya hai", as sung by Asha Bhosle and Mohd. Rafi (inspired by Donovan's title song from If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)), is particularly well-known.

It's a classic film of Indian cinema and one of the most remembered of the 1970s.

Synopsis

The film uses the familiar Bollywood theme of "siblings separated by fate". Gangland killers assassinate an honest man who defied them, killing his wife as well. The couple's three sons flee the massacre and lose contact with each other. They grow up in entirely different circumstances and are re-united only when one of the sons, played by Dharmendra, sets out to find the villain who killed their parents.

Shankar (Dharmendra), Vijay (Vijay Arora), and Ratan (Tariq) are three brothers. On their father's birthday, their mother taught them a song titled "Yaadon Ki Baaraat" which they held dearly to their hearts. As fate may have it, one day, the boys' father witnessed a robbery by Shakaal (Ajit), and his henchmen. To protect their identity, Shakal decided to kill the boys' father before he could go to the police. So one night, Shakaal and his men storm into the boys' father's room and kill both their mother and father. Shankar and Vijay witness the act and flee. They make their way to a passing train, where Shankar is separated from Vijay.

Several years pass by and the boys have grown up. Shankar is haunted by the memory of his parent's murder and is now joined by his friend Usman on a crime spree around the city. Vijay was adopted by a fairly wealthy man who is the groundskeeper to the love of his life, Sonita Zeenat Aman And Ratan, was raised by the boys' maid, and changed his name to Monto. With his new identity, Monto started a band and does gigs at hotels for a living.

Cast

* Dharmendra as "Shankar"
* Vijay Arora as "Vijay"
* Tariq as "Ratan / "Monto"
* Zeenat Aman as "Sunita"
* Ajit Khan as "Shakaal"
* Neetu Singh as Tariq's girlfriend

Supporting Cast

* Aamir Khan (Master Aamir) as Young Ratan
* Master Rajesh
* Master Salesh
* Master Ravi
* Imtiaz Khan
* Ahmed Ali
* Jalal Agha
* Ravinder Kapoor
* Sham Kumar
* Shetty
* Anamika
* Ghafoor
* Nawab
* Bihar
* Jagdish
* Bannerji
* Sanjana
* Ashoo
* Sofia
* Pompi
* Mona
* Kamal
* Murad
* Shivram
* Prem Sagar
* "'Bhooshan Tiwari
* Ram Avtar
* Dhanna
* Keshow Rana
* Surendra
* Shetty
* Mooldhand
* Uma Dutt
* Raj Rani
* H. Prakash
* Navin Kumar
* Manjeet
* Ravi
* Suparwala
* Lamba
* Archana

Playback Singers

* Lata Mangeshkar
* Kishore Kumar
* Mohammed Rafi
* Padmini Kolhapure
* Shivangi
* R.D. Burman
* Asha Bhosle

Crew

Dialogues Nasir Hussain
Story Javed Akhtar & Salim Khan
Records on HMV
Choreography Suresh Bhatt
Art Direction Shanti Das
Song Recording Kaushik & Bansali
Recordings Mangesh & Desai
Presented By Film Centre
Lab Incharge Tambawala
Lab Supervisor Rodrick
Make Up Dinu Indulkar & Ravi Indulkar
Hairstyles Pereira Leelaji
Costumes Leena Shah, Rose Bleu & Belquis Khan
Wardrobe Mohammed Husain
Fights Composer Shetty
Fights Assistant Kodi Irani
Stills Colorlab
Poster Designs Diwakar A Rauf
Equipments Incharge Mazhar (Power & Equipment)
Light Incharge R.A. Sen
Publicity Incharge G.P. Shakaal
Special Effects Gordhan Bhai
Main Titles G.D. Art
Office Incharge Gangaram
Production Manager S.A. Lateef
Production Office D.M. Deshpande, N. Lakdawala, Quodoos, Ghafoor, Nawab & Anwar
Camera Assistants Madhu Indulkar & Roy
Music Assistants Basu, Mandhari & Maruti
Sound Assistants Kumar, Mandhar & Raman
Make Up Assistant Pandu
Art Assistants Dilip Singh & M.S. Shinde
Dress Assistant Shree Gopal
Dance Assistants Aruna & Aysha Khan
Chief Assistant Director Zahoor Ahmed
Assistant Director Moeen Amjad
Editing Babu Lavande & Guru Dutt
Audiography Manna Ladia
Production Controller Sharif Husain
Production Executive Dharamvir Verma
Cinematography Munir Khan W.I.C.A.
Lyrics Majrooh Sultanpuri
Music R.D. Burman
Produced And Directed Nasir Hussain

Distribution

Orison Video Pvt. Ltd. (India)
Blaze International Inc. (United States)
Sonar (UK) Ltd. (United Kingdom)
Sim Sim Video Corporation (United Arab Emerates)
Combi (Singapore) Pte Ltd. (Singapore)
King Company (Hong Kong)
Nazika Trades (Republic of Maldives)
Supra Japan Ltd. (Japan)
Videobiz (Fiji)

Trivia

* The film earned actor Vijay Arora the title of the 3rd Potential Superstar of the decade besides Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna.
* The film earned two Filmfare nominations: Dharmendra for Best Actor and R.D. Burman for Best Music. [http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf]
* Nasir Husain had wanted to cast his regular actress Asha Parekh, but she was busy dancing abroad, so he gave the role to Zeenat Aman. [http://www.indiavarta.com/Startrek/Archives.asp?Page=&ID=IEE20020314053551&dt=3/14/2002]
* Neetu Singh, who had been a child actress in the 1960s, debuted as a heroine in "Rikshawala" (1972). When that film flopped, she took a small role in this film to revive her career. The hit song "Lekar hum" was picturized on her, and her sexy red costume and her frenetic dancing got her so much attention that she was immediately elevated to heroine roles again.
* The film was later remade in Telugu as Annadammula Anubandham. Most of the songs were also remade, such as "Churaliya hai," which was now "Gulabi puvvai," and the title song "Yaadon Ki Baarat," which was now "Anantihrudayala Anandageetam."
* The film was also remade in Tamil as Naalai Namathey, but the Hindi songs were not copied.
*A clip of the film appears in a scene in the 2004 blockbuster "Swades", and remains to be the only film scene in which all the three superstars of the film industry namely, Aamir Khan (as a young artist), Shahrukh Khan (as the lead) and Salman Khan (who's dad Salim Khan wrote the movie) are seen together.
*This was Aamir Khan's debut film, with him playing a young Tariq in the title song of the film.
*Aamir Khan's debut film as a leading man was Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak which was also produced by the same production house but it was directed by his cousin Mansoor, instead of his uncle Nasir Hussain.
* The film's central theme- of a song uniting separated family, was producer Nasir Hussain's favorite. Using it in earlier film Pyar Ka Mausam and subsequent film Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin.

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