Mausam (1975 film)

Mausam
Directed by	Gulzar
Produced by	P. Mallikharjuna Rao
Written by	Bhushan Banmali Kamleshwar Gulzar
Based on	The Judas Tree by A.J. Cronin
Starring	Sharmila Tagore Sanjeev Kumar Dina Pathak Om Shivpuri Satyen Kappu C.S.Dubey Lily Chakravarty
Music by	Madan Mohan Salil Choudhury (background score)
Cinematography	K. Vaikunth
Editing by	Waman B. Bhosle Gurudutt
Release date(s)	29 December 1975 (1975-12-29)
Running time	156 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Mausam (Hindi: मौसम; English: Seasons) is a 1975 Indian film directed by Gulzar and loosely based on the story "Weather", from the novel, The Judas Tree, by A.J. Cronin. Sharmila Tagore for her acting received The Silver Lotus Award at the 23rd National Film Festival and the movie was honoured by presenting an award for 2nd Best Feature Film.^[1] The movie bagged two of eight nominations at the 24th Filmfare Awards.

Plot

Mausam is a dramatic love story of Dr. Amarnath Gill, who falls for Chanda, the daughter of a local healer, Harihar Thapa, when visiting Darjeeling for his medical exams. Amarnath is called back and promises Chanda to return, though he never keeps his promise. Twenty-five years later, he returns as a wealthy man and searches for Chanda and her father. He learns that Harihar has died and that Chanda was married to a crippled old man. She gave birth to a daughter, became insane and died. Finding Chanda's daughter, Kajli, he sees that she closely resembles her mother and later discovers that after having been molested by her mother's brother-in-law, she ended up at a brothel. Amarnath had no choice but to buy her from the brothel and he takes Kajli home and tries to change her into well refined woman to make up for what he did to Chanda. Unaware that Amarnath is indirectly responsible for her mother's death, Kajli begins to fall for him.

Cast

• Sharmila Tagore as Chanda Thapa/Kajli
• Sanjeev Kumar as Dr. Amarnath Gill
• Dina Pathak as Gangu Rani (Brothel madame)
• Om Shivpuri as Harihar Thapa

Music

The background score for the movie was composed by Salil Chowdhury and the songs were composed by Madan Mohan. The movie credits dedicate this movie to Late Madan Mohan after his demise on 14 July 1975. The songs of the movie were penned by Gulzar. Mausam is the only movie directed by Gulzar the songs of which were composed by Madan Mohan.

The song Dil Dhoondta Hai featured at 12th position on the Annual list of the year-end chart toppers of Binaca Geetmala for 1976.

Sr. No.	Song	Singers	Filmed on
1	Dil Dhoondta Hai (Sad)	Bhupinder Singh	title track
2	Chadi Re Chadi	Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar	Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore
3	Dil Dhoondta Hai	Bhupinder Singh, Lata Mangeshkar	Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore
4	Mere Ishq Mein	Asha Bhosale	Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore
5	Ruke Ruke Se Kadam	Lata Mangeshkar	Sharmila Tagore

Awards

Won

• National Award Best Actress - Sharmila Tagore
• National Award for 2nd Best Feature Film^[1]- Mausam
• Filmfare Best Movie - Mausam
• Filmfare Best Director - Gulzar

Nominated

• Filmfare Best Actor - Sanjeev Kumar (Won by Sanjeev Kumar for Arjun Pandit)
• Filmfare Best Actress - Sharmila Tagore (Won by Raakhee for Tapasya)
• Filmfare Best Supporting Actress - Dina Pathak (Won by Kajri for Balika Badhu)
• Filmfare Best Story - Kamleshwar (Won by Balachand Mukherjee for Arjun Pandit)
• Filmfare Best Music - Madan Mohan (Won by Khayaam for Kabhi Kabhie)
• Filmfare Best Lyricist - Gulzar for Dil Dhoondta Hai (Won by Sahir Ludhiyanvi for Kabhi Kabhie Mere Dil Main from the movie Kabhi Kabhie)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} 23rd National Film Awards

External links

• Mausam at the Internet Movie Database
• Film Synopsis

Awards
Preceded by Shabana Azmi	National Award Best Actress 1976	Succeeded by Laxmi
Preceded by Deewar	Filmfare Award for Best Film 1976	Succeeded by Bhumika
Preceded by Yash Chopra	Filmfare Award for Best Director 1976	Succeeded by Basu Chatterji