Chitchor

Chitchor
Amol Palekar with Zarina Wahab, Master Raju, Vijayendra Ghatge, singing Aaj Se Pele
Directed by	Basu Chatterjee
Produced by	Rajshri Productions Tarachand Barjatya
Written by	Subodh Ghosh (Story) Basu Chatterjee (Screenplay & Dialogue)
Starring	Amol Palekar Zarina Wahab
Music by	Ravindra Jain (including lyrics)
Cinematography	K. K Mahajan
Editing by	Mukhtar Ahmed
Distributed by	Ultra Distributors
Release date(s)	1976 (1976)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Chitchor (Hindi: चितचोर) (1976) (also transliterated as Chit Chor) is a Hindi romantic musical film. The film's title means "Heart Stealer" in Hindi. The film is a Rajshri Productions film produced by Tarachand Barjatya. It was based on a Bengali story, Chittachakor by Subodh Ghosh. ^[1]

Performance

The film became a box office hit^[2] and received several nominations won a couple of awards. This also completed the 'Debut Silver Jubilee Hatrick' for actor Amol Palekar, who had given hits with his debut film, Rajnigandha (1974),followed by Chhoti Si Baat (1975). All three films were directed by Basu Chatterjee, and were all Silver Jubilee hits in Mumbai.^[3]

Synopsis

Pitamber Chaudhri, headmaster of a school in Madhupur, India, has a daughter named Geeta. Geeta is a typical village belle, naive, and childish, and always in the company of a little boy who is her neighbour.

Pitamber's older daughter, Meera, who lives in Mumbai, informs Pitamber of the arrival of a young engineer who could be a possible match for Geeta. Pitamber is asked to welcome him and treat him well. Without further question, Pitamber and family do just that when the visitor arrives by train. Vinod, the newcomer, takes an instant liking to the family and to Geeta in particular, even teaching her to sing. The family begins to talk about the possibility of Vinod and Geeta marrying, and life is good until another letter from Meera arrives. Pitamber is shocked to read that the engineer whom Meera was sending to meet the family has not yet arrived, but will be coming soon. Vinod is only an overseer who happened to come early, as his boss was delayed and could not make it as planned.

The family is disappointed. They asks Geeta to stop seeing Vinod and turn her attention to Sunil, the engineer, but Geeta cannot forget Vinod. Sunil is fond of Geeta and agrees to the engagement, which is quickly arranged. When Vinod hears of the engagement, he prepares to leave the village before the ceremony. Upon hearing this, Geeta insists that she will marry Vinod, against the wishes of her family. She rushes to the train station, but not before the train leaves. Disheartened, she turns back and is received and driven back to her house by Sunil. To her surprise, Vinod is at the house. All misconceptions have been cleared up, and Geeta and Vinod are to be engaged.

Cast

• Amol Palekar - Vinod
• Zarina Wahab - Geeta P. Choudhry
• Vijayendra Ghatge - Sunil Kishan
• A. K. Hangal - Pitamber Choudhry, Geeta's father
• Dina Pathak - Mrs. P. Choudhry, Geeta's mother
• Ritu Kamal - Meera, Geeta's sister
• Master Rajoo - Deepak Kumar Agnihotri 'Deepu'
• Shail Chaturvedi - Chaubey
• C. S. Dubey - Postman

Crew

• Director - Basu Chatterjee
• Story - Subodh Ghosh
• Screenplay - Basu Chatterjee
• Dialogue - Basu Chatterjee
• Producer - Tarachand Barjatya, Ajit Kumar Barjatya, Kamal Kumar Barjatya, Rajkumar Barjatya
• Production Company - Rajshri Productions
• Editor - Mukhtar Ahmed
• Cinematographer - K. K. Mahajan
• Art Director - Jadab Bhattacharya
• Music Director - Ravindra Jain
• Lyricist - Ravindra Jain
• Playback Singers - Hemalata, Yesudas

Soundtrack

Music and lyrics in the film were by Ravindra Jain.^[4]

Song Title	Singers	Time
"Aaj Se Pehle Aaj se Zyada" ("आज से पहले, आज से ज्यादा")	Yesudas	5:00
"Jab Deep Jale Aana, Jab Shaam Dhale Aana" ("जब दीप जले आना, जब शाम ढ़ले आना")	Yesudas, Hemalata	5:30
"Gori Tera Gaon Bada Pyara" ("गोरी तेरा गाँव बडा प्यारा")	Yesudas	5:10
"Tu Jo Mere Sur Men, Sur Milale" (तू जो मेरे सुर में, सुर मिलाले")	Yesudas, Hemalata	5:00

Remakes

A newer movie called Main Prem Ki Diwani Hoon starring Hrithik Roshan, Kareena Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan also has the same story. Another uncredited remake titled "Mindappoochaykku Kalyanam" was released in 1990 in Malayalam starring Suresh Gopi, Lizi Priyadarshan and Mukesh. It has also been remade in Telugu as Ammayi Manasu which stars Jayasudha, Chandra Mohan, Kanta Rao. A Bengali remake by name Sedin Choitro mas was also made by director Prabhat Roy.

Awards

• 1976: National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer: Dr. K. J. Yesudas for Gori Tera Gaon ^[5]
• 1976: National Film Award for Best Child Artist: Raju Shrestra
• 1977: Filmfare Best Female Playback Award:Hemlata for Tu Jo Mere Sur Me

Nominations

• Filmfare Best Film Nomination
• Filmfare Best Director Nomination--Basu Chatterjee
• Filmfare Best Male Playback Singer--Yesudas for the song "Gori Tera Gaon"^[6]

References

1. ^ Gulzar; Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 337. ISBN 8179910660. http://books.google.co.in/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&pg=PT361&dq=Sahib+Bibi+Aur+Golam+Bimal+Mitra+%28novel%29&hl=en&ei=9iN3TsiuGoH3rQfo2OW_Aw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Sahib%20Bibi%20Aur%20Golam%20Bimal%20Mitra%20%28novel%29&f=false. 
2. ^ "Chitchor Box office". Boxofficeindia.com. http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=182&catName=MTk3Ng==. Retrieved 2011-09-20. 
3. ^ "Firsts in Indian cinema". Downmelodylane.com. http://www.downmelodylane.com/firstinfilms.html. Retrieved 2011-09-20. 
4. ^ "चितचोर - Chitchor (1976) - Lyrics". Geetmanjusha.com. http://www.geetmanjusha.com/hindi/movie/189.html. Retrieved 2011-09-20. 
5. ^ Chitchor Rajshri Productions Official website.
6. ^ "Download Attachment". Deep750.googlepages.com. http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf. Retrieved 2011-09-20. 

External links

• Chitchor at the Internet Movie Database
• Listen to Chitchor songs
• Watch Chitchor movie online at Rajshri.com