Sargam (1979 film)

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name =Sargam


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director = K Vishwanath
producer = N. N. Sippy
writer = Jainendra Jain (Dialogue), V. D. Puranik (Dialogue Director)
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starring =Rishi Kapoor
Jaya Prada
music =Laxmikant Pyarelal
cinematography =K H Kapadia
editing =Waman Bhosle
Gurudutt Shirali
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released = 8 January 1979
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country = flagicon|India India
language = Hindi
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imdb_id = 0246914

"Sargam" is a 1979 Hindi movie produced by N. N. Sippy. Writer and Director is K Vishwanath. Film is a remake of his earlier Telugu hit Siri Siri Muvva (1976), which starred Jayaprada and made her a star in South India. She made her Hindi film debut with this film, repeating her role of a mute dancer. The film stars Rishi Kapoor as her partner, Shashikala as her stepmother, Keshto Mukherjee, Shreeram Lagoo as her father, Shakti Kapoor, Aruna Irani, Asrani as her dance teacher, and Vijay Arora. Laxmikant Pyarelal composed the memorable songs, which won the only Filmfare Award for the film. Anand Bakshi wrote the lyrics. Mohd. Rafi sang all seven songs, three of them were duets with Lata Mangeshkar, including the famous song, "Dafliwale."

The film became a Super Hit and took the third top spot at the box office in 1979. [ [http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=185&catName=MTk3OQ= BoxOffice India.com ] ] It made Jayaprada a star in Bollywood [ [http://boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actress BoxOffice India.com ] ] , and she also earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress.

Awards

Filmfare Best Music Director Award for Laxmikant Pyarelal

Nominations

Filmfare Nomination for Best Film

Filmfare Nomination for Best Actor--Rishi Kapoor

Filmfare Nomination for Best Actress--Jayaprada

Filmfare Nomination for Best Comic--Asrani

Filmfare Nomination for Best Lyricist--Anand Bakshi for the song "Dafliwale" [ [http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953 ] ]

References