- Rajnigandha
: "Rajnigandha may also refer to Rajnigandha, the flower, also known as
tuberose . "Infobox Film
name = Rajnigandha
image_size = 200px
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director =Basu Chatterjee
producer = Suresh Jindal
writer =Manu Bhandari (story)Basu Chatterjee (Screenplay & dialogue)
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starring =Amol Palekar Vidya Sinha Dinesh Thakur
music =Salil Choudhury
Yogesh (Lyrics)
cinematography = K.K. Mahajan
editing = G.G. Mayekar
distributor =
released = 1974
runtime = 110 min.
country =India
language =Hindi
budget =
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imdb_id = 0072064"Rajnigandha" (रजनीगन्धा) is the name of a
Hindi movie released in1974 and directed byBasu Chatterjee , and based on story, " Yehi Sach Hai" (This is the Truth) by noted Hindi writer,Manu Bhandari [ [http://marcelproust.blogspot.com/2007/06/rajnigandha.html Rajnigandha story] ] [ [http://www.abhivyakti-hindi.org/gauravgatha/2004/yahi_such_hai/ysh1.htm Yahi Such Hai, story] www.abhivyakti-hindi.org.] .It starred
Amol Palekar ,Vidya Sinha andDinesh Thakur in the leading roles. "Rajnigandha" won the Best Picture at theFilmfare Awards in the year1974 , both the Popular Award and the Critics Award."Rajnigandha" was considered as a fresh outlook on cinema in
1974 where blockbusters were ruling overBollywood . The film was the first screen role ofVidya Sinha , and first Hindi film ofAmol Palekar , both of whom went on to worked withBasu Chatterjee in his many subsequent films. Amol have hits includeChhoti Si Baat (1977 ), (with Vidya Sinha),Chitchor (1977 ),Gharaonda (1980 ) and laterGolmaal (1980 ).Vidya Sinha played marvellously inPati, Patni Aur Woh (1979 ) opposite Sanjeev Kumar.oundtrack
The music director of this film was
Salil Chaudhury , an extremely talented musician from Bengal. Music of this movie has always been considered exceptionally influencing.The film has an impressive title song, "Rajnigandha Phool Tumhaare" sung byLata Mangeshkar , and its another song is the equally wonderfulMukesh single, "Kai Baar Yuheen Dekha hai," for which he won theNational Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer .The film is worth watching and characterizes an era of simple, short and low-budget movies that India made in the 1970s. Some Rajshri films follow the trend.
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External links
*imdb title|id=0072064|title=Rajnigandha
* [http://www.musicindiaonline.com/music/hindi_bollywood/s/movie_name.1708/ Listen to Rajnigandha songs online]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP4sllE7wBM Rajnigandha Phool Tumhaare]###@@@KEY@@@###succession box
title=Filmfare Award for Best Film
years=1974
before="Anurag "
after= "Deewar"
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