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Sargam is a 1979 Hindi-language drama film written and directed by K. Viswanath. It was the Hindi version of his earlier Telugu film Siri Siri Muvva (1976), which also starred Jaya Prada 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, Shreeram Lagoo as her father, with Shakti Kapoor, Aruna Irani, Asrani, Vijay Arora and Om Shivpuri. Laxmikant-Pyarelal composed the memorable songs, which won the only Filmfare Award for the film. Anand Bakshi wrote the lyrics. Mohammed Rafi has sung all seven songs, three of them were duets with Lata Mangeshkar, including the famous song, "Dafliwale Dafli Baja", "Koyal Boli", "Duniya Doli" and "Parbat Ke Us Paar". The song "Koyal Boli" was shot on the banks of the Godavari River in Rajahmundry, "Parbat Ke Us Par" in Ooty and "Dafliwale" in Kashmir.
The film became a huge success at the box office and took the top spot at the box office in 1979. It made Jaya Prada a sensation and a star overnight in Hindi Cinema, and she also earned her first Filmfare nomination as Best Actress in Hindi cinema.




Plot


Hema is a mute young girl who lives with her father, Chintamani Pradhan, step mother Savitri and step sister Champa. Savitri dreams for her daughter to become a star and arranges for her classical dance lessons. Hema also joins her and quickly shows her superior talent. Intolerant Savitri forbids Hema from learning dance anymore. Her father, who is a school teacher, was visited by his old student Raju who plays Dafli. Raju tries to cheer Hema up from time to time. One night, Raju finds a woman struggling to get rid of a man and Raju helps her. Later, the woman, Kusum tells him that her husband, Prakash forced her to spend the night with another man. Hema’s father passes away, and she is thrown out of the house by Savitri. She is supported by Raju and they leave the village. Savitri and Champa go to the city to find the work but they realize that they have been conned and they come back. Prakash, still holds grudge against Raju and attacks him in the end when he is rescued by police. Raju and Hema reunite and Savitri finds the goodness in her heart and accepts Hema as her daughter too.




Cast


Rishi Kapoor as Raju
Jaya Prada as Hema Pradhan
Shashikala as Savitri Pradhan, stepmother
Dheeraj Kumar as Suresh
Rajni Sharma as Champa Pradhan
Leela Mishra as Mausi
Jankidas as Landlord
Keshto Mukherjee as Tushar Babu Ghosh / Chatterjee
Shreeram Lagoo as Masterji Chintamani Pradhan
Trilok Kapoor as Dinu Chacha
Om Shivpuri as Pandit
Shakti Kapoor as Prakash
Aruna Irani as Kusum
Asrani as Gopi
Vijay Arora as Dr. Babu (Guest appearance)
Kamaldeep as Rapist




Soundtrack


All the songs were composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and lyrics were penned by Anand Bakshi. With voice of Mohammed Rafi in all 7 songs, among three of them were duets with Lata Mangeshkar. The song “Dafli Wale Dafli Baja” was used as an interlude by Vishal-Shekhar, in the film version of the song, Radha, from Student of the Year, in which Kapoor starred in.




Awards


27th Filmfare Awards:
Won
Best Music Director — Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Nominated
Best Film — N. N. Sippy
Best Actor — Rishi Kapoor
Best Actress — Jaya Prada
Best Comedian — Asrani
Best Lyricist — Anand Bakshi for "Dafliwale"
Best Story — K. Viswanath




References






External links


Sargam at IMDb

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