Cha Cha Cha (1964 film)

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| name = Cha Cha Cha
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| director = [[Chandrashekhar (actor)|Chandrashekhar]]
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| starring = [[Chandrashekhar (actor)|Chandrashekhar]]<br />[[Helen (actress)|Helen]]
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| music = [[Iqbal Qureshi]]
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| released = 1964
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'''''Cha Cha Cha''''' is an [[Bollywood|Indian]] [[Romance (love)|romance]] [[film]], released in 1964. The script is by [[Chandrashekhar (actor)|Chandrashekhar]], who also directed the film and plays the lead male role. It also features [[Helen (actress)|Helen]] in her first leading role.

The cast also includes [[Om Prakash]], [[Leela Mishra]], [[Iftekhar]], [[O. P. Ralhan]] and [[Tun Tun]]. Music in the film was composed by [[Iqbal Qureshi]]. The song "Subah Na Aayi Shaam Na Aayi", was written by the then new song writer, [[Gopaldas Neeraj|Neeraj]], and [[Makhdoom Mohiuddin]]'s poem "Chara Gar" is depicted in the song "Ek Chameli Ke Mandwe Tale", which tells the story of two lovers who can never be together.

==Plot==
Lali, played by [[Helen (actress)|Helen]], returns home from abroad, disappointing her mother with her new attitudes, looks, and affinity to dance. After reluctantly making a trip to the [[temple]] at the request of her mother, Lali assumes that the man (Puran) singing in the temple, is referring to her in the lyrics of his song. In response, and to the surprise of onlookers, she slaps him, only to shortly discover that he is blind and was singing a religious song. Feeling guilty, and with the support of her family, Puran is taken to [[Mumbai]] (then [[Bombay]]), and regains his eyesight following eye surgery paid for by Lali's family.{{citation required|date=January 2021}}

Lali's character soon changes. Unable to persuade Puran to learn Western dance, she assumes traditional dress and the two fall in love. However, she is subsequently persuaded by her father to marry a wealthy businessman and end the relationship with Puran for the sake of family honour in light of her upcoming sister's marriage, as Puran, being of a [[dalit|"harijan" caste]], is deemed unsuitable for her by her parents.{{citation required|date=January 2021}}

When she is struck by a disability, her husband leaves her.<ref name="Pinto2006">{{cite book|last=Pinto|first=Jerry |title=Helen: The Life and Times of A Bollywood H-Bomb|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u6rWCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT27|year=2006|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=978-0-143-03124-6|page=27}}</ref> Puran in the meantime becomes a singing/dancing hero.<ref name="40Retakes">{{cite news |title=40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Have Missed |url=https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/bookworm/bookworm-s-trail/40-retakes-bollywood-classics-you-may-have-missed_3150.htm |access-date=5 January 2021 |work=Zee News |date=12 January 2014 |language=en}}</ref>

==Cast==
The cast includes:<ref name="Cine">{{cite web |title=Cha Cha Cha |url=https://www.cinemaazi.com/film/cha-cha-cha |website=Cinemaazi |access-date=2 January 2021 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Cha Cha Cha |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371598/ |publisher=Bhavdeep Films |access-date=4 January 2021 |date=17 November 1964}}</ref>
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*[[Chandrashekhar (actor)|Chandrashekhar]] as Puranchan Kashmiri "Puran"
*[[Helen (actress)|Helen]] as Lali
*[[Om Prakash]] as Dinanath (Lali's Father)
*[[Leela Mishra]] as Laxmi (Lali's Mother)
*[[Agha (actor)|Agha]] as Lali's Brother
*[[Iftekhar]] as Family Doctor
*[[O. P. Ralhan]] as Madan
*[[Polson (Indian actor)|Polson]] as Mohan
*[[Mac Mohan]] as Sushil
*[[Tun Tun]] as Mohan's mother
*[[Bela Bose]] as Kalpana
*[[Aruna Irani]] as Geeta
*[[Madan Puri]] as Dance Announcer
{{refend|colwidth=25em}}

==Production==
The script was written by [[Chandrashekhar (actor)|Chandrashekhar]], who directed the film and played the lead male role. It was released in 1964.<ref name="Raj2009">{{cite book|author=Ashok Raj|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tgo9BAAAQBAJ&pg=PT215|title=Hero Vol.1|date=1 November 2009|publisher=Hay House, Inc|isbn=978-93-81398-02-9|page=215}}</ref><ref name="Premchand2018" />

==Music==
Music in the film was composed by [[Iqbal Qureshi]].<ref name="Raj2009"/> Performances in the film include the dance sequence "Cha Cha Cha", and the song "Subah Na Aayi Shaam Na Aayi", written by the then new song writer [[Gopaldas Neeraj|Neeraj]].<ref name=Dev>{{Cite book|last=Dev|first=Sujata|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=noAyCwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Iqbal+qureshi%22+rafi&pg=PT74|title=Mohammed Rafi Voice Of A Nation|date=2015|publisher=Om Books International|isbn=978-93-80070-97-1|language=en|chapter=The versatile singer conquers hearts}}</ref><ref name=Arunachalam>{{Cite web|last=Arunachalam|first=Param|date=19 March 2016|title=Bollywood Retrospect: Introducing little-known composer Iqbal Qureshi through 5 songs|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/column-bollywood-retrospect-introducing-little-known-composer-iqbal-qureshi-through-5-songs-2191172|access-date=28 December 2020|website=DNA India|language=en}}</ref> The film also includes [[Makhdoom Mohiuddin]]'s poem "Chara Gar" depicted in the song "Ek Chameli Ke Mandwe Tale", which tells the story of two lovers who can never be together.<ref name=Premchand2018>{{Cite book|last=Premchand|first=Manek|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZJCBDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Iqbal+qureshi%22+music&pg=PT191|title=Yesterday's Melodies Today's Memories|date=2018|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64429-877-0|location=Chennai|language=en|chapter=III. The Golden Age is Underway Now: Iqbal Qureshi}}</ref><ref name=VSCH>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wlxuAAAAMAAJ&q=Ek+Chameli+Ke+Mandve+Tale|title=Hyderabad, the Power of Glory|date=1998|publisher=Deccan Books|language=en}}</ref> This song was sung by [[Mohammed Rafi]] and [[Asha Bhosle]].<ref name=Premchand2018/><ref name="Mahaan">{{Cite news|last=Mahaan|first=Deepak|date=28 July 2016|title=Poetic justice!|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/Poetic-justice/article14513218.ece|access-date=28 December 2020|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Subah Na Aayi"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Woh Hum Na The"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Ek Lali Ghar Se Chali"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
|-
| "Ek Chameli Ke Mandwe Tale"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| "Tumse, Mano Na Mano, Mujhe Tumse Pyar Ho Gaya"
| [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| "Dance Music"
| [[Iqbal Qureshi]]
|-
| "Title Music"
| [[Iqbal Qureshi]]
|-
|}

==Reception and legacy==
The film was one of Helen's few successes in a leading role.<ref name="Pinto2006"/> [[Filmfare]] described Helen as someone "who slides across the film with the grace of a leopardess, whose femininity and quiet behaviour are in pleasing in contrast to Bela Bose's enthusiastic flaunting of over-emphasised charms".<ref name="Pinto2006"/>

Kate Spade noted in her 2013 Cha Cha Cha timeline that in 1964 "Bollywood is hit with Cha Cha Cha fever".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Spade|first=Kate|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fOJgDwAAQBAJ&dq=kate+spade+cha+cha+cha&pg=PA134|title=Kate Spade. New York: things we love: twenty years of inspiration, intriguing bits and other curiosities|date=2013|publisher=Abrams|isbn=978-1-61312-390-4|pages=134|language=en}}</ref>

In 2014 ''Cha Cha Cha'' was listed in ''40 Retakes: Bollywood Classics You May Have Missed'' by Avijit Ghosh.<ref name="40Retakes"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{YouTube|WR89h24xGzk|Cha Cha Cha (1964)}}
* {{IMDb title|0371598}}
[[Category:1964 films]]
[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Indian romance films]]
[[Category:1960s romance films]]

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