Jyoti (1981 film)

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{{short description|1981 film by Pramod Chakravarty}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Jyoti
| image = Jyoti (1981 film).jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| screenplay = Sachin Bhaumick
| producer = Pramod Chakravarty
| director = Pramod Chakravarty
| starring = [[Jeetendra]] <br /> [[Hema Malini]]
| music = [[Bappi Lahiri]]
| cinematography = S.R.K. Murthy
| editing = Narendra Arora
| based_on = {{based on|''Swayamsiddha''|Manilal Banerjee}}
| studio = Pramod Films
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1981|5|6}}
| runtime = 144 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Jyoti''''' ({{trans|Light}}) is a 1981 Indian [[Hindi]]-lang0<ref name=":0" />uage [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]], produced and directed by Pramod Chakravarty under the Pramod Films banner. It stars [[Jeetendra]], [[Hema Malini]] with music composed by [[Bappi Lahiri]]. The film is a remake of the 1955 Telugu movie ''[[Ardhangi]]'' <ref>https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/ardhangi-1955/article6086551.ece</ref> which was based on Maddipatla Suri's Telugu translation of the [[Bengali language|Bengali]] novel ''Swayamsiddha'' written by Manilal Banerjee.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arunachalam |first=Param |title=BollySwar: 1981–1990 |publisher=Mavrix Infotech |year=2020 |pages=40}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Niranjan Pratap Singh is the stepson of a Zamindar and the real son of Ranimaa Sunanda. He is also the sole heir to the property of the Zamindar, as his elder stepbrother, Govind is drug-induced to the point of senility. When Gauri opposes Niranjan's ruthlessness against fellow-villagers, the Zamindar, angered by her intrusion, complains to her father, Vedji. The Zamindar's anger is subdued when he actually speaks to Gauri and ends up admiring her and asking her hand in marriage for his son, Niranjan. But Sunanda will not hear of her son marrying a poor villager's daughter, and she convinces him that Gauri should marry Govind. Although her father is opposed to his daughter marrying a senile man, Gauri accepts Govind and marries him. She finds out that she and Govind have no status in the household, which is run on the whims and fancies of Sunanda, her maid, Chintamani, and Niranjan. Niranjan is misguided by a dancer, Mallika, and Amirchand, who are after his wealth. Gauri must now decide whether to have her own life, or be chained to a senile half-child half-man.

== Cast ==
*[[Jeetendra]] as Govind Pratap Singh
*[[Hema Malini]] as Gauri
*[[Ashok Kumar]] as Raja Saab
*[[Shashikala]] as Sunanda
*[[Om Shivpuri]] as Vedji
*[[Ajit Khan|Ajit]] as Amirchand
*[[Vijayendra Ghatge]] as Niranjan Pratap Singh
*[[Deven Verma]] as Siyaram
*[[Birbal (actor)|Birbal]] as Lallu
*[[Viju Khote]]
*[[C.S.Dubey]]
*[[Aruna Irani]] as Mallika
*[[Sulochana Latkar]] as Daimaa
*[[Jayshree T.]] as Champa
*[[Padma Khanna]] as Chintamani

== Soundtrack ==
The music was composed by [[Bappi Lahiri]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Jyoti (1981) |url=https://www.hungama.com/album/jyoti-1981/1914286/ |access-date=27 November 2020 |website=Hungama}}</ref> The song "Chidiya Chon Chon" is based on "[[Marianne (Terry Gilkyson song)|Marianne]]" by [[Roaring Lion]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 April 2011 |title=JLo copies Bappi Lahiri? |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/JLo-copies-Bappi-Lahiri/articleshow/7864799.cms |url-status=live |access-date=27 November 2020 |website=[[The Times of India]] |archive-date=12 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512220020/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/JLo-copies-Bappi-Lahiri/articleshow/7864799.cms }}</ref> The song "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai" had fallen into obscurity for over two decades,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jha |first=Subhash K |author-link=Subhash K. Jha |date=2 November 2002 |title=Lata Mangeshkar didn't remember Thoda resham |url=https://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/nov/02bappi.htm |url-status=live |access-date=27 November 2020 |website=[[Rediff.com]]}}</ref> but gained national attention in 2002 when it was sampled by American producer [[Dr. Dre]] for the [[Truth Hurts (singer)|Truth Hurts]] song "[[Addictive (song)|Addictive]]" which led to a legal dispute that was ultimately resolved.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Roberts |first=Tamara |title=Resounding Afro Asia: Interracial Music and the Politics of Collaboration |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |year=2016 |isbn=978-0-19-937741-1 |chapter=Toward an Afro Asian Theory of Critique: The "Addictive" Case |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6uBaCwAAQBAJ&q=thoda+resham+lagta+hai+official+remix+kaliyon+ka+chaman&pg=PA169}}</ref> The song was also remixed by Indian music director Harry Anand as "Kaliyon Ka Chaman" for the [[Universal Music India]] album ''UMI-10 (Vol 3)''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Anand |first=Harry |date=2002 |title=UMI-10 (Vol 3) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Harry-Anand-UMI-10-Vol-3/release/10420127 |publisher=[[Universal Music India]] |access-date=15 February 2021 |archive-date=22 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180922101932/https://www.discogs.com/Harry-Anand-UMI-10-Vol-3/release/10420127 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)
|-
| 1
| " Angrai Leke Prem"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| 2
| "Chidiya Chon Chon"
| [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| 3
| "Sooni Sej Saja Doon"
| Lata Mangeshkar
|-
| 4
| "Sun Ri Yashoda Maiya"
| Lata Mangeshkar
|-
| 5
| "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai"
| Lata Mangeshkar
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0157873}}

[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films based on Indian novels]]
[[Category:Films scored by Bappi Lahiri]]
[[Category:Indian drama films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]

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