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Zara Si Zindagi

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{{short description|1983 film by K. Balachander}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Zara Si Zindagi
| image = ZaraSiZindagifilm.jpg
| caption = poster
| director = [[K. Balachander]]
| producer = Premaalaya
| writer = [[K. Balachander]] (story) [[Gulzar]] (dialogue)
| starring = [[Kamal Haasan]] [[Anita Raj]]
| music = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| cinematography = [[B. S. Lokanath]]
| editing = N. R. Kittoo
| studio = Premaalaya Films
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=y|1983|01|07}}
| runtime = 149 minutes
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Zara Si Zindagi''''' ({{trans|A Slice of Life}}) is a 1983 Indian [[Hindi]]-language film directed by [[K. Balachander]], starring [[Kamal Haasan]], [[Anita Raj]], [[Nilu Phule]], [[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1955)|Mazhar Khan]], [[Shriram Lagoo]] and [[Karan Razdan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Zara Si Zindagi LP Records|url=http://www.ebay.com/itm/Zara-Si-Zindagi-Bollywood-Vinyl-Lp-Record-OST-HMV-Music-Laxmikant-Pyarelal-l1997-/360780063748?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item54002ae404|publisher=ebay|access-date=2014-04-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=KB's continuum|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/KB%E2%80%99s-continuum/article16448445.ece|access-date=10 August 2017|website=[[The Hindu]]|date=15 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Celebrating Kamal Haasan: How the actor became bigger than his medium|url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/celebrating-kamal-haasan-how-the-actor-became-bigger-than-his-medium-3106428.html|access-date=10 August 2017|website=[[Firstpost]]|date=15 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Unraveling the puzzle|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Sunday-Hans/2016-02-21/Unraveling-the-puzzle/208716|access-date=10 August 2017|website=[[Hans India]]|date=21 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ek Nai Paheli|url=http://www.abplive.in/blog/ek-nai-paheli-544121|access-date=10 August 2017|website=www.abplive.in|date=25 Jun 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Celebrities pay tribute to legendary film director K Balachander|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-celebrities-pay-tribute-to-legendary-film-director-k-balachander-2046557|access-date=10 August 2017|website=[[DNA India]]|date=23 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=9 best films of K. Balachander|url=http://zeenews.india.com/exclusive/9-best-films-of-k-balachander_1519388.html|access-date=10 August 2017|website=[[Zee News]]|date=25 December 2014}}</ref>

It is the remake of the Tamil film ''[[Varumayin Niram Sivappu]]'' (1980), which was simultaneously shot in Telugu as ''[[Aakali Rajyam]]'' (1981), directed by Balachander himself. ''Zara Si Zindagi''{{'s}} story was written by Balachander, while the dialogues were written by [[Gulzar]].

==Plot==

Rakesh (Kamal Haasan), a young man who has an M.A. in philosophy comes to Delhi from Bihar looking for a job. Rakesh, along with his friend Amit of Bengal (Karan Razdan) lives in a slum. One day Amit's friend Tilak from Punjab (Arjun Chakraborty) goes to that dilapidated cottage for staying where Rakesh and Amit reside. The three men share everything that they get to eat and starve for food on most days. Rakesh suddenly one day sees a girl named Kusum (Anita Raj), where he finds her in a bus stop waiting for the next bus towards the railway station, Rakesh offers her to carry the luggage of her till railway station as bus-service is closed and taxi-drivers are on strike on that day. On reaching the railway station, Kusum pays Rakesh to which he replies that he has no change. She rebukes him in Punjabi language assuming he does not speak the language that he is trying to cheat her. Rakesh tells her that he knows Punjabi.

Rakesh once chases a man (Nilu Phule) to his house to get back the 15 rupees which he looted from him by lying. The man enters a house, Rakesh follows him by running after him and reaches till that house and Kusum opens the door after knocking. Rakesh comes to know that the man is Kusum's father. Rakesh tells about the money and Kusum returns the money to Rakesh. Kusum is a small-time stage actress. Kusum goes to Rakesh's house to introduce him to her stage play director to replace an ill actor so that he could earn some money as she came to know that Rakesh is an unemployed man. Kusum introduces Rakesh to her stage-director Pratap (Mazhar Khan), who is arrogant and short-tempered. Pratap has an obsession for Kusum. Pratap can't tolerate intimacy between Rakesh and Kusum. Pratap throws out Rakesh from stage drama acting because of disobeying him. Rakesh does not take the post of a clerk of a company after misbehaving with interview-takers and tears his certificates of educational qualifications.

Amit somehow earns money which he did so by the advice of a friend of his named Dilip. Tilak wants to know who Dilip is. He ran away from home in search of that person. Jaggu (Kusum's father) abandons from their home and doesn't return for so many days. Kusum comes to Rakesh's house with her bag and baggage to live there, as her father's information is not known, where he has gone. Kusum gets a new job of baby-sitting, but gets fired quickly for losing the baby while buying a toy as she kept the baby in baby-stroller outside the toy shop. Actually the baby has been kidnapped by Amit, Amit fetches the baby to Rakesh and tells that their days of hardship and starving are over because he will demand ransom from that baby's parents. Kusum notices that the baby was that baby for whom she was doing the baby-sitting job. Kusum takes the baby from Amit and goes to its parents' house to return it. Rakesh beats Amit and asks him who is Dilip. Amit replies that there is no one named Dilip, his own negative mentality is Dilip. Rakesh throws him out of the house and warns him not to come again.

Kusum loves Rakesh, she tells this to a dumb artist Arun (Arun Bakshi), a man whom both Rakesh and Kusum first met in a park.

Once Pratap tries to strangle Kusum in a stage play, later at night Pratap comes to Kusum's house and apologizes to her, Pratap tells her that he wants to marry her. Kusum agrees to marry to Pratap on a condition, and the condition is, Rakesh will have to be provided a job by Pratap's industrialist father Mohanlal Sharma (Ram Mohan). Rakesh does not take the job as he comes to know that Pratap is Mohanlal's son and Mohanlal tells that Kusum is his son's girlfriend. Pratap threatens to commit suicide if Kusum does not want to marry him. Kusum agrees, but later sees Rakesh singing in a park while on a drive with Pratap, she gets down from the car and tells Rakesh that she will abide by whatever he wants, meanwhile Pratap leaves that place angrily and starts driving his car, not taking Kusum.

Amit is now a husband of a rich woman and Tilak has turned into a mad beggar. The film ends with Rakesh and Kusum hugging in the park. Pratap gives the neck-chain bought by himself for marriage with Kusum to a street-beggar as alms in hot temperament.

==Cast==

*[[Kamal Haasan]] as Rakesh Kumar Shastri
*[[Anita Raj]] as Kusum
*[[Nilu Phule]] as Jaggu (Kusum's Father)
*[[Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1955)|Mazhar Khan]] as Pratap
*[[Shreeram Lagoo]] as Mr. Shastri (Rakesh's Father)
*[[Sulochana Latkar]] as Mrs. Shastri (Rakesh's Mother)
*[[Karan Razdan]] as Amit
*[[Arjun Chakraborty]] as Tilak
*[[Arun Bakshi]] as Arun
*[[Ram Mohan]] as Mohanlal Sharma (Pratap's Father)

==Soundtrack==
The soundtrack of this film was composed by [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]] and the lyrics were penned by [[Anand Bakshi]].
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| name = Zara Si Zindagi
| type = soundtrack
| artist = [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
| cover =
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| released = {{Start date|df=yes|1983}}
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| genre = [[Film soundtrack]]
| length = 31:03
| language = [[Hindi]]
| label = [[EMI]] [[Saregama]]
| producer =
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{|class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Ghar Se School"
| [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| "Kachcha Karawo"
| [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
|-
| "Jise Maut Aayi"
| [[K. J. Yesudas]]
|-
| "Zamane Mein Mohabbat"
| [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
|-
| "Tana Dim, Tana Dim" (Duet)
| [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
| "Tana Dim, Tana Dim" (Solo)
| [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0155408|Zara Si Zindagi}}

{{K. Balachander}}

[[Category:1983 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by K. Balachander]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Tamil films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]]
[[Category:Films with screenplays by K. Balachander]]
[[Category:Films about poverty in India]]
[[Category:Unemployment in fiction]]

Karishmaa

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{{short description|1984 film by I. V. Sasi}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=October 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Karishmaa
| image = Karishma (1984 film).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Poster
| director = [[I. V. Sasi]]
| producer = Barkha Roy
| writer =
| story = [[Bharathiraja]]
| screenplay = [[Sachin Bhowmik]]
| narrator =
| starring = [[Kamal Haasan]] [[Reena Roy]] [[Tina Munim]] [[Danny Denzongpa]]
| music = [[R. D. Burman]]
| cinematography = [[Jayanan Vincent]]
| editing = [[K. Narayanan]]
| studio = Barkhaa Movies
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1984|11|30|df=y}}
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Karishmaa''''' ({{Literal translation|Miracle}}) is a [[List of Bollywood films of 1984|1984]] [[Hindi]] language [[crime film|crime]] [[thriller film|thriller]] film directed by [[I. V. Sasi]], starring [[Kamal Haasan]], [[Reena Roy]], [[Tina Munim]], [[Danny Denzongpa]] with [[Raza Murad]], [[Swaroop Sampat]], [[Jagdeep]] and [[Sarika]]. The music was composed by [[R. D. Burman]].

In this film Kamal Haasan plays the role of a photographer, [[Danny Denzongpa]] plays the character of a notorious criminal and [[Reena Roy]] acts as [[Kamal Haasan]] character's girlfriend.

It is a remake of [[Bharathiraja]]'s [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''[[Tik Tik Tik (1981 film)|Tik Tik Tik]]'' (1981) that also starred [[Kamal Haasan]] in the same role.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/iv-sasi-made-stars-out-of-actors-without-losing-craft-a-look-back-at-some-of-his-most-notable-work-4171753.html|title=IV Sasi made stars out of actors, without losing craft: A look back at some of his most notable work|last=Narayanan|first=Sujatha|date=25 October 2017|work=Firstpost|access-date=2018-03-20|language=en-US}}</ref>

== Cast ==
*[[Kamal Haasan]] as Sunny
*[[Reena Roy]] as Nisha
*[[Tina Munim]] as Radha
*[[Danny Denzongpa]] as Raja Sahab
*[[Swaroop Sampat]] as Sapna
*[[Jagdeep]] as Thakkar
*[[Sarika]] as Neeta (Guest Appearance)
*[[Mahesh Anand]] as Dev (Guest Appearance)
*[[Satyen Kappu]] as Nisha's Father
*[[Shammi (actress)|Shammi]] as Nisha's Mother
*[[Raza Murad]] as Anand
*[[Mac Mohan]] as Mac
*[[Viju Khote]] as Birju
*[[Manik Irani]] as Jaggu
*[[Chandrashekhar Dubey|C. S. Dubey]]
*Dulari as Radha's Mother
*Kirti kumar
*Manmauji
*Sunil Dhawan
*[[Kamal Kapoor]]
*Updesh

== Soundtrack ==
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| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[R. D. Burman]]
| cover =
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| released = 1984
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| label = The Oriental Gramophone Record Co.
| language = [[Hindi]]
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{|class="wikitable"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Ek Haseen Gulbadan"
| [[R. D. Burman]]
|-
| "Jaan Meri Tere Liye"
| [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| "Teri Nazar Se Meri Nazar Ka Rishta Bada Purana"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| "Khol Doongi Dil Ka Tala, Main Hoon Woh Chabi"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Kishore Kumar]]
|-
| "Ek Haseen Lakhon Mein, Uske Lakhon Deewane"
| '''[[Asha Bhosle]]''', [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]
|-
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0877649}}

{{I. V. Sasi}}

[[Category:1984 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films scored by R. D. Burman]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Tamil films]]
[[Category:Films directed by I. V. Sasi]]

{{1980s-Hindi-film-stub}}

Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya

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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya
| image = Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya.jpg
| caption = Promotional poster
| director = [[T. Rama Rao]]
| producer = P. Mallikharjuna Rao
| story = T. N. Balu
| screenplay = Jayant Dharmadhikar
| writer = Rahi Masoom Reza {{small|(dialogue)}}
| narrator =
| starring = [[Kamal Haasan]] [[Poonam Dhillon]]
| music = [[R. D. Burman]]
| cinematography = M. Kannappa
| editing = Krishnaswamy Balu
| studio = Bharati International
| distributor =
| released = {{release date|df=y|1982|10|29}}
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Yeh To Kamaal Ho Gaya''''' ({{trans|This is just amazing}}) is a 1982 Indian [[Hindi]]-language film directed by [[T. Rama Rao]]. It stars [[Kamal Haasan]] in a dual-role and is a remake of his own acted Tamil film ''[[Sattam En Kaiyil]]'' (1978).<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZFTAAAAYAAJ&q=Sattam |title=Film World |year=1983 |editor-last=Ramachandran |editor-first=T. M. |volume=20 |pages=82}}</ref>

==Plot==
Rasik Bihari Saxena ([[Om Shivpuri]]) a corrupt lawyer sends the child of thief Shankar Chander ([[Satyen Kappu]]) to juvenile-jail for doing murder. Shankar abducts one of Rasik's twin children from hospital after their birth. Shankar keeps this boy with him and names him Ratan ([[Kamal Haasan]]), Shankar's wife Shanta ([[Kumud Bole]]) nurtures Ratan. Shankar teaches Ratan how to steal money, good things etc. from people. On the other hand, Rasik's child is now adult and his name is Ajay Saxena (also [[Kamal Haasan]]), he has studied in abroad and married a foreigner girl. Rasik don't like the foreigner girl, seeing this by anger Ajay leaves home. Ajay is arrested for being guilty of killing a girl named Ruby Gupta. Knowing this, Shankar tells Ratan to go to Rasik's home and to pretend to be Ajay, Ratan abides by his father. In the end of this film Rasik's wife Laxmi ([[Ashalata Wabgaonkar]]) understands that both the same looking boys (Ratan and Ajay) are actually her own sons.

==Cast==
*[[Kamal Haasan]] as Ratan Chander / Ajay Saxena (Double Role)
*[[Poonam Dhillon]] as Priya Singh
*[[Vijay Arora]] as Advocate Mahesh Chander
*[[Ranjeet]] as Chandru Singh
*[[Om Shivpuri]] as Advocate Rasik Bihari Saxena
*[[Ashalata Wabgaonkar]] as Mrs. Laxmi Saxena
*[[Satyen Kappu]] as Shankar Chander
*[[Kumud Bole]] as Mrs. Shanta Chander
*[[Suresh Chatwal]] as Auditorium Manager
*[[Raj Mehra]] as Mohan Singh
*[[Dina Pathak]] as Durga Singh
*[[Shashikala]] as Guest Appearance
*[[Tun Tun]] as Guest Appearance

== Crew ==
*Producer: P. Mallikharjuna Rao
*Production Company: Bharati International
*Director: [[T. Rama Rao]]
*Music: [[R.D. Burman]]
*Lyrics: [[Anand Bakshi]]
*Story: T. N. Balu
*Screenplay: Jayant Dharmadhikar
*Dialogues: Dr. Rahi Masoom Reza
*Art Direction: S. Krishna rao
*Editing: Krishnaswamy & Balu
*Choreography: Raghu - Seenu
*Cinematography: M. Kannappa
*Stunt: Pappu verm
*Makeup : S. P. Rajasekar, Sundaramurthy, Ramesh varadan, Harish, Geetha-laxhmi
*Studio : Vahini studio (Madras)
*Out-door unit: Sharada enterprise (Madras)
*Production controller: B. Lokanathan

== Release ==
The film was released on 29 October 1982. It was a box office success and had a theatrical run of 175 days.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/52826/cinema/Kollywood/Kamal-25-Birthday-special.htm |title=கமல் 25 : பிறந்தநாள் ஸ்பெஷல் |date=7 November 2016 |work=[[Dinamalar]] |access-date=14 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.is/20170214042048/http://cinema.dinamalar.com/tamil-news/52826/cinema/Kollywood/Kamal-25-Birthday-special.htm |archive-date=14 February 2017 |language=Tamil |trans-title=Kamal 25: Birthday Special}}</ref>

==Soundtrack==
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The film's music was composed by [[R. D. Burman]] and lyrics were penned by [[Anand Bakshi]]. Veteran singer [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]] collaborated with [[R. D. Burman]] for the first time in this film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/entertainment/how-balasubrahmanyam-broke-the-language-barrier-148349 |title=How Balasubrahmanyam broke the language barrier |date=29 September 2020 |access-date=11 January 2021 |website=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]}}</ref>
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! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Dekho Dekho"
| [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
|-
| "Dug Dug Baj Uthi"
| [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
|-
| "Naujawanon Mein"
| [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]]
|-
| "Yeh Duniya Ghum Rahi Hai"
| [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Main Awara Banjara"
| [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], '''[[Asha Bhosle]]'''
|-
| "Hum Tum Hum Do Rahi"
| [[S. P. Balasubrahmanyam]], [[Ursula Vaz]]
|-
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0260580}}

{{Tatineni Rama Rao}}

[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1980s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1982 films]]
[[Category:Films directed by Tatineni Rama Rao]]
[[Category:Films scored by R. D. Burman]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Tamil films]]

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