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Saudagar (1973 film)

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{{Infobox film
| name = Saudagar
| image = Saudagar, 1973 Hindi film poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = [[Sudhendu Roy]]
| producer = [[Tarachand Barjatya]]
| story = {{based on|''Ras''|[[Narendranath Mitra]]}}
| writer = [[Sudhendu Roy]] (screenplay) P.L. Santoshi (dialogues)<ref name=hindu13/>
| starring = [[Nutan]] [[Amitabh Bachchan]] [[Padma Khanna]]
| music = [[Ravindra Jain]]
| cinematography = Dilip Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
| editing = Mukhtar Ahmed
| country = India
| language =
| budget =
| gross =
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|df=y|1973|10|26}}
| runtime = 131 minutes
}}
'''''Saudagar''''' is a 1973 [[Bollywood]] [[drama film]], directed by [[Sudhendu Roy]] and based on the Bengali story, ''Ras'', by [[Narendranath Mitra]].<ref name="hindu13">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/saudagar-1973/article4294643.ece|title=Saudagar (1973)|date=10 January 2013|access-date=17 March 2013|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema|author=Gulzar |author-link=Gulzar |author2=Govind Nihalani |author3=Saibal Chatterjee |publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=2003|isbn=81-7991-066-0 |page=337 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Sahib+Bibi+Aur+Golam+Bimal+Mitra+%28novel%29&pg=PT361 }}</ref> It stars [[Nutan Behl|Nutan]] as Mahzubeen and [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Moti, in the leading roles. It also featured [[Trilok Kapoor]] and [[Padma Khanna]] as Phoolbanu. Murad, [[Leela Mishra]] as (Badi Bhi), Dev Kishan, Jugnu and V. Gopal are also featured in the film. Though the film didn't do well commercially,<ref name="hindu13" /> it was selected as the Indian entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[46th Academy Awards]], but didn't receive a nomination.<ref>Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.</ref>

==Plot==
Moti (Amitabh Bachchan) is a "[[Jaggery|gur]]" (unrefined concentrated cane sugar) trader who trades in the seasonal gur made of "[[Khajur]]" (date-nectar). During the offseason, he meets a girl, Phoolbanu, and falls in love with her. Moti approaches Phoolbanu's father, who asks for [[Mahr|mehar]] ([[bride price]]), which he does not have.

Majubee (Nutan), a widow who is Moti's business associate, prepares the gur for him to sell. Her gur (and consequently Moti's) is very famous and people always prefer to buy from Moti. Moti decides to marry Majubee so that he does not have to pay her, and hence can save more and sooner. Majubee, unaware of Moti's ulterior motive, is first surprised by the proposal, but later accepts it. At the end of the season, Moti saves enough for the meher and divorces Majubee.

This incident shocks Majubee and people of the community. Moti meets Phoolbanu's father and asks again for his daughter's hand. Satisfied with the meher, he marries off his daughter (Phoolbanu) to Moti. All is fine till the Gur season arrives. Phoolbanu is terrible at making Gur, and Moti's customers stop buying from his shop. Meanwhile, a fish trader (Majhi) asks Majubee to marry him. He is honest with her to say that he has small children and wants Majubee to look after them. He always treats her with courtesy.

It is almost the end of the gur season, and Moti does not make a good profit that year. One day Phoolbanu making the gur left in between to take bath when Moti arrives and sees the gur has been burnt. He badly beats Phoolbanu with a stick. Now he is finally left with no other option than to request Majubee to make a few vats of Gur for him to sell. He takes two cans of date-nectar and approaches Majubee at her husband's house to request her to make him some Gur to sell. He is followed by Phoolbanu. At first, Majubee is very angry on seeing Moti but understands that he is in a pitiful condition and is indirectly begging her forgiveness. She also sees Phoolbanu listening to everything from behind a fence. As the eyes of the two ladies meet, they start weeping and hug each other affectionately. The movie ends with this scene.<ref>[http://www.filmigeek.net/2007/04/saudagar_1973.html Saudagar(a great businessman)(a Synopsis, Review]</ref>

==Cast==
*[[Nutan Behl|Nutan]] as Majubee "Maju", Moti's former wife.
*[[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Motallib a. k.a Moti
*[[Trilok Kapoor]]
*[[Padma Khanna]] as Phoolbanu "Phool jaan"
*[[Murad (actor)|Murad]]
*[[Leela Mishra]] as Badi Bhi
*Dev Kishan
*[[Jugnu]]
*V. Gopal
*[[C.S. Dubey]]

==Music==
The music for the film was composed by the versatile composer Late [[Ravindra Jain]]. He composed several memorable songs for the movie, notably:
#"Sajana Hain Mujhe Sajna Ke Liye" - [[Asha Bhosle]]
#"Kyon Laayo Sainya Paan" - Asha Bhosle
#"Husn Hain Ya Koi Qayamat Hain" - [[Mohammed Rafi]], Aarti Mukherji
#"Har Haseen Cheez Ka" - [[Kishore Kumar]]
#"Door Hain Kinara" - [[Manna Dey]]
#"Tera Mera Saath Rahe" - [[Lata Mangeshkar]]

==See also==
* [[List of submissions to the 46th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film]]
* [[List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0070637|title=Saudagar}}

{{Indian submission for Academy Awards}}

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Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati

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{{Infobox film
| name = Ganga Jamuna Saraswati
| image = Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati.jpg
| caption = Theatrical Poster
| director = [[Manmohan Desai]]
| producer = S. Ramanathan
| story = Prayag Raj
| screenplay = K.K. Shukla
| writer = [[Kader Khan]] Anil Nagrath Sohel Don (''dialogues'')
| starring = [[Amitabh Bachchan]] [[Mithun Chakraborty]] [[Jaya Prada]] [[Meenakshi Sheshadri]] [[Nirupa Roy]] [[Amrish Puri]]
| music = [[Anu Malik]]
| cinematography = [[Pravin Bhatt]]
| editing = Raju Kapadia Mangal Mistry
|studio = Raasi Kalamandir
| released = {{Film date|1988|12|23|df=y}}
| runtime = 187 minutes
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget = 
| gross = 
}}

'''Ganga Jamuna Saraswati''' is 1988 [[Hindi film]] directed by [[Manmohan Desai]], financed by [[Harakh Chand Nahata]], produced by S. Ramanathan and starring [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Ganga, [[Meenakshi Sheshadri]] as Jamuna, and [[Jaya Prada]] as Saraswati. Supporting cast includes [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Amrish Puri]], [[Nirupa Roy]] and [[Aruna Irani]].

The movie was released on 23 December 1988 to excellent collections which dropped following the negative reviews it received. ''India Today'' in January 1989 reported that by the second week collections in Mumbai area were ranging between 28 - 40% resulting in the film being declared a box office flop. but performed financially well in 90s Re runs <ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/amitabh-bachchan-future-looks-uncertain-as-ganga-jamuna-saraswati-bombs/1/323035.html|title=Amitabh Bachchans future looks uncertain as Ganga Jamuna Saraswati bombs|publisher=}}</ref>

==Plot==

Thakur Hansraj ([[Amrish Puri]]) is a greedy man who kills his brother-in-law [[Trilok Kapoor]] takes the signature of his sister Bharati Devi ([[Nirupa Roy]]) on property papers under a false pretext and takes control of her property. Bharati Devi's son, Ganga ([[Amitabh Bachchan]]) having taken a pledge to avenge the wrong done to his family, ends up becoming a truck driver.

One day Jamuna ([[Meenakshi Sheshadri]]) jumps into his truck to save herself from a goon who is after her. Ganga is forced to stop the truck due to a road block. When it starts raining, Ganga ends up going to a nearby lodge to take shelter, pretending he and Jamuna are a couple. The next day, when the goon returns to take Jamuna away forcibly, Ganga gets into a fight with him. When Jamuna falls in deep ice, in the process of providing her with jism ki garmi, he ends up having sex with her. Ganga is arrested for beating up Thakur's son and is jailed for two years. When he returns, Thakur sends his aides to kill him. A blast takes place at the bridge and Jamuna falls into the river along with her child. Ganga saves his child but cannot find Jamuna.

Jamuna, who loses her memory from the fall, ends up reaching the home of singer Shankar ([[Mithun Chakraborty]]), who recognizes her from a qawwali performance she had performed, and falls in love with her. Ganga takes the help of Saraswati ([[Jayaprada]]) to take care of his son, and she ends up falling in love with him. The remainder of the movie deals with how Ganga and Jamuna reunite, and the roles played by Saraswati and Shankar, not to forget Ganga's mission to exact revenge on his Thakur uncle.

==Cast==

*[[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Ganga
*[[Meenakshi Sheshadri]] as Jamunaa
*[[Jaya Prada]] as Saraswati
*[[Mithun Chakraborty]] as Shankar Qawaal
*[[Trilok Kapoor]] as Thakur Prasad (Ganga's dad)
*[[Nirupa Roy]] as Bharati Devi (Ganga's mom)
*[[Amrish Puri]] as Thakur Hansraj Singh
*[[Mahesh Anand]] as Shakta (Hansraj's Son)
*[[Bharat Bhushan]] as Pandit, (Shankar's father)
*[[Chandrashekhar]] as Police Commissioner
*[[Jack Gaud]] as Bheema
*[[Aruna Irani]] as Jamuna's aunt (Cameo)
*[[Goga Kapoor]] as Inspector Goga
*[[Mukri]] as Manager of Honeymoon Lodge
*[[Murad (actor)|Murad]] as Judge (uncredited)
*[[Bhushan Tiwari]] as Jagga
*[[Dev Kumar]] as Hansraj's Goon
*[[Joginder]] as Ranga

== Music ==
The overall music director for the film was [[Anu Malik]] and the lyricist was [[Indeevar]] and Prayaag Raj, The song "Tere Dar Ko Chhod Chale" was originally sung by [[Maqbool Ahmed Sabri]] who was uncredited for the song, and was later re-recorded in the voice of [[Pankaj Udhas]]<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/yMoJxCSFQ5w Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200809061937/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMoJxCSFQ5w Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMoJxCSFQ5w| title = MAQBOOL AHMED SABRI, YADGAAR INTERVIEW ALONG HIS DAUGHTER AMEEMA BAJI WITH FARAH MADAM | website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

{{Track listing
| headline = Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| title1 = Ek Ek Ho Jaye Phir Ghar Chale Jaana (Lyrics: Indeevar) | extra1 = [[Kishore Kumar]], Pankaj Udhas |
| title2 = Saajan Mera Us Paar Hai (Lyrics: Indeevar) | extra2 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]] |
| title3 = Disco Bhangra Ho Disco Bhangra (Lyrics: Prayaag Raj) | extra3 = [[Mohammad Aziz]] |
| title4 = Naachegi Saraswati Gaayegi Saraswati (Lyrics: Indeevar) | extra4 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]] |
| title5 = Tere Dar Ko Chhod Chale (Lyrics: Indeevar) | extra5 = [[Maqbool Ahmed Sabri]] |
| title6 = Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswathi (Lyrics: Prayaag Raj)| extra6 = [[Suresh Wadkar]]
| title7 = Chudiya Khanaki (Lyrics: Indeevar) | extra7 = [[Sadhana Sargam]] |
| title8 = Ganga Aaja (Lyrics: Indeevar) | extra8 = Lata Mangeshkar |
| title9 = Pati Parmeshwar Ke Siva (Lyrics: Prayaag Raj)| extra9 = Lata Mangeshkar
| title10 = Tere Dar Ko Chhod Chale (Lyrics: Indeevar) | extra10 = [[Pankaj Udhas]] |
}}

== References ==
<references />

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0095198}}

{{Manmohan Desai}}

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