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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Ardhangini<br />
| image = Ardhangini 1959 poster.jpg<br />
| caption = <br />
| director = Ajit Chakrabarty<br />
| screenplay = Vishwamitter Adil<br />Shashi Bhushan<br />
| story = Chandrakant<br />
| producer = Ajit Chakrabarty<br />
| starring = [[Meena Kumari]]<br />[[Raaj Kumar]]<br />
| cinematography = R. M. Sabnis<br />
| editing = C. Ramrao<br />
| music = [[Vasant Desai]]<br />
| studio = Mars and Movies<br />
| released = {{Film date|1959| | |df=yes}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Ardhangini''''' ({{translation|The better half}}) is a 1959 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[romance film]] produced and directed by Ajit Chakrabarty. The film stars [[Meena Kumari]] and [[Raaj Kumar]]. It was later remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Panithirai]]'' (1961).<ref name="Link">{{Cite magazine |year=1962 |title=Remake of a bore |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tS1WAAAAYAAJ&q=bore |magazine=Link |publisher=United India Periodicals |volume=4 |issue=26−51 |pages=40–41}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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A woman dies while giving birth to her daughter Chhaya. The girl's father loses his job and the family home is burned. For this reason, everyone around her superstitiously see her as a harbinger of bad luck. Chhaya falls in love with Prakash, a non-superstitious airline pilot who treats her normally, but problems arise when Prakash's aeroplane goes missing.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
* [[Meena Kumari]] as Chhaya<ref name="bollywoodhungama">{{Cite web |title=Ardhangini |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/ardhangini/cast/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190308110544/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/ardhangini/cast/ |archive-date=8 March 2019 |access-date=8 March 2019 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]]}}</ref><br />
* [[Raaj Kumar]] as Capt Prakash<ref name="bollywoodhungama" /><br />
* [[Agha (actor)|Agha]] as Murari<br />
* [[C. S. Dube]] as Prakash's maternal uncle<br />
* [[Shivraj]] as Ram Lal<br />
* [[Durga Khote]] as Prakash's mother<br />
* [[Praveen Paul]] as Murari's mother<br />
* [[Shubha Khote]] as Leela<br />
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== Production ==<br />
''Ardhangini'' was produced and directed by Ajit Chakrabarty under Mars and Movies. The film's story was written by Chandrakant, the screenplay by Vishwamitter Adil and Shashi Bhushan, and the dialogues by Vishwamitter Adil. Cinematography was handled by R. M. Sabnis, and editing by C. Ramrao.{{sfn|Grodal|Larsen|Laursen|2005|p=85}}<br />
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== Themes ==<br />
The film speaks against [[untouchability]] and [[Superstition in India|superstitious]] beliefs. Many commentators have identified it as a "romantic tragi-comedy".{{sfn|Grodal|Larsen|Laursen|2005|pages=83–84}}{{sfn|Hogan|2009|loc=chpt. 1}}<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The soundtrack was composed by [[Vasant Desai]], and the lyrics were written by [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]].<ref name="bollywoodhungama" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ardhangini |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/ardhangini/,I2cQOg3rDM_ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308135453/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/ardhangini/,I2cQOg3rDM_ |archive-date=8 March 2019 |access-date=8 March 2019 |website=[[JioSaavn]]|date=31 December 1952 }}</ref><br />
{{Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| title1 = Dil Hum To Haare<br />
| extra1 = [[Geeta Dutt]], [[Mohammed Rafi]]<br />
| length1 = 3:32<br />
| title2 = Tera Khat Leke Sanam<br />
| extra2 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]<br />
| length2 = 3:24<br />
| title3 = Kal Saajna Milna Yahan<br />
| extra3 = Geeta Dutt, Mohammed Rafi<br />
| length3 = 3:15<br />
| title4 = Tu Ne Jo Idhar Dekha<br />
| extra4 = Geeta Dutt, Mohammed Rafi<br />
| length4 = 3:16<br />
| title5 = Bade Bhole Ho<br />
| extra5 = Lata Mangeshkar<br />
| length5 = 3:30<br />
| title6 = Apne Saiyan Se Naina Ladaibe<br />
| extra6 = Lata Mangeshkar<br />
| length6 = 3:17<br />
| title7 = Oh Pyaar Main Milna Sanam Hota Hai Takdeer Se<br />
| extra7 = Subir Sen, Lata Mangeshkar<br />
| length7 = <br />
}}<br />
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== Reception ==<br />
''[[The Indian Express]]'' wrote, "Imaginatively directed by Ajit [Chakrabarty], the film should appeal to family audiences".<ref>{{Cite news |date=29 September 1961 |title=Ardhangini |pages=3 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19610929&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |access-date=14 December 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qRpxLdn7C4EC |title=Visual Authorship: Creativity and Intentionality in Media |publisher=[[Museum Tusculanum Press]] |year=2005 |isbn=9788763501286 |editor-last=Grodal |editor-first=Torben Kragh |editor-last2=Larsen |editor-first2=Bente |editor-last3=Laursen |editor-first3=Iben Thorving}}<br />
* {{Cite book |last=Hogan |first=Patrick Colm |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O1yubyUWGuMC |title=Understanding Indian Movies: Culture, Cognition, and Cinematic Imagination |publisher=[[University of Texas Press]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-292-77955-6}}<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0139027}}<br />
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[[Category:1959 Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:1950s romance films]]<br />
[[Category:1950s satirical films]]<br />
[[Category:Films about superstition]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi-language romance films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian romance films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian satirical films]]<br />
[[Category:Indian black-and-white films]]</div>KathleenQdc