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{{short description|1963 film by Kishore Sahu}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Grahasti
| image = Grahasti (1963).jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Film poster
| director = [[Kishore Sahu]]
| producer = [[S. S. Vasan]]
| writer = Pandit [[Mukhram Sharma]] (dialogue)
| narrator =
| starring = [[Ashok Kumar]] [[Manoj Kumar]] [[Rajshree]] [[Nirupa Roy]] [[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]]
| music = [[Ravi (music director)|Ravi]]
| cinematography = P. Ellappa
| editing =
| distributor =
| studio = [[Gemini Studios|Gemini]] Pictures
| released = 1963
| runtime =
| country = [[India]]
| language = [[Hindi]]
}}
'''''Grahasti''''' ({{trans|Family Life}}) also called '''''Grihasti''''', is a 1963 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[drama film]], directed by [[Kishore Sahu]]. Produced by [[S. S. Vasan]] for [[Gemini Studios]] (Gemini Chitra, Chennai), its music director was [[Ravi (music director)|Ravi]] and the lyrics were written by [[Shakeel Badayuni]].<ref name="Zaveri2005">{{cite book|author=Hanif Zaveri|title=Mehmood, a Man of Many Moods|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w4R2lC3b5e4C&pg=PA178|year=2005|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-7991-213-3|page=178}}</ref> Pandit Mukhram Sharma wrote the dialogues with cinematography by P. Ellappa. The film starred [[Ashok Kumar]], [[Manoj Kumar]], [[Rajshree]], [[Nirupa Roy]], [[Indrani Mukherjee]], [[Bipin Gupta]], [[Lalita Pawar]] and [[Gajanan Jagirdar]].<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|title=Grahasti (1963) |url=http://www.citwf.com/film138171.htm |website=citwf.com |publisher=Alan Goble |access-date=11 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030085331/http://www.citwf.com/film138171.htm |archive-date=30 October 2013}}</ref>

''Grahasti'' was the first film to "start the trend" of family dramas being made in South India.<ref name="Somaaya2003">{{cite book|author=Bhawana Somaaya|title=The Story So Far|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mK4aAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Indian Express Group|page=73}}</ref> The story revolves around Harish Khanna (Ashok Kumar) who leads a dual life, having two sets of families in different cities. The effect the exposure has on him and his family forms the basis of the story.

==Plot==
Harish Khanna ([[Ashok Kumar]]) lives in a happy household consisting of his wife Maya ([[Nirupa Roy]]) and his large family of seven daughters and one son in Meerut. Also staying with them is his widowed sister ([[Lalita Pawar]]), and her son Jaggu ([[Mehmood Ali|Mehmood]]). Harish spends five<ref>{{Citation|title=Grahasti Full Movie {{!}} Manoj Kumar {{!}} Mehmood {{!}} Old Hindi Movie|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfPsZgq_2cg|language=en|access-date=2019-09-24}}</ref> days of the week away from his family for work in Delhi. Harish and Maya soon have a ninth child much to Maya's consternation, as her older daughter, Kamla (Bharati Malvankar) who is married to Gopal is also expecting a child. The fact that Kamla is pregnant is a cause of anxiety, as according to Gopal's parents, the couple have not been together since the wedding and her pregnancy is considered as a sign of her disreputable character. Gopal is not there to give an explanation and his parents decide to send Harish's older daughter back home. Harish finds out that two of his daughters, Kiran ([[Rajshree]]) and Kamini ([[Indrani Mukherjee]]) are in love with Mohan ([[Manoj Kumar]]), the son of the College principal, and Ravindra (Soodesh Kumar) respectively, and that Jaggu is in love with Rekha ([[Shobha Khote]]). Harish decides to get the three pairs married.

Their meeting is fixed on Friday, the same day Harish always returns from Delhi. Harish has not appeared. Suddenly, a young lad by the name of Sundar appears. He is looking for Harish. He later explains that Harish is his father and he desperately needs to see his father to ask for money for his school fees. Not long after, Harish appears and the situation turns to chaos. One thing led to another to the extent of affecting the marriage of Kamla and Gopal. When Kamla is sent home accompanied by her in-laws back to her parents, Harish loses his cool and he is forced to break his promise he had made to one person he respects the most; his father in law, the father of Sundar's mother. His second wife is none other than Maya's younger sister, Radha ([[Pushpavalli]]), whom Maya thought was dead. When Maya's father ([[Gajanan Jagirdar]]) had approached Harish to marry his daughter, Harish had assumed it was Radha, as the two were in love with each other. When Radha finds out that Maya too loves Harish, she forces him to marry Maya. Harish and Maya then leave their hometown Meerut, where Harish was helping his father-in-law in his car mechanic business, to go for a job to [[Rangoon, Myanmar|Rangoon]] at the invitation of Haris's brother in law, his sister's husband. One day, his brother-in-law brings home cinema tickets to see a stage performance. Maya, Jaggu and his mother went for it. The time period is WW II, and during a bomb raid, it is assumed that all three of them are killed. Harish gets back to India after he fails to find them. Radha's father who is already heartbroken due to Maya's death, asks Harish to marry Radha, but complications arise when news by telegram reaches them that Maya is alive in Rangoon. Her father then suffers a heart attack, but makes Harish promise that he'll not let Radha know that Maya is alive, nor tell Maya that he's married to Radha, as he feels that each may sacrifice their life for the other. After Harish ends up telling the truth, Gopal too admits to having spent nights with his wife, Kamla, without his parents' knowledge. All ends well with the last scene; the families, in laws, brides and grooms are in the wedding processions !!
The end

==Cast==
* [[Ashok Kumar]] as Harishchandra Khanna
* [[Nirupa Roy]] as Maya Khanna
* [[Manoj Kumar]] as Mohan
* [[Rajshree]] as Kiran Khanna
* [[Mehmood (actor)|Mehmood]] as Jaggu
* [[Lalita Pawar]] as Harishchandra's Sister
* [[Indrani Mukherjee]] as Kamini Khanna
* [[Devika]] as Radha
* [[Sudesh Kumar]] as Ravindra
* [[Shobha Khote]] as Rekha
* [[Achla Sachdev]] as Gopal's Mother
* [[Bharati Malvankar]] as Kamla
* [[Bipin Gupta]] as Mohan's Father
*[[Pushpavalli]] as Mohan's Mother
* [[Iftekhar]] as Harishchandra's Brother-in-law
* [[Kanhaiyalal (actor)|Kanhaiyalal]] as Ram Swaroop
* [[Manmohan Krishna]] as Doctor
* [[Gajanan Jagirdar|Jagirdar]] as Radha and Maya's Father

==Reception and box office==
The film premiere was held at the Naaz Theatre in [[Bombay]] on 28 February 1963. The songs and story were appreciated by the critics. With the crowds "storming" the theatre, ''MotherIndia'' magazine commented that "Grahasti has pleased the masses".<ref name="MotherIndia">{{cite book|title=Mother India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CBMIAQAAMAAJ|volume=29|year=1963|publisher=Sumati|page=16}}</ref> The film was a big box office success, with journalist [[Randor Guy]] describing it in ''[[The Hindu]]'' as a "box-office bonanza".<ref name="RandorGuy">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/motor-sundaram-pillai-1966/article3021680.ece|title=Motor Sundaram Pillai (1966)|last1=Guy|first1=Randor|date=10 July 2009|work=The Hindu|access-date=11 March 2015|ref=Cinemaplus|author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref> The ''Thought'' journal called it a "Daringly different domestic drama".<ref name="Thought">{{cite book|title=Thought|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=URLmAAAAMAAJ|volume=15|year=1963|publisher=Siddharta Publications}}</ref>

==Awards==
The music composer Ravi won an award for the song "Jeevan Jyot Jale". It was adjudged the Best Classical Composition in the "Sur-Singar Film Awards" for 1963. He won the "Swami Haridas Award", while Asha Bhosle won the "Mian Tansen Award" as the singer.<ref name="IWofIndia">{{cite book|title=The Illustrated Weekly of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1Hg6AQAAIAAJ|series=Part 2|volume=85|date=April 1964|publisher=Published for the proprietors, Bennett, Coleman & Company, Limited, at the Times of India Press}}</ref>

==Story inspiration and remake==
The film was adapted from a true story as recorded by Randor Guy in ''The Hindu'' and based on [[Liam O'Brien (screenwriter)|Liam O'Brien]]'s hit play, which in turn was made into a film of the same name, ''[[The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker]]'' (1959) with [[Clifton Webb]]. Producer S. S. Vasan first presented the story idea to [[Sivaji Ganesan]], who turned it down. It was then made in Hindi with Ashok Kumar playing the main character. The success of the film changed Ganesan's mind and it was produced in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Motor Sundaram Pillai]]'' (1966), with Ganesan playing the role enacted by Ashok Kumar. [[Sowcar Janaki]] and Manimala played the two wives.<ref name=RandorGuy /> The film was also remade in Telugu as ''[[Manchi Kutumbam]]''.in Malayalam as samudaram with Prem nazir Sheela as lead role.

==Soundtrack==
[[Asha Bhosle]]'s rendition of the song "Jeevan Jyot Jale" won her the "Mian Tansen Award". The song was cited as the best song of 1963 out of the 544 songs released that year from a total of 77 films.<ref name="(Firm)1964">{{cite book|author=Times of India (Firm)|title=The Times of India Directory and Year Book Including Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jD8jAQAAMAAJ|year=1964|publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Company}}</ref> The other popular number from the film was Geeta Dutt's "Ding Dong Ding Dong Ding Lala". The music composer was [[Ravi (music director)|Ravi]] and the lyrics were by [[Shakeel Badayuni]]. The playback singers were [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Geeta Dutt]] and [[Usha Mangeshkar]].

===Song list===
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! Song !! Singer
|-
| "Zara Dekh Sanam"
| Lata Mangeshkar
|-
| "Jane Teri Nazaron Ne Kya Kar Diya"
| Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi
|-
| "Aaj Mili Ek Ladki"
| Mohammed Rafi
|-
| "Agar Sansar Mein Aurat"
| Mohammed Rafi
|-
| "Payal Khul Khul Jaye Ram Mori"
| Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
|-
| "Ja Ja Re Ja Deewane Ja, Ja Ja Re Ja Deewani Ja"
| Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle
|-
| "Jeevan Jyot Jale"
| Asha Bhosle
|-
| "Khile Hai Sakhi Aaj Phoolwa Man ke, Jaungi Sasural Dulhan Banke"
| Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar
|-
| "Ding Dong Ding Lalla"
| Geeta Dutt
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id =0268342 |title =Grahasti}}

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