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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox film
| location = India
| name          =Brahmachari
| name          =Brahmachari
| image          =Brahmachari.jpg
| image          =Brahmachari.jpg
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| director      =[[Bhappi Sonie]]
| director      =[[Bhappi Sonie]]
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| writer        =[[Sachin Bhowmick]]
| writer        =[[Sachin Bhowmick]]
| narrator      =
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| starring      = [[Shammi Kapoor]]<br />[[Rajshree]]<br />[[Pran (actor)|Pran]]<br />[[Mumtaz (actress)|Mumtaz]]
| starring      = [[Shammi Kapoor]]<br />[[Rajshree]]<br />[[Pran (actor)|Pran]]<br />[[Mumtaz (Indian actress)|Mumtaz]]
|music          = [[Shankar Jaikishan]]
|music          = [[Shankar Jaikishan]]
| cinematography = Taru Dutt
| cinematography = Taru Dutt
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| language      = Hindi
| language      = Hindi
| budget        =
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'''''Brahmachari''''' ({{trans|Bachelor}}) is a [[Bollywood films of 1968|1968]] [[India]]n film. Written by [[Sachin Bhowmick]], it is a [[G. P. Sippy|G. P.]] and [[Ramesh Sippy]] production directed by [[Bhappi Sonie]]. The film stars [[Shammi Kapoor]], [[Rajshree]], [[Pran (actor)|Pran]], [[Mumtaz (actress)|Mumtaz]], [[Jagdeep]], [[Sachin (actor)|Sachin]] and Asit Sen. The music was by [[Shankar Jaikishan]]. The film became a box office Super Hit <ref>[http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=174&catName=MTk2OA== BoxOffice India.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922021738/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=174&catName=MTk2OA%3D%3D |date=22 September 2012 }}</ref> and won several awards, including [[Filmfare Best Movie Award]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Filmfare Awards: Best Film 1953–2000 | publisher = Official Listings, [[Indiatimes]]. | url = http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_film.html | access-date = 2014-06-20 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131111194746/http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_film.html | archive-date = 11 November 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>
'''''Brahmachari''''' ({{Translation|Celibate}}) is a 1968 [[India]]n film. Written by [[Sachin Bhowmick]], it is a [[G. P. Sippy|G. P.]] and [[Ramesh Sippy]] production directed by [[Bhappi Sonie]]. The film stars [[Shammi Kapoor]], [[Rajshree]], [[Pran (actor)|Pran]], [[Mumtaz (Indian actress)|Mumtaz]], [[Jagdeep]], [[Sachin (actor)|Sachin]] and Asit Sen. The music was by [[Shankar Jaikishan]]. The film became a box office Super Hit <ref>[http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=174&catName=MTk2OA== BoxOffice India.com<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922021738/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=174&catName=MTk2OA%3D%3D |date=22 September 2012 }}</ref> and won several awards, including [[Filmfare Best Movie Award]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Filmfare Awards: Best Film 1953–2000 | publisher = Official Listings, [[Indiatimes]]. | url = http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_film.html | access-date = 2014-06-20 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131111194746/http://recipeguide.indiatimes.com/awards2001/ex_film.html | archive-date = 11 November 2013 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>


It was later remade in Tamil as ''[[Enga Mama]]'' (1970) and in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Devudu Mamayya'' (1981).<ref>http://www.ghantasala.info/tfs/cdata3d0d.html</ref>
It was later remade in Tamil as ''[[Enga Mama]]'' (1970) and in [[Telugu language|Telugu]] as ''Devudu Mamayya'' (1981). The film's main theme was also an inspiration for the 1987 film ''[[Mr. India (1987 film)|Mr. India]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ghantasala.info/tfs/cdata3d0d.html |title=dEvuDu mAmayya ( 1981 ) |publisher=Ghantasala.info |date= |accessdate=2022-09-23}}</ref>


==Story==
== Plot ==
Brahmachari (Shammi Kapoor), an orphan with no identity, takes care of many orphans in his home. Being poor, it is hard for him to take care of their every need.
Brahmachari (Shammi Kapoor), an orphan with no identity, takes care of many orphans in his own home. One day he saves a young woman Sheetal (Rajshree) from committing suicide. She's in love with Ravi Khanna (Pran) who is promiscuous. Brahmachari promises to unite her with Ravi in return for money. While working day and night on her appearance to make Ravi like her, Brahmachari falls in love with her.


One day he saves a young woman Sheetal (Rajshree) from committing suicide. She's in love with Ravi Khanna (Pran) who is promiscuous. Brahmachari promises to unite her with Ravi in return for money. Day and night he works on her appearance to make Ravi like her, but Brahmachari falls in love with her along the way. When Ravi proposes to Sheetal, she realises she loves Brahmachari. Ravi, however, brings in pressure on Brahmachari in terms of forfeiture of the mortgage on Brahmachari's house, due to non-repayment of loans. Ravi convinces Brahmachari into giving up Sheetal by promising to repay the mortgage dues in exchange, to which Brahmachari reluctantly agrees. In order to convince Sheetal, Brahmachari pretends to be romantically involved with Rupa.  However, when Rupa tries to leave her newborn child at Brahmachari's house, Brahmachari finds out that the child's father is Ravi. He also gets hold of love letters written by Ravi to Rupa, which he intends to use to convince Ravi to marry Rupa. Ravi however doesn't relent and instead orders the kidnapping of Brahmachari's orphans. A fight ensues and the children are rescued. A repentant Ravi apologizes to Brahmachari and agrees to marry Rupa. Brahmachari and Sheetal get married and along with the children, set off on a road trip in Brahmachari's car.
When Ravi eventually proposes, Sheetal realises she is in love with Brahmachari. Ravi brings pressure on Brahmachari in the form of forfeiture of the mortgage on Brahmachari's house, due to non-repayment of loans. Ravi negotiates with Brahmachari to give up Sheetal in exchange for payment of his mortgage dues. Brahmachari who is poor and has to take care of the orphans living with him, reluctantly agrees.
 
In order to convince Sheetal, Brahmachari pretends to be romantically involved with Roopa.  However, when Roopa tries to leave her newborn child at Brahmachari's house, Brahmachari finds out that Ravi is the father of the child. He also gets hold of love letters written by Ravi to Roopa and tries to convince Ravi to marry Roopa. Ravi does not relent and instead orders the kidnapping of Brahmachari's orphans. A fight ensues and the children are rescued. A repentant Ravi apologizes to Brahmachari and agrees to marry Rupa. Brahmachari and Sheetal get married and along with the children, set off on a road trip in Brahmachari's car.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Shammi Kapoor]] as Brahmchari
* [[Shammi Kapoor]] as Brahmchari
* [[Rajshree]] as Sheetal Chaudhary
* [[Rajshree]] as Sheetal Chaudhary
* [[Mumtaz (actress)|Mumtaz]] as Roopa Sharma
* [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] as Ravi Khanna
* [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] as Ravi Khanna
* [[Mumtaz (Indian actress)|Mumtaz]] as Roopa Sharma
* [[Brahm Bhardwaj]] as newspaper editor
* [[Sachin (actor)|Sachin]] as child actor
* [[Jagdeep]] as Murli Manohar
* [[Jagdeep]] as Murli Manohar
* [[Mohan Choti]] as Choti
* [[Mohan Choti]] as Choti
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*[[Baby Farida]] as Chandni
*[[Baby Farida]] as Chandni
* [[Mehmood Junior]]
* [[Mehmood Junior]]
* [[Sachin (actor)|Sachin]]
* Meena Rai as Bela Ravi Khanna girlfriend at party
* [[Asit Sen (actor)|Asit Sen]]
* [[Asit Sen (actor)|Asit Sen]]


==Soundtrack==
==Soundtrack==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|-
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)!!Lyricist
! # !! Title !! Singer(s)!!Lyricist
![[Raga]]
|-
|-
| 1
| 1
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| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
| [[Mohammed Rafi]]
| [[Rajendra Krishan]]
| [[Rajendra Krishan]]
|
|-
|-
| 2
| 2
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| Mohammed Rafi
| Mohammed Rafi
| [[Hasrat Jaipuri]]
| [[Hasrat Jaipuri]]
|[[Shivaranjani]]
|-
|-
| 3
| 3
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| Mohammed Rafi
| Mohammed Rafi
| Hasrat Jaipuri
| Hasrat Jaipuri
|
|-
|-
| 4
| 4
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| Mohammed Rafi, [[Suman Kalyanpur]]
| Mohammed Rafi, [[Suman Kalyanpur]]
| Hasrat Jaipuri
| Hasrat Jaipuri
|
|-
|-
| 5
| 5
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| Mohammed Rafi
| Mohammed Rafi
| [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]]
| [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]]
|
|-
|-
| 6
| 6
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| Mohammed Rafi
| Mohammed Rafi
| Shailendra
| Shailendra
|
|}
|}
Music scholar and film expert Rajesh Subramanian opines that the song "Aajkal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche" was a rejected tune, which a depressed Jaikishan played to Shammi Kapoor at Hotel Gaylord. Kapoor found the tune very catchy and suggested to director Bhappi Sonie to include the song in ''Brahmachari''. The song became one of the highlights of the film. Also the song "Aajkal Tere Mere Pyaar Ke Charche" , is usually thought to be sung by Lata Mangeshkar, but it was in fact sung by Suman Kalyanpur. (The confusion results from the fact that the quality of Suman Kalyanpur's voice is similar to Lata Mangeshkar's at times).
Music scholar and film expert Rajesh Subramanian opines that the song "Aajkal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche" was a rejected tune for another film, which a depressed Jaikishan played to Shammi Kapoor at Hotel Gaylord. Kapoor found the tune very catchy and suggested to director Bhappi Sonie to include the song in ''Brahmachari''. The song became one of the highlights of the film. The song is sung by Suman Kalyanpur but sometimes confused to be Lata Mangeshkar's because the quality of their voices are similar at times..


==Awards and nominations==
==Awards and nominations==
*1968 [[Filmfare Best Movie Award]]
 
*1968 [[Filmfare Best Actor Award]] — [[Shammi Kapoor]]
; [[16th Filmfare Awards]]<nowiki>:</nowiki>
*1968 [[Filmfare Best Male Playback Award]] — [[Mohd. Rafi]] for the song "Dil Ke Jharoke Mein"
 
*1968 [[Filmfare Best Lyricist Award]] — [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] for the song "Main Gaoon Tum So Jao"
'''Won'''
*1968 [[Filmfare Best Music Director Award]] — [[Shankar Jaikishan]]
 
*1969 [[BFJA Awards|BFJA Award]] for Best Supporting Actress (Hindi Section) — [[Mumtaz (actress)|Mumtaz]]<ref>[http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/196932.htm 69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218224447/http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/196932.htm |date=18 February 2009 }}</ref>
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Film|Best Film]] – [[G. P. Sippy]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] – [[Shammi Kapoor]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director|Best Music Director]] – [[Shankar–Jaikishan]]
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]] – [[Shailendra (lyricist)|Shailendra]] for "Main Gaoon Tum"
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]] – [[Mohammad Rafi]] for "Dil Ke Jharonkhe Mein"
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Story|Best Story]] – [[Sachin Bhowmick]]
 
'''Nominated'''
 
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Director|Best Director]] – Bhappi Sonie
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist|Best Lyricist]] – [[Hasrat Jaipuri]] for "Dil Ke Jharonkhe Mein"
* [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Playback Singer|Best Male Playback Singer]] – [[Mohammad Rafi]] for "Main Gaoon Tum"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf |title=1st Filmfare Awards 1953<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=6 December 2007 |archive-date=12 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612065210/http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
'''Other Awards:'''
 
*1969 [[BFJA Awards|BFJA Award]] for Best Supporting Actress (Hindi Section) — [[Mumtaz (Indian actress)|Mumtaz]]<ref>[http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/196932.htm 69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218224447/http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/196932.htm |date=18 February 2009 }}</ref>
*1969 [[BFJA Awards|BFJA Award]] for Best Music Director (Hindi Section) — [[Shankar Jaikishan]]
*1969 [[BFJA Awards|BFJA Award]] for Best Music Director (Hindi Section) — [[Shankar Jaikishan]]
*1969 [[BFJA Awards|BFJA Award]] for Best Editor (Hindi Section) — [[M. S. Shinde]]
*1969 [[BFJA Awards|BFJA Award]] for Best Editor (Hindi Section) — [[M. S. Shinde]]
*1968 [[Filmfare]] Nomination for Best Director — Bhappi Sonie
*1968 [[Filmfare]] Nomination for Best Male Playback Singer — [[Mohd. Rafi]] for the song "Main Gaoon Tum So Jao"
*1968 [[Filmfare]] Nomination for Best Lyricist — [[Hasrat Jaipuri]] for the song "Dil Ke Jharoke Mein"<ref>[http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:1960s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:1968 Indian films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shankar Jaikishan]]
[[Category:Films scored by Shankar–Jaikishan]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
[[Category:Films directed by Bhappi Sonie]]
[[Category:Films directed by Bhappi Sonie]]

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Brahmachari
Directed byBhappi Sonie
Produced byG.P. Sippy
Written bySachin Bhowmick
StarringShammi Kapoor
Rajshree
Pran
Mumtaz
Music byShankar Jaikishan
CinematographyTaru Dutt
Edited byM. S. Shinde
Distributed bySippy Films
Release date
  • 26 April 1968 (1968-04-26)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Brahmachari (transl. Celibate) is a 1968 Indian film. Written by Sachin Bhowmick, it is a G. P. and Ramesh Sippy production directed by Bhappi Sonie. The film stars Shammi Kapoor, Rajshree, Pran, Mumtaz, Jagdeep, Sachin and Asit Sen. The music was by Shankar Jaikishan. The film became a box office Super Hit [1] and won several awards, including Filmfare Best Movie Award.[2]

It was later remade in Tamil as Enga Mama (1970) and in Telugu as Devudu Mamayya (1981). The film's main theme was also an inspiration for the 1987 film Mr. India.[3]

Plot[edit | edit source]

Brahmachari (Shammi Kapoor), an orphan with no identity, takes care of many orphans in his own home. One day he saves a young woman Sheetal (Rajshree) from committing suicide. She's in love with Ravi Khanna (Pran) who is promiscuous. Brahmachari promises to unite her with Ravi in return for money. While working day and night on her appearance to make Ravi like her, Brahmachari falls in love with her.

When Ravi eventually proposes, Sheetal realises she is in love with Brahmachari. Ravi brings pressure on Brahmachari in the form of forfeiture of the mortgage on Brahmachari's house, due to non-repayment of loans. Ravi negotiates with Brahmachari to give up Sheetal in exchange for payment of his mortgage dues. Brahmachari who is poor and has to take care of the orphans living with him, reluctantly agrees.

In order to convince Sheetal, Brahmachari pretends to be romantically involved with Roopa. However, when Roopa tries to leave her newborn child at Brahmachari's house, Brahmachari finds out that Ravi is the father of the child. He also gets hold of love letters written by Ravi to Roopa and tries to convince Ravi to marry Roopa. Ravi does not relent and instead orders the kidnapping of Brahmachari's orphans. A fight ensues and the children are rescued. A repentant Ravi apologizes to Brahmachari and agrees to marry Rupa. Brahmachari and Sheetal get married and along with the children, set off on a road trip in Brahmachari's car.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

# Title Singer(s) Lyricist Raga
1 "Mohabbat Ke Khuda" Mohammed Rafi Rajendra Krishan
2 "Dil Ke Jharokhe Mein" Mohammed Rafi Hasrat Jaipuri Shivaranjani
3 "Tu Bemisaal Hain (Teri Tarif Kya Karoon)" Mohammed Rafi Hasrat Jaipuri
4 "Aajkal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche" Mohammed Rafi, Suman Kalyanpur Hasrat Jaipuri
5 "Chakke Men Chakka Chakke Pe Gaadi" Mohammed Rafi Shailendra
6 "Main Gaoon Tum So Jao" Mohammed Rafi Shailendra

Music scholar and film expert Rajesh Subramanian opines that the song "Aajkal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche" was a rejected tune for another film, which a depressed Jaikishan played to Shammi Kapoor at Hotel Gaylord. Kapoor found the tune very catchy and suggested to director Bhappi Sonie to include the song in Brahmachari. The song became one of the highlights of the film. The song is sung by Suman Kalyanpur but sometimes confused to be Lata Mangeshkar's because the quality of their voices are similar at times..

Awards and nominations[edit | edit source]

16th Filmfare Awards:

Won

Nominated

Other Awards:

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ BoxOffice India.com Archived 22 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Filmfare Awards: Best Film 1953–2000". Official Listings, Indiatimes. Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "dEvuDu mAmayya ( 1981 )". Ghantasala.info. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  4. ↑ "1st Filmfare Awards 1953" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
  5. ↑ 69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007 Archived 18 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine

External links[edit | edit source]

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