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| {{short description|1959 film directed by Ajit Chakrabarty}}
| | #REDIRECT [[Ardhangini]]{{R from incomplete disambiguation}} |
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| {{Infobox film
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| | name = Ardhangini
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| | image = Ardhangini 1959.jpg
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| | director = Ajit Chakrabarty
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| | producer = Ajit Chakrabarty
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| | writer =
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| | screenplay = Vishwamitter Adil<br />Shashi Bhushan
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| | story = Chandrakant
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| | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|title of the original work|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} -->
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| | starring = [[Meena Kumari]]<br />[[Raaj Kumar]]
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| | music = [[Vasant Desai]]
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| | cinematography = R. M. Sabnis
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| | editing = C. Ramrao
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| | studio = Mars and Movies
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| | released = {{Film date|1959|1|1|df=yes}}<ref name="Release Date">{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/english/movie-details/ardhangini/movieshow/61330605.cms |title=Ardhangini |website=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=3 April 2019}}</ref>
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| | country = India
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| | language = Hindi
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| '''''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 |url-status=live |magazine=Link |publisher=United India Periodicals |volume=4 |issue=26−51 |pages=40–41}}</ref>
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| == Plot ==
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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.
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| == Cast ==
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| * [[Meena Kumari]] as Chhaya<ref name="bollywoodhungama">{{Cite web |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/ardhangini/cast/ |title=Ardhangini |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |archive-url=https://archive.today/20190308110544/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/ardhangini/cast/ |archive-date=8 March 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref>
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| * [[Raaj Kumar]] as Prakash<ref name="bollywoodhungama" />
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| == Production ==
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| ''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}}
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| == Themes ==
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| 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}}
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| == Soundtrack ==
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| The soundtrack was composed by [[Vasant Desai]], and the lyrics were written by [[Majrooh Sultanpuri]].<ref name="bollywoodhungama" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/ardhangini/,I2cQOg3rDM_ |title=Ardhangini |website=[[JioSaavn]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308135453/https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/ardhangini/,I2cQOg3rDM_ |archive-date=8 March 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=8 March 2019}}</ref>
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| {{Track listing
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| | title1 = Dil Hum To Haare
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| | lyrics1 =
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| | music1 =
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| | extra1 = [[Geeta Dutt]], [[Mohammed Rafi]]
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| | length1 = 3:32
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| | title2 = Tera Khat Leke Sanam
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| | extra2 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
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| | length2 = 3:24
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| | title3 = Kal Saajna Milna Yahan
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| | extra3 = Geeta Dutt, Mohammed Rafi
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| | length3 = 3:15
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| | title4 = Tu Ne Jo Idhar Dekha
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| | extra4 = Geeta Dutt, Mohammed Rafi
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| | length4 = 3:16
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| | title5 = Bade Bhale Ho
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| | extra5 = Lata Mangeshkar
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| | length5 = 3:30
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| | title6 = Apne Saiyan Se Naina Ladaibe
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| | extra6 = Lata Mangeshkar
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| | length6 = 3:17
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| == References ==
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| {{Reflist}}
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| == Bibliography ==
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| * {{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}}
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| * {{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O1yubyUWGuMC |title=Understanding Indian Movies: Culture, Cognition, and Cinematic Imagination |last=Hogan |first=Patrick Colm |publisher=[[University of Texas Press]] |year=2009 |isbn=978-0-292-77955-6 }}
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| == External links ==
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| * {{IMDb title|0139027}}
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| [[Category:Films about superstition]]
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| [[Category:Hindi films remade in other languages]]
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| [[Category:Indian films]]
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| [[Category:Indian romance films]]
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| [[Category:Indian satirical films]]
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| [[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
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| [[Category:1950s romance films]]
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| [[Category:1950s satirical films]]
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| [[Category:Hindi-language romance films]]
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| [[hi:अर्धांगिनी (फिल्म)]]
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