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| director = [[Satyen Bose]] | | director = [[Satyen Bose]] | ||
| producer = Jyotsna Sen | | producer = Jyotsna Sen | ||
| | | story = [[Nihar Ranjan Gupta]] | ||
| based_on = <!-- {{Based on|''Badshah''|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | | based_on = <!-- {{Based on|''Badshah''|creator of the original work|additional creator(s), if necessary}} --> | ||
| starring = Dev Kumar<br />[[Indrani Mukherjee]]<br />[[Mala Sinha]] | | starring = Dev Kumar<br />[[Indrani Mukherjee]]<br />[[Mala Sinha]] | ||
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| studio = S. S. Chitra Mandir | | studio = S. S. Chitra Mandir | ||
| distributor = | | distributor = | ||
| released = | | released = {{Film date|1966}} | ||
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| country = India | | country = India | ||
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'''''Mere Lal''''' ({{ | '''''Mere Lal''''' ({{translation|My Son}}) is a 1966 Indian [[Hindi]]-language [[Drama (film and television)|drama film]] directed by [[Satyen Bose]] and produced by Jyotsna Sen. It is a remake of the 1963 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film ''Badshah'', based on the story of [[Nihar Ranjan Gupta]]. The film stars Dev Kumar, [[Indrani Mukherjee]] and [[Mala Sinha]]. It focuses on a stone-hearted [[Dacoity|dacoit]] who, when thrust with the responsibility of bringing up a lost child he finds on a riverbank, mends his ways and becomes an honest wage-earner. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
Badshah is a | Badshah is a stone-hearted [[Dacoity|dacoit]]. One day he goes to rob a house, but the arrival of the police forces him to flee. He hides at a place where he finds a girl named Jamna kidnapped and tied; he rescues the girl, who works as a street dancer. Jamna develops an immediate liking for Badshah, despite knowing his profession. One day, Badshah sees one of his enemies and pursues him on a small boat in the [[Ganges]]. But the boat drowns in the flood. Badshah survives and finds a young boy crying at the shore. The boy was trapped in the flood and actually belonged to a married couple of the village. Badshah cannot bring himself to leave the boy alone, so he takes the boy. He goes to Jamna to give her the child so that she can take care of him. But she refuses, thinking the child is Badshah's son. Badshah takes responsibility of the child who he names Bacchu. | ||
Developing a deep attachment towards Bachhu, Badshah redeems himself by abandoning dacoity. Elsewhere, Bacchu's biological mother Madhu is grief-stricken at having lost her only child. Badshah begins making a living by singing and dancing on the streets. Ten years later, he falls ill one day and Bacchu goes to sing alone, at which point he meets his mother. Both Madhu and her husband recognise Bachhu as their son by his locket. They go to Badshah to seek permission for taking Bacchu along with them. After initial hesitation, Badshah assents so that Bacchu can have a better home and education. But both Badshah and Bacchu are really sad to have parted from each other. Badshah falls ill and his condition seriously deteriorates. Bacchu flees from his home to meet Badshah, but by the time he arrives, Badshah has already died. | Developing a deep attachment towards Bachhu, Badshah redeems himself by abandoning dacoity. Elsewhere, Bacchu's biological mother Madhu is grief-stricken at having lost her only child. Badshah begins making a living by singing and dancing on the streets. Ten years later, he falls ill one day and Bacchu goes to sing alone, at which point he meets his mother. Both Madhu and her husband recognise Bachhu as their son by his locket. They go to Badshah to seek permission for taking Bacchu along with them. After initial hesitation, Badshah assents so that Bacchu can have a better home and education. But both Badshah and Bacchu are really sad to have parted from each other. Badshah falls ill and his condition seriously deteriorates. Bacchu flees from his home to meet Badshah, but by the time he arrives, Badshah has already died. | ||
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== Soundtrack == | == Soundtrack == | ||
The soundtrack was composed by the duo [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/mere-lal/vt05fhlxxvk_ | | The soundtrack was composed by the duo [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 1966 |title=Mere Lal |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/mere-lal/vt05fhlxxvk_ |access-date=6 January 2019 |website=[[JioSaavn]]}}</ref> | ||
{{Track listing | {{Track listing | ||
| headline | | headline = Track listing | ||
| extra_column | | extra_column = Singer(s) | ||
| total_length | | total_length = 20:58 | ||
| title1 = Yeh Kahte Hai Baba Mere | |||
| lyrics1 = | |||
| extra1 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]] | |||
| length1 = 3:22 | |||
| title2 = Lal Tera Yug Yug Jiye Mata | |||
| lyrics2 = | |||
| extra2 = Lata Mangeshkar | |||
| length2 = 3:27 | |||
| title1 | | title3 = Meri Patli Qamar Lambe Baal | ||
| lyrics3 = | |||
| extra3 = Lata Mangeshkar | |||
| lyrics1 | | length3 = 3:30 | ||
| title4 = Jab Tak Yeh Sansar Nachaye | |||
| extra1 | | lyrics4 = | ||
| length1 | | extra4 = [[Usha Mangeshkar]], [[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]] | ||
| title2 | | length4 = 3:31 | ||
| title5 = Payal Ki Jhankar Raste Raste | |||
| lyrics5 = | |||
| lyrics2 | | extra5 = Lata Mangeshkar | ||
| length5 = 3:33 | |||
| extra2 | | title6 = Badal Roye Naina Roye | ||
| length2 | | lyrics6 = | ||
| title3 | | extra6 = Lata Mangeshkar | ||
| length6 = 3:35 | |||
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== External links == | == External links == | ||
* {{IMDb title|id=0156792}} | * {{IMDb title|id=0156792}} | ||
[[Category:1966 Hindi-language films]] | |||
[[Category:1966 Indian films]] | |||
[[Category:1966 drama films]] | |||
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[[Category:Films based on works by Nihar Ranjan Gupta]] | |||
[[Category:Films directed by Satyen Bose]] | [[Category:Films directed by Satyen Bose]] | ||
[[Category:Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]] | [[Category:Films scored by Laxmikant–Pyarelal]] | ||
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Bengali films]] | [[Category:Hindi remakes of Bengali films]] | ||
[[Category:Hindi-language drama films]] | [[Category:Hindi-language drama films]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Indian drama films]] | ||
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| Mere Lal | |
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 Poster | |
| Directed by | Satyen Bose |
| Produced by | Jyotsna Sen |
| Story by | Nihar Ranjan Gupta |
| Starring | Dev Kumar Indrani Mukherjee Mala Sinha |
| Music by | Laxmikant–Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | Marshall Braganza |
| Edited by | Mukhtar Ahmed |
Production company | S. S. Chitra Mandir |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Mere Lal (transl. My Son) is a 1966 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Satyen Bose and produced by Jyotsna Sen. It is a remake of the 1963 Bengali film Badshah, based on the story of Nihar Ranjan Gupta. The film stars Dev Kumar, Indrani Mukherjee and Mala Sinha. It focuses on a stone-hearted dacoit who, when thrust with the responsibility of bringing up a lost child he finds on a riverbank, mends his ways and becomes an honest wage-earner.
Plot[edit | edit source]
Badshah is a stone-hearted dacoit. One day he goes to rob a house, but the arrival of the police forces him to flee. He hides at a place where he finds a girl named Jamna kidnapped and tied; he rescues the girl, who works as a street dancer. Jamna develops an immediate liking for Badshah, despite knowing his profession. One day, Badshah sees one of his enemies and pursues him on a small boat in the Ganges. But the boat drowns in the flood. Badshah survives and finds a young boy crying at the shore. The boy was trapped in the flood and actually belonged to a married couple of the village. Badshah cannot bring himself to leave the boy alone, so he takes the boy. He goes to Jamna to give her the child so that she can take care of him. But she refuses, thinking the child is Badshah's son. Badshah takes responsibility of the child who he names Bacchu.
Developing a deep attachment towards Bachhu, Badshah redeems himself by abandoning dacoity. Elsewhere, Bacchu's biological mother Madhu is grief-stricken at having lost her only child. Badshah begins making a living by singing and dancing on the streets. Ten years later, he falls ill one day and Bacchu goes to sing alone, at which point he meets his mother. Both Madhu and her husband recognise Bachhu as their son by his locket. They go to Badshah to seek permission for taking Bacchu along with them. After initial hesitation, Badshah assents so that Bacchu can have a better home and education. But both Badshah and Bacchu are really sad to have parted from each other. Badshah falls ill and his condition seriously deteriorates. Bacchu flees from his home to meet Badshah, but by the time he arrives, Badshah has already died.
Cast[edit | edit source]
- Dev Kumar as Badshah[1]
- Indrani Mukherjee as Jamna[1]
- Mala Sinha as Madhu[1]
Production[edit | edit source]
Mere Lal, a remake of the Bengali film Badshah, was directed by Satyen Bose and produced by Jyotsna Sen under S. S. Chitra Mandir. It was edited by Mukhtar Ahmed, and photographed by Marshall Braganza.[2]
Soundtrack[edit | edit source]
The soundtrack was composed by the duo Laxmikant–Pyarelal.[3]
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Yeh Kahte Hai Baba Mere" | Lata Mangeshkar | 3:22 |
| 2. | "Lal Tera Yug Yug Jiye Mata" | Lata Mangeshkar | 3:27 |
| 3. | "Meri Patli Qamar Lambe Baal" | Lata Mangeshkar | 3:30 |
| 4. | "Jab Tak Yeh Sansar Nachaye" | Usha Mangeshkar, Mukesh | 3:31 |
| 5. | "Payal Ki Jhankar Raste Raste" | Lata Mangeshkar | 3:33 |
| 6. | "Badal Roye Naina Roye" | Lata Mangeshkar | 3:35 |
| Total length: | 20:58 | ||
Release and reception[edit | edit source]
K. L. Arora of the magazine Thought wrote, "Though it is not as tear-strung a film as [Bose's] other productions, yet Mere Lal has a few poignant moments which would melt the tears of the stone-hearted among the audience." He praised the performance of Kumar as Badshah but criticised Braganza's cinematography, and a scene where a doctor prescribes a water-soaked cloth massage on the forehead of a pneumonia patient, saying "Not even a quack would do that."[4] The film was commercially successful.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Mere Lal – 3AEX 5098 – (Condition – 70-75%) – Cover Colour Photostate – Angel First Pressing – LP Record". NGH. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ↑ Mere Lal (motion picture) (in Hindi). S. S. Chitra Mandir. 1966. Opening credits, from 0:00 to 2:00.
{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ↑ "Mere Lal". JioSaavn. January 1966. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ↑ Arora, K. L. (30 July 1966). "Cinema | Mere Lal (My Son)". Thought. Siddhartha Publications. pp. 20, 22.
- ↑ Sathe, V. P. (1967). "Foreign Locales in Hindi films (with both eyes on the box-office)". Film World. Vol. 3. p. 155.