Waqt (1965)
Director: Yash Chopra; Writer: Akhtar Mirza, Akhtar-Ul-Iman; Producer: B.R. Chopra; Cinematographer: Dharam Chopra; Editor: Pran Mehra; Cast: Sunil Dutt, Sadhana, Raaj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Sharmila Tagore, Balraj Sahni, Rehman, Motilal, Manmohan Krishna, Jeevan, Madan Puri, Achala Sachdev, Leela Chitnis, Sumati Gupte, Surendra Nath, Mubarak, Jagdish Raj, Hari Shivdasani, Badri Prasad, Ravikant, Sundeep, Akhtar-Ul-Iman, Akhtar Mirza, Pran Mehra, R.P. Kapoor, Rohit Chopra, Shashikala, Saul George, Jankidas, Surendra Rahi
Duration: 02:58:15; Aspect Ratio: 1.333:1; Hue: 42.190; Saturation: 0.056; Lightness: 0.283; Volume: 0.269; Cuts per Minute: 7.393; Words per Minute: 54.172
Summary: Members of a family are separated in a natural disaster. Several years down the line, they aren't united but their lives are strangely interconnected.
A contribution to the ‘lost and found’ genre (cf. Kismet, 1943; Awara, 1951) later associated with Manmohan Desai’s films. The old and prosperous merchant Lala Kedarnath (Sahni) sees his family split and his house wrecked by an earthquake. Trying to trace one of his sons, he learns that the boy was ill treated by an evil orphanage warden (Jeevan) and he kills the warden, earning himself a 20- year stretch in jail. The son is raised by the crook Chinoy (Rehman) and becomes the suave thief Raja (Kumar). Kedarnath’s other sons are the fun-loving Ravi (Dutt) who becomes a lawyer and the hard-working but poor Vijay (Kapoor) who looks after their ailing mother. Vijay is hired as a chauffeur by his girlfriend Renu (Tagore) while Ravi and Raja love the same woman, Meena (Sadhana). After advocating a fatalist approach to the passage of time, the film turns into a suspense and courtroom drama when Chinoy frames Raja for murder. Raja is defended in court by Ravi. Eventually the family is reunited. The film was a major hit, exemplifying a kitschy colour aesthetic (denoting wealth) that was to become popular in Hindi films: a series of living-rooms in pink and blue, with fountains and circular beds in bedrooms, motor boats and fancy cars in which the rich race each other to get the girl in between attending huge parties. Hit songs included Ai meri zohrajabeen (sung by Manna Dey), Din hai bahar ke (sung by Asha Bhosle and Mahendra Kapoor) and Aage bhi jane na tu (sung by Asha Bhosle).
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Singer: Manna Dey
Song: O meri Zohra jabeen
ऐ मेरी ज़ोहरा-ज़बीं
तुझे मालूम नहीं
तू अभी तक है हंसीं
और मैं जवाँ
Time, destiny, and human agency
Lala Kedarnath makes his own destiny!
Kedarnath's future comes tumbling down
The fate of women and children
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
Singer: Mohammad Rafi
Song: Waqt se din aur raat
वक़्त से दिन और रात
वक़्त से कल और आज\nवक़्त की हर शै ग़ुलाम
वक़्त का हर शै पे राज
वक़्त की पाबन्द हैं
आती जाती रौनकें
वक़्त है फूलों की सेज
वक़्त है काँटों का ताज
वक़्त से दिन और रात ...
आदमी को चाहिये
वक़्त से डर कर रहे
कौन जाने किस घड़ी
वक़्त का बदले मिज़ाज
वक़्त से दिन और रात ...
Singer: Asha Bhosle
Song: Kaun aayaa ki nigaahon mein
कौन आया कि निगाहों में चमक जाग उठी
दिल के सोए हुए तारों में खनक जाग उठी -२
Song: Din hai bahaar ke
दिन हैं बहार के तेरे मेरे इक़रार के
दिल के सहारे आ जा प्यार करें
Song: Hum jab simat ke aapki baahon mein aa gaye
हम जब सिमट के आपकी बाँहों में आ गये -२
लाखों हसीन ख़ाब निगाहों में आ गये
Song: Maine ek khwaab sa dekha hai
मैं ने एक ख़्वाब सा देखा है
कहो
सुन के शरमा तो नहीं जाओगी?
नहीं, तुम से नहीं
मैं ने देखा है कि फूलों से लदी शाखों में
तुम लचकती हुई यूँ मेरी क़रीब आई हो
जैसे मुद्दत से यूँ ही साथ रहा हो अपना
जैसे अब की नहीं सदियों की शनासाई हो
Singer: Asha Bhosle
Song: Chehre pe khushi aa jaati hai
चेहरे पे ख़ुशी छा जाती है
आँखों में सुरूर आ जाता है
Song: Aage hi jaane na tu
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