''Bahar'' () is a 1951 Hindi

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written and directed by M. V. Raman. It was a remake of the 1949 South Indian film ''Vazhkai''. The film starred

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and

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in their

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debut,

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in the lead with Pran,

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, Sunder,

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, Indira Acharya and Chaman Puri, forming an

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. The film was produced by A. V. Meiyappan with his production company, AVM. The music was composed by

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with lyrics provided by

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, while the editing was done by K. Shankarand and M. V. Raman and the camera was handled by T. Muthuswamy. The story revolves around Lata, Daksh Garg and Malti.

Plot

The story revolves around Lata, who lives a wealthy lifestyle with her parents and they would like her to marry the wealthy Shekhar; she initially approves of it. Shortly thereafter, she meets Vasant Kumar, they fall in love and marry. Heartbroken and angry, Shekhar starts to investigate Vasant's background. He finds out that Vasant's real name is Ashok, an editor for a magazine. What happens in Ashok's or Vasant Kumar's life?

Cast

;Male Cast *

as Ashok / Vasant Kumar * Pran as Shekhar *

as Chaudhary Govardhanlal Patwardhanlal *

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as Lattu *

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* Shyamlal * Narbada Shankar * Desraj *

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as Seeni * Baby Ashok * Baby Bobbal ;Female Cast *

as Lata *

as Malti *

as Shashi *

as Malti's Mother * Sope * Indra Acharya * Saroja as Laxmi * Revathi

Crew

* H. Shantaram as the

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* K. A. Rehman as the

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* E. I. Jeeva as the Audiographer * Hiralal and K. N. Dandayuthapani as the Choreographers * K. Kumar and R. N. Nagaraja Rao as the

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* P. N. Nambiar, Panchapagesan, T. Ramaswamy and Sudhir Kumar Dey as the Colour Consultants * R. Rangaswamy as the

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* S. P. Chellappa and T. K. Srinivasan as the Production controllers * K. N. Kini as the make-up person * S. L Narayan as the

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* P. L. Valliappan and V. R. Ratan as the Assistant cinematographers * M. Alagappan as the Assistant art director * C. D. Viswanathan, M. K. Balu and S. P. Ramanathan as the Assistant audiographers * Somu as the Assistant make-up person

Production

After his film '' Vazhkai'' was a runaway success at the box office where it completed 25 weeks of its theatrical run, A. V. Meiyappan planned to remake the film in Hindi with his company

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. For the lead female role, actress

was roped in, Vyjayanthimala, who has done the same role previously in the

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versions was about to make her

debut through this film. She had also learned Hindi at the Hindi Prachar Sabha to dub her own voice for her character. For second female lead, popular

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n actress

was approached, though earlier she was considered to enact the same role in the Tamil version, only to be rejected by A. V. Meiyappan because of her

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-tinged

accent, who replaced her with actress M. S. Draupadi in that role.

was credited as Padmini in this film, as her name is too old-fashioned for

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was composed by

, while the lyrics were penned by

. R.Sudarsanam of south was the associate music director. Almost all the songs were chartbusters and the album proved to be successful for music director

, who previously tasted success through ''Shabnam''. The album features

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's early hit song "Qasoor Aapka", and he later became one of the leading male playback singers in

. ''Bahar'' is also one of the rare soundtracks where Burman uses

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as his main singer. Her voice for the song "Saiyan Dil Mein Aana Re" became a hit. "Saiyan Dil Mein Aana Re" was later remixed by Harry Anand for the album ''UMI 10 Vol 4''.

Box office

At the end of its theatrical run, the film grossed around 12,500,000 with a net of , while it became the sixth-highest-grossing film of 1951 with a verdict of "hit" at the box office.

References

External links

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Bahar profile
at ''Upperstall.com'' {{AVM Productions 1950s Hindi-language films 1950s romantic comedy-drama films 1951 comedy-drama films 1951 films Films directed by M. V. Raman Films scored by S. D. Burman Hindi remakes of Tamil films Indian black-and-white films Indian comedy-drama films Indian romantic comedy-drama films