''Deedar'' is a 1951

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-language romantic musical film directed by Nitin Bose, starring

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and

Nimmi Nawab Bano (18 February 1933 – 25 March 2020), better known by her stage name Nimmi, was an Indian screen actress who achieved stardom in the 1950s and early 1960s in Hindi films. She was one of the leading actresses of the "golden era" of Hin ...

. It is a story of unfulfilled love, where the hero's childhood love is separated from him due to class inequalities. It is one of noted tragedies made in early

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. It became a popular film of the Golden era and further established Dilip Kumar as the "King of Tragedy". Many years later, when ''Deedar'' was having a rerun at Mumbai theatres, actor

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asked director

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to accompany him to the show. Thereafter, the story of ''

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'' (1966) was written after reworking its story line, that film was also a hit. It is referred to repeatedly in the Vikram Seth's 1993 novel ''

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'', in which people watching it burst into tears and people who can't get tickets start a riot. The film was remade in Tamil as ''

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'' (1963) and in Turkish as ''Seven Unutmaz'' (1978).

Cast

as Shyamu *

as Mala *

as Dr. Kishore *

as Champa * Murad *

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as Baby Mala *

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(as Surrender) *

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as Choudhury * Motilal as Bhalla *

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as Master Shyamu

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by the legend Naushad, with lyrics by

Shakeel Badayuni Shakeel Badayuni (3 August 1916 – 20 April 1970) was an Indian Urdu poet, lyricist and songwriter in Hindi / Urdu language films. Early life Shakeel Badayuni was born in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh. His father, Mohammed Jamaal Ahmed Sokhta Qadiri ...

. The all-around soundtrack consisted of all the elements of a great album. It exploited the talents of singing legends such as

Mohammed Rafi Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer and musician. He is considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Rafi was notable for his versatility and ...

Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar () (born as Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 06 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is widely considered to have been the greatest and most influential singers in India. Her con ...

Shamshad Begum Shamshad Begum (Hindi: शमशाद बेगम, IAST: ''Śamśād Bēgam''; 14 April 1919 – 23 April 2013) was an Indian singer who was one of the first playback singers in the Hindi film industry. Notable for her distinctive voice and r ...

and G. M. Durrani to the utmost. This was also amongst those few soundtracks in which the career of veteran

coincided with that of his idol G. M. Durrani.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0137459, Deedar
Full movie on YouTube

Deedar soundtrack
1950s Hindi-language films 1950s musical drama films 1951 films 1951 romantic drama films Films directed by Nitin Bose Films scored by Naushad Hindi films remade in other languages Indian black-and-white films Indian musical drama films Indian romantic drama films