''Ladki Sahyadri Ki'' (Girl From Sahyadri) is a 1966

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social drama film directed by V. Shantaram. Also called ''Iye Marathichiye Nagari'' (The Land of Maharashtra) in Marathi, it was a bilingual for V. Shantaram productions under the

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banner. The music was composed by

Vasant Desai Vasant Desai (1912–1975) was an Indian film music composer, most remembered for his score in V. Shantaram films like '' Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje'' (1955), '' Do Aankhen Barah Haath'' (1957), Vijay Bhatt's '' Goonj Uthi Shehnai'' (1959), ''Samp ...

, with lyrics by

Bharat Vyas Bharat Vyas (1918–1982) was a noted Indian lyricist who wrote the songs for Hindi films in 1950s and 1960s. Biography Bharat Vyas was born in Bikaner in British India on 06 January 1918 in Pushkarna Brahmin family. He studied B.Com. at Calcutt ...

. The cast included Sandhya, Shalini Abhyankar, Vatsala Deshmukh, Kumar Dighe, Keshavrao Date, and Baburao Pendharkar. The story revolves around Rani, a stage performer from an impoverished family, and her attempts to help repair a temple in her village.

Plot

Rani (Sandhya) and her family are poor, but she is not allowed to work when offered a job in a theatrical company, as it is against the custom of her family to have girls working. However, she takes on the job when the village temple needs money for repairs. The stage-owner starts drinking and makes inappropriate advances to Rani. When she snubs him, he stops the work on the temple restoration. Rani is separated from her family, but finally reunites with them and has the temple completed.

Cast

* Sandhya as Rani * Prabhakar Pansikar as Som Dutt * Kumar Dighe as Balasab * Ganesh Solanki *

Keshavrao Date Keshavrao Date (1889–1971) was an Indian film actor, who worked in both silent and sound movies. He tried to run his own drama company but found it difficult to perform the dual roles of manager and actor. Career His role in the drama ''An ...

* Shalini Abhyankar *

Vatsala Deshmukh Vatsala Deshmukh ( mr, वत्सला देशमुख; 1930 – 12 March 2022) was an Indian Marathi and Hindi actress. Life and career Deshmukh started her career as a model and later joined the show business. She made her screen deb ...

Baburao Pendharkar Baburao Pendharkar (22 June 18968 November 1967), was an Indian actor, director, film producer and writer. Personal life Baburao Pendharkar was born on 22 June 1896 in Kolhapur in a Brahmin family. Born to Radhabai and her patron Dr Gopal Pendha ...

* Manjiri Gadkar

Soundtrack

The music composed by

, had a bhajan in the voice of Pandit Jasraj "Vandana Karo Archana Karo" in

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. Pandit Jasraj sang only four songs in four films, ''Ladki Sahayadri Ki'' (1966), ''Birbal My Brother'' (1975) and ''

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'' (2008) and

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's ''Gour Hari Dastaan'' (2013). He had, however, composed music for

Mira Nair Mira Nair (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian-American filmmaker based in New York City. Her production company, Mirabai Films, specializes in films for international audiences on Indian society, whether in the economic, social or cultural spher ...

's ''

Salaam Bombay ''Salaam Bombay!'' is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language drama film, directed, co-written and co-produced by Mira Nair. The screenwriter was Nair's creative collaborator Sooni Taraporevala. This was the first feature film directed by Nair. The film d ...

'' (1988). The background music was also by Vasant Desai, who had parted ways with Shantaram following ''Navrang''. However, on Shantaram's request, he returned to compose music for '' Geet Gaya Pattharon Ne'' and ''Ladki Sahyadri Ki''. The lyricist for ''Ladki Sahyadri Ki'' was

, and the singers were Pandit Jasraj,

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, Amar Shaikh,

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and

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Song list

References

External links

* {{V. Shantaram 1966 films 1960s Hindi-language films 1960s Marathi-language films Films directed by V. Shantaram Films scored by Vasant Desai