Daag (1973 film)

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Daag – A Poem Of Love
Laxmikant Pyarelal
Production
company
Yash Raj Films
Distributed byYash Raj Films
Release date
  • 27 April 1973 (1973-04-27)
Running time
146 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Daag: A Poem of Love (transl. Smear) is a 1973 Indian

Raakhee in lead roles, with Madan Puri, Kader Khan, Prem Chopra and A. K. Hangal.[1]

Daag was made at the peak of Rajesh Khanna's craze and became a blockbuster at the box office.

Laxmikant Pyarelal dominated the charts for the year. The film was later remade into the Telugu film Vichitra Jeevitham (1978).[3] This film was Kader Khan's debut as an actor.[4]

At the

Chopra used Raakhee's character name 'Chandni' from this film also in his later films Silsila (1981) and Chandni (1989).

Plot

A young man, Sunil Kohli, falls for the beautiful Sonia. Soon, they get married and leave for their honeymoon. On the way, owing to bad weather, they decide to spend a night at a bungalow owned by Sunil's boss. The boss's son, Dheeraj Kapoor, tries to rape Sonia when she is alone. But Sunil arrives in time, and a fight ensues, resulting in the death of Dheeraj. Sunil is arrested and, later, sentenced to life imprisonment by the court. But, on the way to prison, the police van carrying him meets with an accident. All occupants are killed.

Years later, Sonia, working as a school teacher and bringing up Sunil's and her son, finds out that her husband is still alive. He is living with a new identity as Sudhir, and is married to a rich woman named Chandni. After escaping from the police van, Sunil met Chandni, whose lover had ditched her on learning of her pregnancy. Sunil married her to provide legitimacy to her child, in return for her help in establishing his new identity. Now, after so many years, the law is once again at his doorstep. This time, however, there is an added crime to his name: bigamy.

Cast

Crew

Soundtrack

The soundtrack includes the following tracks, composed by

Sahir Ludhianvi[6]

  • The song "Ab Chahe Ma Roothe Yaa Baba" was listed at #7 on
    Binaca Geetmala annual list 1973
  • The song "Mere Dil Mein Aaj Kya Hai" was listed at #20 on
    Binaca Geetmala annual list 1973
Daag: A Poem of Love
Laxmikant Pyarelal
chronology
Gaai Aur Gori
(1973)
Daag: A Poem of Love
(1973)
Barkha Bahar
(1973)
# Title Singer(s) Duration
1 "Mere Dil Mein Aaj Kya Hai" Kishore Kumar 04:19
2 "Ab Chahe Ma Roothe Yaa Baba" Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar 05:36
3 "Hum Aur Tum Tum Aur Hum" Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar 04:07
4 "Jab Bhi Jee Chaahe" Lata Mangeshkar 04:19
5 "Main To Kuchh Bhi Nahin" Rajesh Khanna 02:28
6 "Ni Main Yaar Manana Ni" Lata Mangeshkar, Minoo Purushottam 05:48
7 "Hawa Chale Kaise" Lata Mangeshkar 05:46

Awards and nominations

21st Filmfare Awards:[5]

Won

Nominated

References

  1. ^ Sood, Samira (3 October 2020). "Daag, Yash Chopra's debut as producer, broke the mould with its shades of bigamy".
  2. ^ "Blockbusters Of Twenty-Five Years (1973-1997)". 13 October 2023.
  3. ^ Kohli, Suresh (5 June 2014). "Daag (1973)". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
  4. ^ "Kader Khan". IMDb.
  5. ^ a b "1st Filmfare Awards 1953" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 28 December 2007.
  6. ^ "Daag 1973 songs". Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2009.

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