Kissa Kursi Ka
Kissa Kursi Ka | |
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Directed by | Amrit Nahata |
Produced by | Bhagwant Deshpande Vijay Kashmiri Baba Majgavkar |
Starring | Shabana Azmi Raj Kiran Utpal Dutt Rehana Sultan Manohar Singh |
Music by | Jaidev |
Release date |
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Running time | 142 min. |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Kissa Kursi Ka (transl. Tale of Throne) is a 1977 Indian
Plot
The plot revolved around a corrupt and evil politician Gangaram or Gangu, played by Manohar Singh, trying to woo personified public, depicted as mute and helpless looking (Shabana Azmi.) The movie is a humorous comment over the system and the selfishness of the politicians regarded as a motion picture version of the cartoonist columns that are the most brutal taunt over the politics.
Music
Music: Raghunath Seth Lyrics: Rakhesh
- "Jan Gan Desh Ke Gaayak Hai" (version 1) – Asha Bhosle, Mahendra Kapoor
- "Jan Gan Desh Ke Gaayak Hai" (version 2) – Asha Bhosle, Mahendra Kapoor
- "Jan Gan Desh Ke Gaayak Hai" (version 3) – Asha Bhosle, Mahendra Kapoor
- "Jan Gan Desh Ke Gaayak Hai" (version 4) – Asha Bhosle, Mahendra Kapoor
- "Jan Gan Desh Ke Gaayak Hai" (version 5) – Asha Bhosle, Mahendra Kapoor
- "Jan Gan Desh Ke Gaayak Hai" (version 6) – Asha Bhosle, Mahendra Kapoor
- "Sunte Ho Aji Sunte Ho" – Vinod Sharma, Madhur Bhushan, SaritaSethi, Sudhir Pandey, Pradeep Shukla
Cast
- Shabana Azmi as Janta
- Utpal Dutt
- Rehana Sultan
- Manohar Singh as President Gangaram 'Gangu'
- Surekha Sikri as Meera
- Raj Kiranas Gopal
- Chaman Bagga as Deshpal – President's Secretary
- Katy Mirza as Ruby Dixsana
- Swapna Sundari as an item number
Ban and print confiscation
The film was submitted to the
Subsequently, all the prints and the master-print of the film at Censor Board office were picked up, later brought to Maruti factory in
Legal case
The legal case ran for 11 months, and court gave its judgment on 27 February 1979. Both Sanjay Gandhi and Shukla were sentenced to a month and two-year jail term imprisonment. Sanjay Gandhi was denied bail. The verdict was later overturned.[3][4] In his judgment, District Judge, O. N. Vohra at Tis Hazari Court in Delhi, found the accused, guilty of "criminal conspiracy, breach of trust, mischief by fire, dishonestly receiving criminal property, concealing stolen property and disappearance of evidence".[6]
Bibliography
- Amrit Nahata (1977). Kissā kursī kā. Rājapāla. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- Jagat S. Bright (1979). "14. Kissa Kuris Ka". Allahabad High Court to Shah Commission. Deep & Deep Publications. p. 43.
References
- ^ "The first ladies of cinema". The Times of India. 14 December 2010. Archived from the original on 15 February 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ISBN 978-81-7534-614-7. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ a b c "30 greatest stories revisited: Sanjay Gandhi and 'Kissa Kursi Ka' film lampooning him : Cover Story". India Today. 18 December 2006. Archived from the original on 28 July 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ a b "1978– Kissa Kursi Ka: Celluloid chutzpah : Cover Story". India Today. 24 December 2009. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ^ "The story behind the controversial film 'Kissa Kursi Ka', which was banned during the Emergency". Scroll. 27 January 2015. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
- St. Petersburg Times. 27 February 1979. Archivedfrom the original on 1 January 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
External links
- Kissa Kursi Ka at IMDb
- Kissa Kursi Ka at Bollywood Hungama