Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda
Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda | |
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Dharmavir Bharati | |
Produced by | National Film Development Corporation of India |
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Narrated by | Raghuvir Yadav |
Music by | Vanraj Bhatia |
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Running time | 130 min |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Budget | ₹ 5 crore |
Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (lit. 'The Sun's Seventh Horse') is a
Overview
The storyteller Manek Mulla (played by Rajit Kapur) tells his friends three stories of three women he had known at different points of time in his life: Rajeshwari Sachdev (a metaphor for the middle class), Pallavi Joshi (the intellectual and affluent), and Neena Gupta (the poor).[4] The three stories are revealed to be three different strands of a single tale as seen from the points of view of the different lead characters in the film.
The lowest, slowest or the weakest in a group or society determines the speed or progress of the whole. The title of the film, a metaphor for the film itself, draws an analogy between society and the mythological iconography of the Sun's chariot drawn by seven horses.
The narrative style adds to the abstractness; the film is presented as a flashback of a contemporary artist, Shyam (played by
Cast
- Rajit Kapur as Manek Mulla; Story-teller
- K.K. Rainaas Manek Mulla's brother
- Raghuvir Yadavas Narrator; Shyam, Manek Mulla's friend
- Amrish Puri as Mahesar Dalal
- Rajeshwari Sachdev as Jamuna
- Riju Bajaj as Tanna
- Anang Desai as Jamuna's father
- Mohini Sharma as Jamuna's mother
- Suresh Bhagwat as Jamuna's husband; zamindar
- Pallavi Joshi as Lalita; also known as Lily
- Ila Arun as Lily's mother
- Neena Gupta as Satti
- Lalit Mohan Tiwarias Chaman Thakur; Satti's adoptive uncle
- Virendra Saxenaas Shopkeeper
- Himani Shivpuri as Roma Bibi, a distant relative of Jamuna
- Ravi Jhankal as Ramdhan
Music
- "Yeh Shamen Sabki Shamen" - Kavita Krishnamurthy
- "Yeh Shamen Sabki Shamen v2" - Kavita Krishnamurthy
References
- ^ "40th National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 62. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 2 March 2012.
- ^ Rao, Maithili (12 August 2007). "Bollywood's hegemony". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 26 October 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ^ Verma, Sukanya (16 September 2017). "Great film, no audience". The Hindu. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ Clarke Fountain (2007). "Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda (1992) - Overview". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 29 November 2007.
External links
- Suraj Ka Satvan Ghoda at IMDb