Sau Saal Baad

Sau Saal Baad is a 1966 Hindi film directed by B.K. Dubey starring Feroz Khan.[1][2] The film was released on 29 December 1966 and was certified U by the Central Board of Film Certification.[3]

Sau Saal Baad
Directed byB.K. Dubey
StarringFeroz Khan
Kumkum
Music byLaxmikant–Pyarelal
Release date
1966
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

While working at an excavation site, a young engineer (Feroz Khan) notices an abandoned mansion where he hears a female voice singing a tragic song. When he investigates, he finds a beautiful apparition; what's more, there seems to be something quite familiar about her. He wonders if this is the ghost of someone from his past life.

Cast

The cast is listed below:[4]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal.[5] According to the author Ganesh Anantharaman, the first song, "Ek Ritu Aae Ek Ritu Jaae", is one of their "most tuneful numbers".[6] Raju Bharatan of The Illustrated Weekly of India described "Ye Raat Bhi Jaa Rahi Hai" as an "unusual composition".[7]

Track#TitleSinger(s)
1 "Ek Ritu Aae Ek Ritu Jaae" Manna Dey, Lata Mangeshkar
2 "Na Jayiyo Radhe" Mohammed Rafi
3 "Ye Raat Bhi Jaa Rahi Hai" Lata Mangeshkar
4 "Kisi Ki Nazar Ne Ishara Kiya Hai" Lata Mangeshkar
5 "Ab Ke Baras Ye Bahar" Manna Dey, Lata Mangeshkar
6 "Bhoola Hua Afsana" Mohammed Rafi

Reception

Shankar's Weekly wrote in a scathing review of the film that its story is "as confusing as much to the hero as to the audience" and took note of some "awful comedy" in it.[8]

References
  1. Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1999). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-94318-9.
  2. Raj, Ashok (2009). Hero Vol.2. Hay House, Inc. ISBN 978-93-81398-03-6.
  3. "So Saal Baad". The Gazette of India. Government of India Press. 611: 178. 25 March 1967.
  4. "So Saal Baad". Bollywood Hungama. January 1966. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  5. Indian LP EP Records. Gramophone Company of India. 1970. p. 134.
  6. Anantharaman, Ganesh (2008). Bollywood Melodies: A History of the Hindi Film Song. Penguin Books India. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-14-306340-7.
  7. Bharatan, Raju (11 May 1987). "Lata's Best?". The Illustrated Weekly of India. The Times Group. p. 53. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  8. "So Saal Baad". Shankar's Weekly. K. Shankar Pillai. 19 March 1967. p. 21.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.