Parvarish (1958 film)
| Parvarish | |
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| Directed by | S. Banerjee |
| Written by | Sagar Usmani S. M. Abbas |
| Produced by | Mahipatray Shah |
| Starring | Raj Kapoor Mala Sinha Mehmood |
| Cinematography | C. S. Puttu |
| Edited by | Ramchandra Mahadik |
| Music by | Dattaram |
Production company | Roopkala Pictures |
Release date |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Parvarish (transl. Upbringing) is a 1958 Indian Hindi-language film starring Raj Kapoor, Mala Sinha and Mehmood.[1] It was later adapted into the Tamil play Petral Thaan Pillaiya, which in turn was adapted into the Tamil film Paar Magaley Paar (1963).[2]
Plot
[edit]After a hospital accident, a wealthy man is compelled to adopt a prostitute's son. After the incident, Thakur Jaswant takes both the infants with him. They wait for the guardian of the other child. As they are not able to make out which child is whose.
After some days, a man named Banke Bihari comes to meet Jaswant. He tells him, that the other child, who is the son of a prostitute, is his nephew and the prostitute was his sister. The lady left this world after giving birth to her son in that fire accident. So, he wants to take the other child with him. But he is also unable to identify which child is his nephew. Jaswant then brings up both the children as his own. This things insults him in the society as he has adopted a prostitute's son. His all friends and partners refuse to marry their daughters to any of the Jaswant's son. But his friends promises to marry his daughter to Jaswant's son.
As the time passes 3 of the children grow up. Things take a turn when both the boys want to marry a same girl
Cast
[edit]- Raj Kapoor as Raja Singh
- Mala Sinha as Asha Singh
- Mehmood as Ramesh Singh
- Nazir Hussain as Thakur Jaswant Singh
- Lalita Pawar as Thakurain Rukmani Singh
- Krishnakant as Thakur Harnam Singh / Bade Thakur (Asha's Father)
- Radhakrishan as Ustad Banke Bihari "Mama"
- Brahm Bhardwaj as Doctor
- Jennifer Murray as Dancer/Singer at Club
Soundtrack
[edit]| Song | Singer |
|---|---|
| "Aansoobhari Hai" | Mukesh |
| "Looti Zindagi" | Lata Mangeshkar |
| "Mastibhara Hai Sama" | Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey |
| "Beliya Beliya Beliya Beliya" | Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey |
| "Mama, O Mama, O Mama Mama Mama" | Mohammed Rafi, Manna Dey |
| "Jane Kaisa Jadu Kiya Re Bedardi Balam" | Asha Bhosle, Sudha Malhotra |
| "Jhoome Re, Jhoome Re" | Asha Bhosle |
References
[edit]- ^ Singh, Jai Arjun (8 September 2018). "Two princes or two paupers? How Parvarish dealt with fluid identities in 1950s". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 December 2022.
- ^ Ramachandran, T. M. (10 August 1963). "Acting Redeems Paar Magaley Paar". Sport and Pastime. Vol. 17. p. 42. Retrieved 27 December 2022.