Movies based on novels
Abhay Jain
up with many films that are based on novels. Sample here:
Amrapali
Biraj Bahu
Devdas
Ek Tha Chandar Ek thi Sudha
Gaban
Godan
Guide
Heer Ranjha
Kabauliwala
Khilona
Care to add on.............
Abhay Jain
Xorys
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Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
Kohra
Umrao Jaan
Phir Subah Hogi
Bandini
Mr. Sampat
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please give novel's and author's names also.
sahib bibi ghulam - vimal mitra
ek chadar maili si - ?
Chitralekha - Bhagwati Charan Verma
Teesari Kasam - Phanishwar Nath Renu
Utsav - Mrichhakatikam - ?
-Rawat
Balachandran Natarajan
> Utsav - Mrichhakatikam - ?
>
> -Rawat
>
The dramatist is 'King Shudraka'.
Bala
Samir Dhume
>>Devdas
>>Ek Tha Chandar Ek thi Sudha
>>Gaban
>>Godan
>>Guide
>>Heer Ranjha
>>Kabauliwala
>>Khilona
> Kohra
> Umrao Jaan
> Phir Subah Hogi
> Bandini
> Mr. Sampat
Ek chadar maili si
Lekin, based on a short story, not a novel, same as Kabuliwala
Shatranj ke khiladi
samir
Samir Dhume
> Amrapali
> Biraj Bahu
> Devdas
> Ek Tha Chandar Ek thi Sudha
> Gaban
> Godan
> Guide
> Heer Ranjha
> Kabauliwala
> Khilona
Masoom
Sadgati
samir
surjit singh
Excellent thread! It will increase in value tremendously if one could
also include the author, date of publication and type of literature
(novel, short story, drama, one-act play etc.)
Surjit Singh, a diehard movie fan(atic), period.
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Nita
If you add movies based on Gulshan Nanda's novels then we have:
Chirag
Jheel Ke Us Paar
Gunahon Ka Devta (Not the Sanjay Dutt starrer)
Pinjra ?
Shalini Razdan
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Other Gulshan Nanda inspired movies include:
Kati Patang
Charitraheen
Also Kadambari is based on an Amrita Pritam novel, "Dharti, Aakash aur
Sipiyan."
Shalini
>
> Nita
> http://www.urdupoetry.com
Pankajkumar Chauhan
> > also Saraswatichandra
> >
Govardhanram M. Tripathi, Gujarati, a looong novel, published sometime in
the 19th century (IIRC).
--
- Pankaj
Surma Bhopali
Bandit Queen - Mala Sen (though not a novel sensu stricto)
Do Duni Chaar, Angoor - W. Shakespeare
Paalen Khan(?)
Apne Paraye - Sharat Chandra (Nishkriti)
Balika Badhu - Bankim Chandra(?)
Roop Singh Chandel (Assoc Prof)
Ek Chador Maili Si
Kajal
Teesari Kasam
Pavitra Papi
*********************
Nita
> Other Gulshan Nanda inspired movies include:
>
> Kati Patang
> Charitraheen
The only Charitraheen I know is a novel by Sarat Chandra
Chattopadhyay. IS this another book?
Ket...@att.net
>Based on discussions with friends we could not come
>up with many films that are based on novels. Sample here:
>Care to add on.............
>
>Abhay Jain
Besides Kohraa being based on D.D Maurier's Rebecca, aren't "Kala Pani" and
"Tere Mere Sapne" based on novels too? At the moment of going to press, I have
sadly forgotten both the author and the novel(s). Somehow the name "The Citadel"
by A J Cronin keeps coming to my mind. Not sure though.
Ketan
Pankajkumar Chauhan
I just recalled one, Dhund, it is based on some Agatha Christie
novella, but I can't recall which. Does anybody know?
--
- Pankaj
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>
> On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 19:51:26 GMT, "Abhay Jain" <haba...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Based on discussions with friends we could not come
> >up with many films that are based on novels. Sample here:
> >
> >Amrapali
> >Biraj Bahu
> >Devdas
> >Ek Tha Chandar Ek thi Sudha
> >Gaban
> >Godan
> >Guide
> >Heer Ranjha
> >Kabauliwala
> >Khilona
> >
> >
> >Care to add on.............
> >
> >Abhay Jain
>
> Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
> Kohra
> Umrao Jaan
> Phir Subah Hogi
Which was the novel and author?
-Rawat
> Bandini
> Mr. Sampat
>
> Xorys
>
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Bhanwar was also a gulshan nanda novel.
Mausam - Kamleshwar (Agaami Ateet)
There were some films based on detective writers Vedprakash Sharma and
Surendra Mohan Pathak also.
Dinesh Krishnajois
> Xorys <nos...@hair.net> wrote:
> >>Godan
Godan - written by Premchand - early 20th century?
> >>Guide
Guide - written by R.K.Narayan (in English) - 1950s/60s (?)
> > Kohra
Kohra - in a recent thread on RMIM I got the impression that this
movie was based on french novel "Rebecca" by Daphne de Maurier (?)
> Ek chadar maili si
Ek chAdar mailI sI - written by Rajinder Singh Bedi - year (?)
IIRC, he also wrote the dialouges for the movie dastak.
Regards,
- Dinesh Krishnajois.
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>
> Kati Patang
> Ek Chador Maili Si
> Kajal
> Teesari Kasam
> Pavitra Papi
> *********************
>
> Based on discussions with friends we could not come
> up with many films that are based on novels. Sample here:
>
> Amrapali
> Biraj Bahu
> Devdas
> Ek Tha Chandar Ek thi Sudha
I think one Amitabh Jaya starrer was planned based on this novel. I
don't know whether it was started, completed or released.
-Rawat
Ritu
A couple of more on Sarat Chandra's works
- Parineeta (it was adapted twice the second time it was a Jeetendra,
Sulakhsna Pandit film I don't recall the name)
- Khushboo by Gulzar was also supposed to be based on some Sarat
Chandra novel though I don't know which one.
In Addtion
Anand Math - Bankim Chandra
Bees Saal Baad was based losely on 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'
(Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Ritu
Samir Dhume
> --
> - Pankaj
Also, I think Gumnaam is allegedly based on Christie's
Ten Little Niggers.
imdb shows Premchand has writer credits for two more
films - Seva Sadan (1938) and Mazdoor (1934)
Tendulkar has a few as well. Ghashiram Kotwal is originally
a play. I don't know about the rest.
How about Rukmadevi ki Haveli? Tamas is a novel, I think.
Swami and friends was made into a movie.
samir
Nitin Sharma
On 29 Oct 2001, Samir Dhume wrote:
>
> How about Rukmadevi ki Haveli? Tamas is a novel, I think.
It is rukmavati ki haveli. It is based on the Spanish play
"The House of Bernarda Alba" by Federico Garcia Lorca.
also, as an earlier post asked, ek chadar maili si was by
written by rajinder singh bedi
-n
Ritu
Tere Mere Sapne is inspired by 'The Citadel' by AJ Cronin
-Ritu
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> >
> > Nita
When I checked the header of the thread, I assumed the
original poster meant novels of some literature value, not
necessarily classics always, but close to it. I may be wrong
in assuming that. But based on my assumption, I have a great
difficulty in including all Gulshan Nanda junk along with
the rest of the list. Yes they do qualify as novels by
definition. An assembly line production of one novel a month
to make sure that book stalls on railway stations can do a
good business. I don't claim to have even a decent enough
knowledge about Hindi literature. But that is my impression
about Gulshan Nanda's status in that field and I find it
difficult to change that based on the list of films based on
his *novels*.
Anant
Surma Bhopali
>
> When I checked the header of the thread, I assumed the
> original poster meant novels of some literature value, not
> necessarily classics always, but close to it. I may be wrong
> in assuming that. But based on my assumption, I have a great
> difficulty in including all Gulshan Nanda junk along with
> the rest of the list. Yes they do qualify as novels by
> definition. An assembly line production of one novel a month
> to make sure that book stalls on railway stations can do a
> good business. I don't claim to have even a decent enough
> knowledge about Hindi literature. But that is my impression
> about Gulshan Nanda's status in that field and I find it
> difficult to change that based on the list of films based on
> his *novels*.
>
et al form a group which produce numerous pocket-book novels for sale
at popular railway/bus station book stalls as opposed to novels of
literary value written by the likes of Kamaleshwar, Fanishwarnath
Renu, et al which hardly sell. This contrast is very much like art
cinema vis-a-vis popular cinema. I had been a fan of hindi literature
since I was kid (finished Premchand books from local library by the
time I was in class X). Every creative activity should aim at
achieving high quality no doubt. They should be judged on merit as
well. But things in Indian society are a bit too complex. After all,
for whom does an author write a book? For the library shelves.., to be
included in school curriculum.., to be reviewed by esteemed critics...
or.. for the people. Every author wants his book to reach as much as
audience as possible. But here comes the problem. If you stuff
literary values in your book, you move away from common people. And if
you try to reach common people, high society of literature throws you
away. The world of hindi literature is a bipolar world. Naturally
popular cinema has to follow popular novels rather than literary
novels. Hats off to a few film-makers who tried to bridge the gap and
successfully too with popular cinema based on literary works. They
deserve special mention in this forum. That's why I believe this forum
should exclude movies based on popular novels.
Bengali literature OTOH is not that bipolar. You get most books in the
same form. There is no distinction like pocket-books and shelf-books.
And literature does sell a lot. However, the danger of this is great
novelists tend to become cheap writers due to production pressure. You
will see someone like Sunil Gangopadhyay rising above average with
quality novels like "Sei Somoy" and then producing all that cheap
stuff years after years, although in the same form. Hindi literature
to that extent has retained its values in those hard-to-get bound
books. But who reads them anyway?
Popular cinema based on literary classics is a good way of reaching
the audience and this movement should go on. I would like to see more
Basu Chatterjees and Hrishikesh Mukherjees in hindi film industry who
took this pain of popularising literature among masses, something
dreadfully missing in the Hindi world.
Narendra Joshi
Paalen khan was written by Gulshan Nanda.
Other instances:
Emily Bronte's "wuthering heights" had two incarnations: "Dil diya
dard liya" and "Oonche log".
"Betaab" was inspired from "Taming of the shrew" by WS.
"Other side of midnight" was made into a hindi movie by Sawankumar. I
forgot the name.
"Count of monte cristo" was also made into a hindi movie. Was it
"Jeevan Mrityu" ?
- Narendra
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>
> - Parineeta (it was adapted twice the second time it was a Jeetendra,
> Sulakhsna Pandit film I don't recall the name)
SANKOCH. It had a beautiful song 'baandhi ri kaahe preet' sung by
Sulakshana.
> - Khushboo by Gulzar was also supposed to be based on some Sarat
> Chandra novel though I don't know which one.
Same name I think.
--
Neha
Samir Dhume
>>
>> How about Rukmadevi ki Haveli? Tamas is a novel, I think.
> It is rukmavati ki haveli. It is based on the Spanish play
> "The House of Bernarda Alba" by Federico Garcia Lorca.
Oh! I wasn't aware of this. I had a vague notion that
it was a Hindi novel.
Junoon is based on Ruskin Bond's novella, A Flight of Pigeons.
and that reminds me - Anita Desai's In custody.
There should be a clutch of crappy Raj movies - Heat and Dust etc.
And I vaguely remember readng somewhere that Suraj ka satvaan
ghoda is a Hindi novel.
I also recall vaguely an interview with Nihalani, in which he
stated his preference for working on literary texts. Nihalani's
filmography shows the foll films as director (source: imdb.com):
Thakshak (1999)
Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa (1998)
Droh Kaal (1996)
Pita (1991)
Rukmavati Ki Haveli (1991)
Drishti (1990/I)
Jazeere (1989) (TV)
"Tamas" (1986) (mini) TV Series
Aaghat (1985)
Party (1984)
Ardh Satya (1983)
Vijeta (1982)
Aakrosh (1980)
Of these, other than Rukmavati and Tamas, my feeble memory
feebly recognizes Hazaar Chaurasi ki Maa as being by
Mahasweta Devi although imdb credits someone else.
samir
Xorys
>>
>> Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
>> Kohra
>> Umrao Jaan
>> Phir Subah Hogi
>> Bandini
>> Mr. Sampat
>
>Which was the novel and author?
>
>-Rawat
Sorry... I tried to post this info last night, but apparently it
didn't go through.
Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
Based on the Bengali novel Saheb Bibi Golam by Bimal Mitra.
Kohra
Based on Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca (although probably indirectly,
from English filmed versions).
Umrao Jaan
Based on Meer Hadi Hassan Rusva's 1899 Urdu novel Umrao Jaan Ada.
Phir Subah Hogi
Based on Dostoevsky's Crime And Punishment.
Bandiini
Based on the autobiographical fiction of Jarasandha (Charuchandra
Chakraborty)... although I don't know exactly which book.
Mr. Sampat
Based on R. K. Narayan's Mr Sampat, The Printer Of Malgudi.
Xorys
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Amrapali - Acharya Chatursen?
Anand Math - Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Angoor (like Do Duni Chaar) - William Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors
Apne Paraye - Sharat Chandra (Nishkriti)
Balika Badhu - Bankim Chandra(?)
Bandini - Jarasandha (Charuchandra Chakraborty)
Bandit Queen - Mala Sen (though not a novel sensu stricto)
Bees Saal Baad - losely on 'The Hound of the Baskervilles' (Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle)
Betaab - Taming of the shrew by William Shakespeare
Biraj Bahu - Sharat Chandra
Charitraheen - Gulshan Nanda
Chirag - Gulshan Nanda
Chitralekha - Bhagwati Charan Verma
Devdas - Sharat Chandra
Dharmatma - Godfather by Mario Pujo
Dhund - Agatha Christie
Dil diya dard liya, Oonche log - Emily Bronte's "wuthering heights"
Do Duni Chaar (like Angoor) - William Shakespeare's Comedy of Errors
Ek chadar maili si - Rajinder Singh Bedi (Punjabi?)
Ek Tha Chandar Ek thi Sudha - Dharamveer Bharati
Gaban - Premchand
Ghashiram Kotwal (Wasn't that a stage play) - Vijay Tendulkar (play)
Godan - Premchand
Guide - R.K.Narayan (English)
Gumnaam - Agatha Christie's Ten Little Niggers
Gunahon Ka Devta (Not the Sanjay Dutt starrer) - Gulshan Nanda
Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Maa - Mahashweta Devi
Heat and Dust -
Heer Ranjha -
Jeevan Mrityu? - Count of monte cristo by ???
Jheel Ke Us Paar - Gulshan Nanda
Junoon - Ruskin Bond's A Flight of Pigeons
Kabuliwala - (short story)
Kadambari - Amrita Pritam's Dharti, Aakash aur Sipiyan (Punjabi?)
Kajal -
Kala Pani -
Kati Patang - Gulshan Nanda
Khilona -
Kohra - Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca
Khushboo - Sharat Chandra
Lekin - (short story)
Manchali - Kamaleshwar
Masoom -
Bhanwar - Gulshan Nanda
Mausam - Kamleshwar (Agaami Ateet)
Mazdoor (1934) - Premchand
Mr. Sampat - R. K. Narayan's Mr Sampat, The Printer Of Malgudi
Naxalite - Khwaja Ahmed Abbas
Oonche log, Dil diya dard liya - Emily Bronte's "wuthering heights"
Paalen Khan - (Gulshan Nanda?)
Parineeta, Sankoch - Sharat Chandra
Pavitra Papi -
Phir Subah Hogi - Fyodor Dostoevsky's Crime And Punishment (Russian)
Pinjra - Gulshan Nanda?
Rukmavati ki haveli - The House of Bernarda Alba by Federico Garcia
Lorca (Spanish play)
Sadgati -
Sahib bibi ghulam - vimal mitra (Bengali)
Sankoch, Parineeta - Sharat Chandra
Saraswati Chandra - Govardhanram M. Tripathi (Gujarati)
Seva Sadan (1938) - Premchand
Sharmili - Gulshan Nanda
Shatranj ke khiladi - Premchand (short story)
Suraj ka satvaan ghoda - Mohan Rakesh
Tamas (TV Play) - Bhishm Sahani
Tere Mere Sapne (Devanand one) - The Citadel by AJ Cronin
Teesari Kasam - Phanishwar Nath Renu
Umrao Jaan - Meer Hadi Hassan Rusva's Umrao Jaan Ada (Urdu)
Utsav - Mrichhakatikam by King Shudraka (Sanskrit)
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unresolved:-
? - Swami and friends
(a movie by Sawankumar) - Other side of midnight by Sidney Sheldon
(Some Khiladi movie *ing Akshay Kumar having a copy of ARR's Muqabla by
Rajesh Roshan) - Ved Prakash Sharma
All versions of Ramayan and Mahabharat as well as all
the religious movies were based on (OOPS! save me O god!) Novels. :)
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P Dasgupta
> Bandiini
>
> Based on the autobiographical fiction of Jarasandha (Charuchandra
> Chakraborty)... although I don't know exactly which book.
>
The book's name is 'bish kanya'. The Hindi movie is more
popular than the Bengali movie of the same name as the novel.
Jarasandha's most popular Bengali novel and Bengali cinema thereof,
called 'Louha kapaT', however failed to make much of an impression in
Hindi as Bimal Roy's 'Parivaar'(1956).
-Prithviraj
P Dasgupta
> Bengali literature OTOH is not that bipolar. You get most books in the
> same form. There is no distinction like pocket-books and shelf-books.
> And literature does sell a lot.
How about pocket book authors like Sachin Bhowmick and
Bikramaditya? Almost all their stories are for Hindi
movies. Many Amitabh starrers in the 70s like "Great
Gambler", "Do Anjaane"(?) were based on Bikramaditya's
stories.
If you go a bit back in time, in the 50's there was
the "dashyu mohan" series which was a pocket book
in those days(only in the 80-s was the series released
as a hard-bound omnibus). In the 40's it would be the
"Detective Deepak" series(I forget the name of the author)
...but I remember his hilarious antics like...the detective
whips out two pistols in his (two) hands and punches
the villain on his face with his "other" hand.
-Prithviraj
Vijay Kumar K
> Hi.
> Paalen khan was written by Gulshan Nanda.
> Other instances:
> Emily Bronte's "wuthering heights" had two incarnations: "Dil diya
> dard liya" and "Oonche log".
Naushad-imitating-Strauss-ta-ra-ri one.
I haven't seen Oonche Log, but neither Dastan nor DDDL are very faithful to the
original. Liberal adaptations at best.
>
> "Betaab" was inspired from "Taming of the shrew" by WS.
the Sunny Deol-Amrita one, right? On the other hand, Aan - Dilip Kumar, Nadira -
with those lovely Rafi songs, is based on The Taming of the Shrew, I am told.
> "Other side of midnight" was made into a hindi movie by Sawankumar. I
> forgot the name.
> "Count of monte cristo" was also made into a hindi movie. Was it
> "Jeevan Mrityu" ?
>
> - Narendra
Vijay
Aarathi Sankaran
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. This book won the Booker Prize in 1975.
> Kabuliwala - (short story)
Rabindranath Tagore.
Aarathi.
tabs
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Daagh (Rajesh Khanna/Sharmeela) - Maili Chandani
Khilona - Band Hont
Main Awara Hun - Awara Baadal
Patthar ke Sanam
Naya Zamana ( Dharmendar,Hema Mailin)
Mehandi (New)
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Oh Bewafa - Other side of midnight
KunwarLal - Rage of Angles by Sidney Sheldon
Shalimar - ???
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Surma Bhopali
Kabuliwala - Ravindranath Tagore
Sadgati - Premchand
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wrote:
Are you sure the 1956 Parivaar was by Bimal Roy? I don't have a copy
of the movie to check... but I believe it was directed by Asit Sen,
not Roy.
In any case.. thanks for the info. I had no idea that Parivaar took
its story from the same author as Bandini.
Ritu
> On 30 Oct 2001 08:32:42 -0800, prith...@yahoo.com (P Dasgupta)
> wrote:
>
> >Xorys <nos...@hair.net> wrote in message :
> >
> >> Bandiini
> >>
> >> Based on the autobiographical fiction of Jarasandha (Charuchandra
> >> Chakraborty)... although I don't know exactly which book.
> >>
> >
> >The book's name is 'bish kanya'. The Hindi movie is more
> >popular than the Bengali movie of the same name as the novel.
> >
> >Jarasandha's most popular Bengali novel and Bengali cinema thereof,
> >called 'Louha kapaT', however failed to make much of an impression in
> >Hindi as Bimal Roy's 'Parivaar'(1956).
>
> Are you sure the 1956 Parivaar was by Bimal Roy? I don't have a copy
> of the movie to check... but I believe it was directed by Asit Sen,
> not Roy.
jhir jhir jhir badarva barse' from the film appears in my Bimal Roy
collection. Unless there is a mistake there.
Cheers
Ritu
Xorys
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>> On 30 Oct 2001 08:32:42 -0800, prith...@yahoo.com (P Dasgupta)
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Xorys <nos...@hair.net> wrote in message :
>> >
>> >> Bandiini
>> >>
>> >> Based on the autobiographical fiction of Jarasandha (Charuchandra
>> >> Chakraborty)... although I don't know exactly which book.
>> >>
>> >
>> >The book's name is 'bish kanya'. The Hindi movie is more
>> >popular than the Bengali movie of the same name as the novel.
>> >
>> >Jarasandha's most popular Bengali novel and Bengali cinema thereof,
>> >called 'Louha kapaT', however failed to make much of an impression in
>> >Hindi as Bimal Roy's 'Parivaar'(1956).
>>
>> Are you sure the 1956 Parivaar was by Bimal Roy? I don't have a copy
>> of the movie to check... but I believe it was directed by Asit Sen,
>> not Roy.
>No, I think in all probablity it is Bimal Roy because the song 'Jhir
>jhir jhir jhir badarva barse' from the film appears in my Bimal Roy
>collection. Unless there is a mistake there.
I have a couple of Bimal Roy filmographies that don't list it. The
"Encyclopaedia Of India Film" doesn't have a separate entry for it...
but in the general index of films it is listed as directed by Asit
Sen. Perhaps Bimal Roy had some other involvement - e.g. with
producing the movie.
Xorys
Ashok
says...
>>> >Jarasandha's most popular Bengali novel and Bengali cinema thereof,
>>> >called 'Louha kapaT', however failed to make much of an impression in
>>> >Hindi as Bimal Roy's 'Parivaar'(1956).
>>>
>>> Are you sure the 1956 Parivaar was by Bimal Roy? I don't have a copy
>>> of the movie to check... but I believe it was directed by Asit Sen,
>>> not Roy.
>>No, I think in all probablity it is Bimal Roy because the song 'Jhir
>>jhir jhir jhir badarva barse' from the film appears in my Bimal Roy
>>collection. Unless there is a mistake there.
>
>I have a couple of Bimal Roy filmographies that don't list it. The
>"Encyclopaedia Of India Film" doesn't have a separate entry for it...
>but in the general index of films it is listed as directed by Asit
>Sen. Perhaps Bimal Roy had some other involvement - e.g. with
>producing the movie.
>
>Xorys
The 'Parivar' of 1956 was produced by Bimal Roy under his banner.
I remember Mr. Sudhir Kakar telling me that the director Asit Sen
used to be Bimal Roy's assistant prior to 'Parivar' and that, after
the failure of 'Parivar', he turned to character acting: ie, that
he is the same Asit Sen--the fatso with a dragged-out mode of
dialogue delivery--whom we watch with a mixture of irritation and
fascination. Sudhir, can you confirm it?
In any case, there have been two (at least) directors named Asit
Sen in Hindi films. The other Asit Sen was far more successful,
at least in the early phases. He debuted in Hindi with 'Mamta'
and continued with 'Anokhi Raat.' Later on, he degenerated into
inconsequential films, such as 'Mehndi'.
Ashok
Ket...@att.net
>The 'Parivar' of 1956 was produced by Bimal Roy under his banner.
>I remember Mr. Sudhir Kakar telling me that the director Asit Sen
>used to be Bimal Roy's assistant prior to 'Parivar' and that, after
>the failure of 'Parivar', he turned to character acting: ie, that
>he is the same Asit Sen--the fatso with a dragged-out mode of
>dialogue delivery--whom we watch with a mixture of irritation and
>fascination. Sudhir, can you confirm it?
>
>In any case, there have been two (at least) directors named Asit
>Sen in Hindi films. The other Asit Sen was far more successful,
>at least in the early phases. He debuted in Hindi with 'Mamta'
>and continued with 'Anokhi Raat.' Later on, he degenerated into
>inconsequential films, such as 'Mehndi'.
Just to add confusion, the second Asit Sen(the non-comedian one) died recently
and also directed a movie under the Bimal Roy banner, IIRC, called "Do Dooni
chaar" which incidentally features the 'Parivaar' comedian Asit Sen.
Ketan
Xorys
For what it's worth the Encyclopaedia Of India Film says the 1956
Parivar was directed by an Asit Sen who was born in 1922. No mention
is made of his acting at all, and now that I read his entry carefully,
I do see that it mentions Roy as having produced Parivar and also
Anokhi Raat.
Sen's filmography is given as follows:
Biplabi (1948)
Chalachal (1956)
Parivar (1956)
Aparadhi Kaun (1957)
Panchatapa (1957)
Jiban Trishna (1957)
Jonakir Alo (1958)
Deep Jweley Jai (1959)
Swaralipa (1961)
Swayambara (1961)
Agun (1962)
Uttar Falguni (1963)
Trishna (1965)
Mamata (1966)
Anokhi Raat (1968)
Khamoshi (1969)
Maa Aur Mamta (1970)
Safar (1970)
Sharafat (1970)
Annadata (1972)
Anokha Daan (1972)
Anari (1975)
Bairaag (1976)
Vakil Babu (1981)
Mehndi (1983)
Prarthana (1984)
Pratigya (1985)
Ashok
>
>
>For what it's worth the Encyclopaedia Of India Film says the 1956
>Parivar was directed by an Asit Sen who was born in 1922. No mention
>is made of his acting at all, and now that I read his entry carefully,
>I do see that it mentions Roy as having produced Parivar and also
>Anokhi Raat.
Anokhi Raat' was not produced by Bimal Roy. The banner is LB films.
>Xorys
In article <9rska...@drn.newsguy.com>, Ket...@att.net says...
>
>In article <9rs54...@enews1.newsguy.com>, ADhar...@WorldBank.Org says...
>
>>The 'Parivar' of 1956 was produced by Bimal Roy under his banner.
>>I remember Mr. Sudhir Kakar telling me that the director Asit Sen
>>used to be Bimal Roy's assistant prior to 'Parivar' and that, after
>>the failure of 'Parivar', he turned to character acting: ie, that
>>he is the same Asit Sen--the fatso with a dragged-out mode of
>>dialogue delivery--whom we watch with a mixture of irritation and
>>fascination. Sudhir, can you confirm it?
>>
>>In any case, there have been two (at least) directors named Asit
>>Sen in Hindi films. The other Asit Sen was far more successful,
>>at least in the early phases. He debuted in Hindi with 'Mamta'
>>and continued with 'Anokhi Raat.' Later on, he degenerated into
>>inconsequential films, such as 'Mehndi'.
>
>Just to add confusion, the second Asit Sen(the non-comedian one) died recently
>and also directed a movie under the Bimal Roy banner, IIRC, called "Do Dooni
>chaar" which incidentally features the 'Parivaar' comedian Asit Sen.
>
>
>Ketan
Ketan seems to be confusion-masochist, looking for confusion. Otherwise,
I can't see how Asit Sen dying recently adds to his confusion.
Further, the director of 'Do Dooni Char', a Bimal Roy production, is one
Debu Sen. I can't imagine a Gujju being confused by the same last name;
how does he keep all the Patels straight in his mind?
Ashok
Ket...@att.net
>In article <emb4utoscuka93ms0...@4ax.com>, nos...@hair.net says...
>Anokhi Raat' was not produced by Bimal Roy. The banner is LB films.
>Further, the director of 'Do Dooni Char', a Bimal Roy production, is one
>Debu Sen. I can't imagine a Gujju being confused by the same last name;
>how does he keep all the Patels straight in his mind?
Well, I guess the confusion is universal then, since even IMJ's can't get it
straight. If Xorys's list from the Ency. of I. Cinema is to believed then Ashish
Rajadhyaksha has indeed mixed up the director of Parivaar(the comedian A.Sen)
with the director of Mamta/Safar(the non-comedian A.Sen), clubbing all their
movies under the same filmography list. This is assuming that your/Sudhir's
Parivar anecdote checks out accurately. AshishR could always use the excuse that
he went In-Sen with the similar first and last names.
Ketan
Ritu
Was this also the same Asit Sen who directed 'Khamoshi' and 'Safar' ?
Ritu
vsr...@mailandnews.com
But in the meantime, he has given marvelous complex Khamoshi which had
brought tears to eyes and hearts of many a viewers.
He will be remembered at least for this film.
>
> Ashok
-Rawat
Xorys
>In article <emb4utoscuka93ms0...@4ax.com>, nos...@hair.net says...
>>
>>
>>For what it's worth the Encyclopaedia Of India Film says the 1956
>>Parivar was directed by an Asit Sen who was born in 1922. No mention
>>is made of his acting at all, and now that I read his entry carefully,
>>I do see that it mentions Roy as having produced Parivar and also
>>Anokhi Raat.
>
>Anokhi Raat' was not produced by Bimal Roy. The banner is LB films.
Well the EOIF (which I haven't generally found to be either terribly
complete or reliable) is not exactly consistent on this - under Asit
Sen's entry they have Roy producing Parivar and Anokhi Raat, but under
Roy's own entry they mention Parivar and Aparadhi Kaun as two films of
Sen's he produced. Of course, I suppose it's possible he had some sort
of involvement in all three films.
Sudhir
================================
The info. in 'Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema' / 1st Edition is wrong.
Ashish Rajadhyaksha + Paul Willeman mixed two artists, who had same
name and
compiled a listing.
Asit Sen # 1 : (along with Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Paul Mahendra)
are
listed as Assistant Directors for Bimal Roy's Devdas.
He directed two films for Bimal Roy Production: Parivar and Apradhi
Kaun,
both of which were flops. I have seen Apradhi Kaun, wherin Kumud
Tripathi
sang the song: Phir Wohi Dard Hai ... Hathi Nikal Gaya Dum Rah Gayi
Magar.
It was just an o.k. movie.
Asit Sen is wuite fat. The first film I remember seeing him as
a comedian, is: Bees Saal Baad (his charcter's name is: Gopi Chand
Jassos) and he stalked every one with a flash light in hand.
Asit Sen # 2 was a skinny person (you can see his photograph on the
back of LP of film: Safar / Rajesh Khanna + Sharmila Tagore -
bottom
photo # 3 from left). He was a great director (he died about two or
three months ago). Among his notable and much appreciated films are:
Uttar Phalguni (Bengali) and then its Hindi re-make
Mamta
Anokhi Raat
Safar
Bairaag
Annadata
Anokha Daan (I haven't seen this film)
+ ??? in Hindi and
+ ??? Bengali
Most of above listed films had excellent music (no 'chase around the
the tree' or 'Nach Kudiye Nach' numbers.
--------------
HMV's Bimal Roy Compilation tapes, includes songs from films, which
he
produced or produced & directed or only directed, i.e.: Bimal Roy
as an artist. Similar to what was done for Guru Dutt's compilation.
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ADhar...@WorldBank.Org (Ashok) wrote in message
>
kik
Guide - RK Narayan
Padosan - bengali novel made into a tamil movie
Kishore
On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 22:41:31 -0400, Xorys <nos...@hair.net> wrote:
>On Sat, 27 Oct 2001 19:51:26 GMT, "Abhay Jain" <haba...@yahoo.com>
>wrote:
>
>>Based on discussions with friends we could not come
>>up with many films that are based on novels. Sample here:
>>
>>Amrapali
>>Biraj Bahu
>>Devdas
>>Ek Tha Chandar Ek thi Sudha
>>Gaban
>>Godan
>>Guide
>>Heer Ranjha
>>Kabauliwala
>>Khilona
>>
>>
>>Care to add on.............
>>
>>Abhay Jain
>
>Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam
>Kohra
>Umrao Jaan
>Phir Subah Hogi
>Bandini
>Mr. Sampat
>
vsr...@mailandnews.com
>
I don't think Mammo *ing Farida Zalal and Surekha Seekri was mentioned.
I think it was also based on some novel.
Another related query:
How many non-indian-languages films have been made based on Indian
literature? Include English films also, made in or out of india.
- A Passage to India - ?
-Rawat
Sudhir
================
OONCHE LOG: is not based on: Wuthering Heights. It was based on a
stage play, name ?. If you see the movie, you will find
that most of the picturization was done as if a play is
being staged.
Wuthering Heights is Dilip Kumar's favourite novel. Dil
Diya Dard Liya (partially directed by him, is based on
this novel)
HEER RANJHA Is a folk tale. Waris Shah wrote the story (Punjabi
language) in verses.
Some of the verses where sung by fold artists to a
tune, which probably was also created by Waris Shah.
These songs are collectively called as: 'Heer'
If you buy any tape/CD/LP of Folk Music of Punjab, you
can find few songs titles, with the word Heer in brackets.
NEED MINOR CHANGES + CONFIRMATION
===================================
PAVITRA PAPI: written by: Nanak Singh, Sardar (in Punjabi) - same title
TEESRI KASAM: Phaneshwar Nath 'Renu' - based on short story: Mare Gaye
Gulfam (which is also the title of one of the song)
JEEVAN MRITYU: Indianized and slightly modified from: The Count of Mont
Christo - Alexandre Dumas - in French
AMARPALI: Yes to author's name
Ghasiram Kotwal : yes to its being adopted from a stage play.
ADDENDA, if not already there in this list:
============================================
SANGHURSH - Mahashweta Devi (Title: most probably the same - in Hindi)
sometimes spelled as: Sunghursh
MAMTA - Dr. Nihar Ranjan Gupta - Uttar Phalguni, in Bengali. Was previously
made in Bengali under the same title as the novel.
HEERA MOTI (1959) - Premchand, Munshi - short story in Hindi
ITTEFAAQ (1969)- based on an English stage play. Name: ? . Picturized
in a way which is very similar to one for: Oonche Log
P.S.: I assume that this posting is for films which were 'BASED ON
PRE-PUBLISHED BOOKS (NOVELS, SHORT STORIES AND STAGE PLAYS)
Films which were based on other films (English, French, other Indian
lanuguages) are not not included.
SUDHIR
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vsr...@MailAndNews.com wrote in message
> Compilation Summary till 8:00 PM 30/10/2001 India time. Corrections,
> additions invited.
>
>
-------ver 1.0 ------------------
shekhar
> ADDENDA, if not already there in this list:
> ============================================
>
> in a way which is very similar to one for: Oonche Log
>
The play was "Signpost to Murder" and was made into a movie of the
same name starring Joanne Woodward and Stuart Whitman. (The Internet
Movie Database gies the playwright's name as Monte Doyle).
I have a hazy recollection that BR Chopra based Ittefaq on a Gujarati
stage version of the same.
Regards
Shekhar
Ashok
>
>OONCHE LOG: is not based on: Wuthering Heights. It was based on a
> stage play, name ?. If you see the movie, you will find
> that most of the picturization was done as if a play is
> being staged.
I am not sure which "Oonche Log" was meant when Wuthering Heights
got mentioned with it. As for the 1960s 'Oonche Log', you are right.
It is based on a play named "Major Chandrakanth". The film had
superb music by Chitragupta.
> Wuthering Heights is Dilip Kumar's favourite novel. Dil
> Diya Dard Liya (partially directed by him, is based on
> this novel)
What is the source of information about Dilip having partially
directed it? One movie for which that is true is "Ganga Jumna".
Ashok
vsr...@mailandnews.com
>
> In article <c2632c6.01110...@posting.google.com>, sudh...@hotmail.com says...
> >
>
> >OONCHE LOG: is not based on: Wuthering Heights. It was based on a
> > stage play, name ?. If you see the movie, you will find
> > that most of the picturization was done as if a play is
> > being staged.
>
> I am not sure which "Oonche Log" was meant when Wuthering Heights
> got mentioned with it. As for the 1960s 'Oonche Log', you are right.
> It is based on a play named "Major Chandrakanth". The film had
> superb music by Chitragupta.
I don't know why I remember Rafi song "Jaag dil-e-diwaana rut aayi
wasl-e-yaar ki" with this film. Was it? If not, from which film this
song was.
Did it have Sanjay Khan and/ or rajkumar "jaani" in it?
>
> Ashok
-Rawat
Shalini Razdan
<vsr...@MailAndNews.com> wrote in message
news:3BE94839...@MailAndNews.com...
> Ashok wrote:
> >
> > In article <c2632c6.01110...@posting.google.com>,
sudh...@hotmail.com says...
> > >
> >
> > >OONCHE LOG: is not based on: Wuthering Heights. It was based on a
> > > stage play, name ?. If you see the movie, you will find
> > > that most of the picturization was done as if a play is
> > > being staged.
> >
> > I am not sure which "Oonche Log" was meant when Wuthering Heights
> > got mentioned with it. As for the 1960s 'Oonche Log', you are right.
> > It is based on a play named "Major Chandrakanth". The film had
> > superb music by Chitragupta.
>
> I don't know why I remember Rafi song "Jaag dil-e-diwaana rut aayi
> wasl-e-yaar ki" with this film. Was it? If not, from which film this
> song was.
Yes, it is from Oonche Log. This movie also had the wonderful Lata solo
"haaye re tere chanchal nainwa." If I remember correctly, Mahendra Kapoor
hums a few lines as well at the end of the Lata song. Does anyone know if a
full Mahendra Kapoor version exists?
> Did it have Sanjay Khan and/ or rajkumar "jaani" in it?
It had Feroz Khan, Raj Kumar and Ashok Kumar. The name of the female lead
escapes me at the moment.
Shalini
> >
> > Ashok
>
> -Rawat
>
>
Ashok
>
>
>Yes, it is from Oonche Log. This movie also had the wonderful Lata solo
>"haaye re tere chanchal nainwa." If I remember correctly, Mahendra Kapoor
>hums a few lines as well at the end of the Lata song. Does anyone know if a
>full Mahendra Kapoor version exists?
Thanks for bringing "haay tere cha.nchal nainavaa" to memory. It has no
tandem song. The recorded version has only Lata. I don't remember if the
movie version had any contributions by Mahendra Kapoor. What I consider
the tour de force of the soundtrack, however, is a Mahendra Kapoor and Lata
duet:
. aa jaa re mere pyaar ke raahii
raah nihaaruu.N ba.Dii der se
aa jaa re
>> Did it have Sanjay Khan and/ or rajkumar "jaani" in it?
>
>It had Feroz Khan, Raj Kumar and Ashok Kumar. The name of the female lead
>escapes me at the moment.
>
>Shalini
It is a Tamil and Telugu star of yester-years, KR Vijaya. Very photogenic
heroine, but in the film she is shown only in fleeing moments and the only
time the camera focuses on her face is after her death. (No, it is not
a spoiler; it happens early enough in the film and the dramatic tension
depends on subsequent events.)
Ashok