Baharon Ke Sapne

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• There are varying accounts of how this film came to be. According to two books, Rauf Ahmed's "Shammi Kapoor: The Game Changer" and Akshay Manwani's "Music, Masti, Modernity: The Cinema of Nasir Husain", this was one of the two films Nasir Husain launched in the mid-1960s. According to these books, the original plan was for Husain to direct "Teesri Manzil" (1966) with Dev Anand in the lead role and for Vijay Anand to direct this film. Vijay Anand had even started working on the film's script based on Arthur Miller's play "Death Of A Salesman" (1949). Dev Anand, offended by the fact that his brother was doing a black & white film starring Rajesh Khanna, a rank newcomer, had a bitter argument with Nasir Husain and walked out of "Teesri Manzil" (1966). Husain then decided to do the film with Shammi Kapoor but also offered Vijay Anand the opportunity to direct it. Vijay Anand accepted the offer and Nasir Hussain ended up directing this film. However, according to another account published in Anitaa Padhye's book "Goldie: The Man And His Movies", Vijay Anand was always supposed to direct "Teesri Manzil" (1966). Husain had consulted with Vijay Anand for his film "Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai" (1961) and added the song "Teri Zulfon Se Judai To Nahin Maangi Thi" to it based on his advice. The film had done well and a grateful Husain had asked Anand to direct his next film. Vijay Anand had agreed to direct his first film outside the Navketan banner for Nasir Husain provided Dev Anand starred in it. "Teesri Manzil" (1966) was announced with Vijay Anand at the helm and a subsequent announcement revealed that Dev Anand had joined the film's cast. However, Dev quit "Teesri Manzil" (1966) following an argument with Husain at a party at the filmmaker's house. Vijay Anand stayed on since he believed it would be unprofessional to walk out from the film over a matter that did not directly concern him. Padhye's version of these events is corroborated by news items published in the film magazine Screen between July and November 1964. These news items prove that Husain had engaged Vijay Anand for "Teesri Manzil" (1966) before he had cast Dev Anand. They also debunk the story - as published in Rauf Ahmed and Akshay Manwani's books - that Dev Anand quit "Teesri Manzil" (1966) after he fought with Nasir Husain at actress Sadhana's engagement party. According to a news item in Screen, the announcement of Shammi Kapoor replacing Dev Anand was made in November 1964, while Sadhana's engagement party was in January 1965.[1][2][MR15][MR14][MR52]
• Asha Parekh was Nasir Husain's first choice for the lead role in this film. Since she was busy at the time, she had recommended Nanda, who had turned the role down since it was not glamorous. A frustrated Nasir Husain had then gone back to Asha Parekh and the two had worked out their dates to make the film happen.[MR14]
• Rajesh Khanna landed the lead role in this Nasir Husain film by winning a talent contest conducted by Filmfare and a consortium of film producers who had come together to form a banner called United Producers. As a winner of this contest, Rajesh Khanna got the opportunity to feature in films by each of these producers. Other than Husain, this group of producers included B.R. Chopra, Shakti Samanta, G.P. Sippy, Chetan Anand, and Bimal Roy.[MR14]
• After a string of successes, this was the first Nasir Husain film that wasn't received very well. Alarmed by the audience's response to the film, Husain changed its ending to make it happier. The filmmaker was so disappointed by the film's performance that he decided not to make serious films again.[MR14]
• The film was dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi. The dedication read "This film is dedicated to the sacred memory of one of the greatest sons of India Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of peace and non-violence".
• R.D. Burman made extensive use of Aashish Khan's sarod in the background score of this film.

Song

• Kya Janoon Sajan Hoti Hai Kya Gham Ki Sham - This song was perhaps one of the earliest Hindi film songs that used twin-track recording. Both female vocals in the song's harmony section were Lata Mangeshkar's.
• Kya Janoon Sajan Hoti Hai Kya Gham Ki Sham - This song was the only colour sequence in this otherwise black & white film.
• Aaja Piya Tohe Pyar Doon - The child actors in this song playing the younger versions of Rajesh Khanna and Asha Parekh's characters were Mansoor Khan and Nuzhat Khan, the children of producer, director Nasir Husain.[MR14]
• Aaja Piya Tohe Pyar Doon - R.D. Burman developed a background score theme in the film "Teen Devian" (1965) to compose the tune of this song. The theme music, used in a scene featuring Dev Anand and Nanda, had Shivkumar Sharma on the santoor and Hariprasad Chaurasia on the flute.[3]

1. ^ Teesri Manzil (1966)
2. ^ Jab Pyar Kisise Hota Hai (1961)
3. ^ Teen Devian (1965)