Kudrat

Awards

Song Awards:
• 1981 - Filmfare Awards - Best Female Playback Singer - Humein Tumse Pyar Kitna - Female - Parveen Sultana

Trivia

Album

• This was the second Hindi film after "Mehbooba" (1976) which had a theme of reincarnation and featured actors Rajesh Khanna and Hema Malini.[1]
• This film had generated controversy when director Chetan Anand had unsuccessfully tried to stop its release by petitioning the Bombay High Court. The director did not want to associate himself with the film since he was not involved in its final cut which was apparently edited under the supervision of Rajesh Khanna and the producer, B.S. Khanna, without Chetan Anand's knowledge.
• This was Chetan Anand's last major release. He went on to produce and direct just one more film after this - "Haathon Ki Lakeeren" (1986).[2]
• After watching this film, Naseem Mukri, actor Mukri's daughter, had asked Priya Rajvansh why the characters played by her in every Chetan Anand film died an unnatural death. Rajvansh had jokingly replied that she would die an unnatural death in real-life as well. As it turned out, she was found murdered in Chetan Anand's bungalow in 2000. Chetan Anand's sons, Ketan and Vivek Anand, and their two accomplices were convicted for her murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Chetan Anand, who had been in a long-term relationship with Priya Rajvansh, had apparently left a lot of his property to her and it was a dispute over this inheritance that was said to be the motive behind her murder.[3][4]
• A deodar tree in the city of Shimla, where a lot of this film was shot, was named Paro-Madho after the lead characters of this film played by Hema Malini and Rajesh Khanna.[5]

Song

• Tune O Rangeele Kaisa Jadu Kiya - This song was R.D. Burman's adaptation of the Bengali song "Hai Kije Kori Ae Mono Niya" composed and sung by S.D. Burman.[6]
• Humein Tumse Pyar Kitna - Male - This song gave the film "Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna" (2019) its title. Music director Raaj Aashoo recreated the song and recorded three versions of it for the 2019 film.[7]
• Dukh Sukh Ki Har Ik Mala - This was Chandrashekhar Gadgil's first Hindi film song. R.D. Burman had to spend a few days convincing director Chetan Anand to give the young singer a chance before he gave the go-ahead. Unfortunately for Gadgil, Chetan Anand changed his mind later on and asked Burman to record the song in Mohammed Rafi's voice instead. Burman then called Rafi to record the song. After singing three antaras of the song, Rafi overheard someone at the studio talking about how the song had been previously recorded by another singer. He enquired with Burman and when he found out what had happened, he refused to sing the fourth antara of the song because he did not want to jeopardise a young singer's career. Rafi's version of the song was used only in the film since Burman was insistent that he would include only Gadgil's version in the film's audio release. There were a few differences between the two versions of the song - they were arranged slightly differently, Gadgil's version had four antaras and Rafi's had three antaras, and one of the antaras in Rafi's version was completely different.[8]
• Humein Tumse Pyar Kitna - Female - Both the male and female versions of this song were nominated for Filmfare Awards for playback singing. While Parveen Sultana ended up winning the award, Kishore Kumar did not.

1. ^ Mehbooba (1976)
2. ^ Haathon Ki Lakeeren (1986)
3. ^ Heart of darkness
4. ^ Anand brothers granted bail
5. ^ When Shimla rooted for Rajesh Khanna
6. ^ Hai Kije Kori Ae Mono Niya - S.D. Burman
7. ^ Hume Tumse Pyaar Kitna (2019)
8. ^ Ek gaane ki kahani, singer ki zubani