Rajnigandha

Rajnigandha

Album Category: Hindi, Film
Year: 1974
Music Director: Salil Chowdhury
Lyricist: Yogesh
Label: H.M.V.
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Album Credits: MUSIC ASSISTANTS: Kanu Ghosh, Sebastian D'Souza. SONGS RECORDED BY: D.O. Bhansali, ASSISTANT: Ramanlal.
 
Film Credits: DIRECTOR: Basu Chatterjee. PRODUCER: Suresh Jindal. STORY: Mannoo Bhandari. SCREENPLAY: Basu Chatterjee. DIALOGUE: Basu Chatterjee. ACTOR: Vidya Sinha, More...
 



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Rajnigandha Phool Tumhare
Singer: Lata Mangeshkar
Music Director: Salil Chowdhury
Lyricist: Yogesh
Genre: Filmi, Sugam
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Kai Baar Yun Bhi Dekha Hai
Singer: Mukesh
Music Director: Salil Chowdhury
Lyricist: Yogesh
Genre: Filmi, Pop
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  • This film was based on the Hindi short story "Yahi Sach Hai" by Mannu Bhandari. A few changes were made in the film. These included Kanpur and Calcutta in the book becoming Delhi and Bombay in the film and the character of Nishith being renamed Naveen in the film.[1]
  • This was actor Amol Palekar's Hindi film debut and Vidya Sinha's breakthrough film. Vidya Sinha had acted earlier in "Raja Kaka" (1973) and "Hawas" (1974).[2][3][MR10]
  • Encouraged by the success of this film, Basu Chatterjee repeated the film's leading pair Amol Palekar and Vidya Sinha in the film "Chhoti Si Baat" (1975).[4]
  • This film went through delays and cast changes before it was released. Its audio records were issued in 1973, and the film was released later in 1974. Basu Chatterjee had initially planned of making this film with Sharmila Tagore, Amitabh Bachchan and Shashi Kapoor. Aparna Sen and Amit Bhanja were also considered at one point. Aparna Sen was even willing to reduce her fee for the film but did not want to be paired with the relatively lesser-known Amit Bhanja. Mallika Sarabhai was also considered, but she had her MBA final exams at the time and had to be dropped. Chatterjee finalised on Vidya Sinha, Amol Palekar and Dinesh Thakur eventually and began shooting the film in 1972. Another significant delay happened when the debutant producer Suresh Jindal tried raising money for the film even as it was being shot. The film's cast, its title and unusual theme made it difficult for Jindal to find buyers. Rajshri Pictures eventually bought the Mumbai territory distribution rights and released one print at the newly-opened Akashwani theatre. Despite its modest beginning, the film went on to become a hit as well as a critical success, winning the Filmfare Award for Best Film.[5]

    Song

  • Rajnigandha Phool Tumhare - Salil Chowdhury had originally used the tune of this song in the background score for "Mere Bhaiya" (1972).[MR10]
  • Rajnigandha Phool Tumhare - This song had a 43-second prelude in the film. However, this prelude was not part of the version of the song on the film's audio records. The prelude may have been excluded in order to accommodate the audio track in the limited space available on the 7-inch 45 rpm records the film's music was originally released on.
  • Rajnigandha Phool Tumhare - Yogesh's initial lyrics for the second antara of this song were different. His dissatisfaction with what he had written arose when he heard Basu Chatterjee and Salil Chowdhury discussing how the length of the song was more than that of the scene (which had already been shot) in which it was to be used. He then re-wrote the song's second antara to the version that made its way to the audio records eventually.[MR10]
  • Kai Baar Yun Bhi Dekha Hai - Salil Chowdhury had used this tune earlier for the Bengali song "Ami Cholte Cholte Theme Gechhi" released in 1972. The Bengali original was sung by Pintoo Bhattacharya. The Bengali song was re-released in 1988 in Lata Mangeshkar's voice. Salil Chowdhury also used the same tune for the Telugu film song "Nayanaalu Kalise" ("Chairman Chalamayya", 1974), sung by S.P. Balasubramaniam and P. Susheela.[6][7][8]
  • Kai Baar Yun Bhi Dekha Hai - Basu Chatterjee had initially planned to have this song sung by Lata Mangeshkar. Her fee at the time was Rs. 3000, which was a stretch for the director given his limited budget. He, therefore, had the song sung by Mukesh who agreed to sing the song for Rs. 1000.[MR10]
  • Kai Baar Yun Bhi Dekha Hai - Pleased with his National Film Award for this song, Mukesh sang his next song for Basu Chatterjee, "Yeh Din Kya Aaye" ("Chhoti Si Baat", 1975), at no cost.[9][MR10]
  • Kai Baar Yun Bhi Dekha Hai - The film had Mukesh singing a line of this song before the prelude. This line was not included in the film's audio release. This may have been done to accommodate the audio track in the limited space available on the 7-inch 45 rpm records on which the film's music was originally released.



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