Seeta Aur Geeta

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Trivia

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• The premise of this film - of two identical twins growing up separately and developing completely different personalities, and then exchanging places - was originally used in the Telugu film "Ramudu Bheemudu" (1964). The Telugu film was remade in several languages, including "Enga Veettu Pillai" (1965) in Tamil, "Ram Aur Shyam" (1967) in Hindi, "Ajayanum Vijayanum" (1976) in Malayalam, and "Mojugara Sogasugara" (1995) in Kannada. While the central characters in "Ramudu Bheemudu" (1964) and its remakes were male, this film adapted the premise for women as central characters. It was later adapted for the Telugu film "Ganga Manga" (1973), the Tamil film "Vani Rani" (1974) and the Hindi film "Chaalbaaz" (1989). "Chaalbaaz" (1989) itself was remade in Kannada as "Rani Maharani" (1990). Another series of films used the same premise - the Kannada film "Bhale Jodi" (1970), its Telugu remake "Bullemma Bullodu" (1972) and its Hindi remake "Jaise Ko Taisa" (1973). Other films using similar plots include the Tamil film "Thoongathey Thambi Thoongathey" (1983) and the Hindi film "Kishen Kanhaiya" (1990). All these films probably owe their origin to the Mark Twain novel "The Prince and the Pauper" (1881) which was adapted for the Telugu film "Raju Peda" (1954) and the Hindi film "Raja Aur Runk" (1968).[1][2][3][4][5]
• Mumtaz had been Ramesh Sippy's first choice for the lead role in this film. However, the actress chose not to do the film since she was very busy at the time and because Sippy couldn't pay her the fee she was expecting. It was only then that Sippy offered the role to Hema Malini, who was dubbing for his debut film "Andaz" (1971) then. Malini was still new to the industry and wasn't sure if she could pull off such a demanding role, but eventually agreed to come on board. This would go on to be counted as one of her career-defining roles.[6][7]
• Encouraged by the success of this film, Ramesh Sippy repeated many of the cast and crew of this film in his next film "Sholay" (1975). This included the actors Dharmendra, Hema Malini and Sanjeev Kumar, writers Salim - Javed, music director R.D. Burman and lyricist Anand Bakshi, among others.[8]
• Among other things, this film is remembered for a famous scene involving Manorama and Hema Malini. In this scene, Manorama says "Neeche aa ja beti" to Hema Malini, who is sitting on top of a ceiling fan, and Malini replies "Oopar aa ja moti". Malini later revealed that she had been nervous before this scene and had asked Sippy to enact it before she took the shot.[9]
• While Sunny Deol is famous for his "dhaai kilo ka haath" line in "Damini" (1992), his father Dharmendra first used a similar line in this film. Sunny Deol's line in "Damini" (1992) was "Yeh dhaai kilo ka haath jab kisi par padta hai toh aadmi uthta nahi, uth jaata hai." and his father's line in this film was "Jis din yeh teen kilo ka haath pad jaayega na, film ke poster ki tarah deewar pe chipakwa doonga."[10]
• According to Ramesh Sippy, Dharmendra and Sanjeev Kumar had a soft corner for Hema Malini during the making of this film and he took advantage of this while directing the film.

Song

• Koi Ladki Mujhe Kal Raat Sapne Mein Mili - R.D. Burman adapted the tune of the song "Did You Ever?" (1971) by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood for this song. The two songs also had similar flute solos.[11]
• Hawa Ke Saath Saath Ghata Ke Sang Sang O Saathi Chal - Body doubles of Hema Malini and Sanjeev Kumar were used for large parts of this song that showed their characters roller skating.[12]
• Hawa Ke Saath Saath Ghata Ke Sang Sang O Saathi Chal - The tune of a portion of the song's mukhda was reused by J.V. Raghavulu in the mukhda of the Telugu film song "Banthulaata" ("Bhayam Bhayam", 1986).[13]

1. ^ Ram Aur Shyam (1967)
2. ^ Chaalbaaz (1989)
3. ^ Kishen Kanhaiya (1990)
4. ^ Jaise Ko Taisa (1973)
5. ^ Raja Aur Runk (1968)
6. ^ When a Girl Whipped a Boy
7. ^ Andaz (1971)
8. ^ Sholay (1975)
9. ^ When a Girl Whipped a Boy
10. ^ Damini (1993)
11. ^ Did You Ever? - Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood
12. ^ When a Girl Whipped a Boy
13. ^ Banthulaata (Bhayam Bhayam, 1986)