Anarkali (1953 film)

Anarkali is a 1953 Indian historical drama film, directed by Nandlal Jaswantlal, and written by Nasir Hussain and Hameed Butt, based on the historical legend of the Mughal emperor Jahangir (Salim). As per the legend, Jahangir revolted against his father Akbar over his love for a common girl called Anarkali.

This article is about 1953 Hindi film. For other uses, see Anarkali (disambiguation).

Anarkali
Directed byNandlal Jaswantlal
Produced byFilmistan Ltd.
Written byRamesh Saigal
Hameed Butt (Dialogue Director)
Screenplay byRamesh Saigal
Story byNasir Hussain
Based onAnārkalī
by Imtiaz Ali Taj
StarringPradeep Kumar
Bina Rai
Kuldip Kaur
Mubarak
Music byC. Ramchandra
Vasant Prakash
CinematographyMarshall Braganza
Edited byBabu Lavande
Production
company
Distributed byFilmistan Ltd.
Release date
2 January 1953 (1953-01-02)
Running time
148 mins
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Urdu
Box office₹23.5 million

It was the top grossing Hindi film in the year of its release - 1953.[1] Another film on the same theme was Mughal-e-Azam, released in 1960, which turned out to be one of the biggest box office success in the history of Indian cinema and a major critical success as well.[2]

Plot

Shahenshah Jalal-ud-din Akbar is the grandson of Babur, and the son of Humayun. He is known to have ruled over Hindustan with a humane and just heart. He knew in order to garner the support of the Hindus, he must treat them sensitively, allow them to worship freely, and in order to maintain this peace, he married Jodha Bai, a Hindu Rajput, the sister of Raja Bhagwant Das. Through this marriage they became the proud parents of Shehzada Salim (Jahangir). Akbar first met Nadira in the Anar garden, while she was awaiting the arrival of her lover. So pleased he was with her that he wanted to reward her, but she only asked for an Anar, so he ended up bestowing her with the name of 'Anarkali'. He met her the second time when she was able to revive Salim, who was seriously wounded in a war in Kabul. Once again Akbar was pleased with her, wanted to reward her, but again she turned him down. The third time she ended up annoying Akbar when she sang and danced in his court under the influence of alcohol, and he has her imprisoned. The very foundations of Akbar's palace will be shaken to the roots, and his manner of meting out justice will be put to the extreme test, when he finds out that Salim is in love with Anarkali and wants to marry her. While Akbar may have been successful to end the strife between Hindus and Muslims, but will be able to break down the wall between the rich and the poor?

Cast

Soundtrack

The composer Vasant Prakash was initially appointed as the Music Director of this film, but fell out with the film producer S. Mukerji after having recorded just one song with Geeta Dutt. Prakash had intended for all of the female songs in this film to be given to Geeta Dutt. The composer C. Ramchandra took over the project, and insisted not only that all of the female songs be sung by Lata Mangeshkar, but that the Geeta Dutt number also be removed from the film. Although the Filmistan group agreed, the Geeta song stayed in the movie, the famous Aa Jaan-e-Wafaa.[3]

Track #SongSinger(s)LyricistMusic Composer
1 "Aa Jaan e Wafaa"[3] Geeta Dutt Jan Nissar Akhtar Vasant Prakash
2 "Aaja Ab To Aaja"[3] Lata Mangeshkar Shailendra C. Ramchandra
3 "Mujhse Mat Poochh" Lata Mangeshkar Rajendra Krishan C. Ramchandra
4 "Dua Kar Gham-E-Dil" Lata Mangeshkar Shailendra C. Ramchandra
5 "Jaag Dard-E-Ishq Jaag"[3] Lata Mangeshkar, Hemant Kumar Rajendra Krishan C. Ramchandra
6 "Mohabbat Aisi Dhadkan Hai"[3] Lata Mangeshkar Hasrat Jaipuri C. Ramchandra
7 "Zindagi Pyar Ki Do Char Ghadi"[3] Hemant Kumar Rajendra Krishan C. Ramchandra
8 "O Aasman Wale Shikwa Hai Zindagi Ka" Lata Mangeshkar Hasrat Jaipuri C. Ramchandra
9 "Yeh Zindagi Usiki Hai"[3] Lata Mangeshkar Rajendra Krishan C. Ramchandra
10 "Ae Baad E Saba Zara Ahista Chal" Hemant Kumar
11 "Mohabbat Mein Aise Kadam Dagamagae" Lata Mangeshkar Rajendra Krishan

Box office

In India, it was the top-grossing film of 1953, grossing ₹23.5 million [4] ($4.94 million ).[n 1] This is equivalent o $47 million (₹2.96 billion )[6] adjusted for inflation in 2016.

Notes
  1. 4.7619 Indian rupees per US dollar from 1951 to 1965[5]

References
  1. 1953 Top Earners at the box office (Figures in Indian Rupees) Box Office India website, Retrieved 5 December 2019
  2. 1960-1969 Top earners at the box office Box Office India website, Retrieved 5 December 2019
  3. Karan Bali. "Anarkali (1953 film)". Upperstall.com website. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  4. "Box Office 1953". Box Office India. 30 October 2013. Archived from the original on 30 October 2013.
  5. "Pacific Exchange Rate Service" (PDF). UBC Sauder School of Business. University of British Columbia. p. 3. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  6. "Exchange Rates (68.3 INR per USD)". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 2016. Archived from the original on 15 February 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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