| Daag – A Poem Of Love | |
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| Directed by | Yash Chopra |
| Written by | Story: Gulshan Nanda Dialogue: Akhtar-Ul-Iman |
| Based on | The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy |
| Produced by | Yash Chopra |
| Starring | Rajesh Khanna Sharmila Tagore Raakhee |
| Cinematography | Kay Gee |
| Edited by | Pran Mehra |
| Music by | Laxmikant Pyarelal |
Production company | Yash Raj Films |
| Distributed by | Yash Raj Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 146 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Daag: A Poem of Love (transl. Smear) is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film produced and directed by Yash Chopra in his debut as a producer, which laid the foundation of Yash Raj Films (which till today the biggest production house in India). It is an adaptation of the 1886 Thomas Hardy novel The Mayor of Casterbridge. The film stars Rajesh Khanna, Sharmila Tagore and Raakhee in lead roles, with Madan Puri, Kader Khan, Prem Chopra and A. K. Hangal.[1]
Daag was made at the peak of Rajesh Khanna's craze and became a blockbuster at the box office.[2] The music by Laxmikant Pyarelal dominated the charts for the year. The film was later remade into the Telugu film Vichitra Jeevitham (1978).[3] This film was Kader Khan's debut as an actor.[4]
At the 21st Filmfare Awards, Daag: A Poem of Love received 7 nominations, including Best Film, Best Actor (Khanna) and Best Actress (Tagore), and won 2 awards – Best Director (Chopra) and Best Supporting Actress (Raakhee).[5]
Chopra used Raakhee's character name 'Chandni' from this film also in his later films Silsila (1981) and Chandni (1989).
- ^ Sood, Samira (3 October 2020). "Daag, Yash Chopra's debut as producer, broke the mould with its shades of bigamy". ThePrint.
- ^ "Blockbusters Of Twenty-Five Years (1973-1997)". 13 October 2023.
- ^ Kohli, Suresh (5 June 2014). "Daag (1973)". The Hindu – via www.thehindu.com.
- ^ "Kader Khan". IMDb.
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