Deedar (1951 film)

Deedar
Poster
Directed byNitin Bose
Written byAzm Bazidpuri
Produced byRajendra Jain
StarringDilip Kumar
Nargis
Ashok Kumar
Nimmi
CinematographyDilip Gupta
Edited byBimal Roy
Music byNaushad
Shakeel Badayuni (lyrics)
Production
company
Filmkar Productions Ltd.
Distributed byFilmkar Productions Ltd.
Release date
  • March 16, 1951 (1951-03-16)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Deedar is a 1951 Hindi-language romantic musical film directed by Nitin Bose, starring Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Ashok Kumar and Nimmi. It is a story of unfulfilled love, where the hero's childhood love is separated from him due to class inequalities. It is one of noted tragedies made in early Hindi cinema. It became a popular film of the Golden era and further established Dilip Kumar as the "King of Tragedy".[1][2]

Many years later, when Deedar was having a rerun at Mumbai theatres, actor Manoj Kumar asked director Raj Khosla to accompany him to the show. Thereafter, the story of Do Badan (1966) was written after reworking its story line, that film was also a hit.[3] It is referred to repeatedly in the Vikram Seth's 1993 novel A Suitable Boy, in which people watching it burst into tears and people who can't get tickets start a riot.[4] The film was remade in Tamil as Neengadha Ninaivu (1963) [5] and in Turkish as Seven Unutmaz (1978).

  1. ^ Tilak Rishi (2012). Bless You Bollywood!: A Tribute to Hindi Cinema on Completing 100 Years. Trafford Publishing. p. 38. ISBN 978-1-4669-3963-9.
  2. ^ Bhaichand Patel (2012). Bollywood's Top 20: Superstars of Indian Cinema. Penguin Books India. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-670-08572-9.
  3. ^ "Cinema : Do Badan (1966)". The Hindu. 15 October 2010. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
  4. ^ Vikram Seth (1993). A Suitable Boy. Penguin Books India. pp. 134–. ISBN 978-0-14-023033-8.
  5. ^ Guy, Randor (20 August 2016). "Neengatha Ninaivu (1963)". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 22 January 2019.