| Yaadon Ki Baaraat | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Nasir Hussain |
| Written by | Salim–Javed Nasir Hussain |
| Produced by | Nasir Hussain |
| Starring | Dharmendra Vijay Arora Tariq Khan Zeenat Aman Neetu Singh Ajit Captain Raju |
| Cinematography | Munir Khan |
| Edited by | Babu Lavande Gurudutt Shirali |
| Music by | R. D. Burman |
Production company | Nasir Hussain Films |
| Distributed by | Nasir Hussain Films United Producers |
Release date |
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Running time | 168 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹55 million ($7.1 million) |
Yaadon Ki Baaraat (transl. Procession of Memories) is a 1973 Indian Hindi-language masala film, directed by Nasir Hussain and written by Salim–Javed (Salim Khan and Javed Akhtar). It featured an ensemble cast, starring Dharmendra, Vijay Arora, Tariq Khan, Zeenat Aman, Neetu Singh, Ajit and Captain Raju.
The film was influential in the history of Indian cinema. It has been widely identified as the first masala film, combining elements of the action, drama, romance, musical, crime and thriller genres.[1][2] Masala films went on to become the most popular genre of Indian cinema,[3] and Yaadon Ki Baaraat has thus been identified as "the first" quintessentially "Bollywood film."[2] It also launched the careers of several actors, as the commercial breakthrough Hindi film for Zeenat Aman and Neetu Singh, who became leading actresses of the 1970s,[4][5] and as the debut film for Nasir Hussain's nephews Tariq Khan and Aamir Khan, the latter a child actor who grew up to be one of the biggest movie stars in Hindi cinema.[6]
It is still remembered fondly for its soundtrack, composed by music director R.D. Burman. The film was later remade in Telugu as Annadammula Anubandham, in Tamil as Naalai Namadhe and in Malayalam as Himam.[7][8]
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