Swarg Narak
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Swarg Narak |
| image | Swarg Narak, 1978 film.jpg |
| caption | Theatrical release poster |
| director | Dasari Narayana Rao |
| producer | B.Nagi Reddy |
| writer | Raj Baldev Raj (Dialogue) |
| screenplay | Dasari Narayana Rao |
| story | Dasari Narayana Rao |
| starring | Sanjeev Kumar |
| Jeetendra | |
| Vinod Mehra | |
| Moushumi Chatterjee | |
| Shabana Azmi | |
| music | Rajesh Roshan |
| cinematography | P.L. Rai |
| editing | K Balu |
| studio | Vijaya Productions |
| released | |
| runtime | 164 minutes |
| country | India |
| language | Hindi |
| :: |
| name = Swarg Narak | image = Swarg Narak, 1978 film.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Dasari Narayana Rao | producer = B.Nagi Reddy | writer = Raj Baldev Raj (Dialogue) | screenplay = Dasari Narayana Rao | story = Dasari Narayana Rao | starring = Sanjeev Kumar Jeetendra Vinod Mehra Moushumi Chatterjee Shabana Azmi | music = Rajesh Roshan | cinematography = P.L. Rai | editing = K Balu | studio = Vijaya Productions | distributor = | released = | runtime = 164 minutes | country = India | language = Hindi | budget =
Swarg Narak () is a 1978 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. Produced by B. Nagi Reddi under the Vijaya Productions banner, the film features Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Vinod Mehra, Moushumi Chatterjee, and Shabana Azmi. The music was composed by Rajesh Roshan. The film is a remake of the Telugu film Swargam Narakam (1975) made by the same director. Swarg Narak was a commercial success.The Remake Rights of this film are now owned by Glamour Eyes Films.
Plot
This is the story of three couples. The first couple is that of Tripathi (Sanjeev Kumar), who always takes advantage of others' mistakes and position and earns money and his wife Mary. The second one is that of Geeta (Shabana Azmi) and Romeo Vinod (Vinod Mehra), while the jealous and possessive Shobha (Moushumi Chatterjee) and Vicky Kapoor (Jeetendra) form the third one.
The first couple is a happily married one. The second couple stays with Vinod's mother (Kamini Kaushal). Vinod spends a lot of time with Leena (Prema Narayan) and attending late night parties while Geeta patiently awaits her husband every night. Once Shobha happens to see Vicky with Radha (Tanuja), she assumes they are having an affair and pesters Vicky about it. When Vicky denies it, she leaves him. On the other hand, Vinod decides to leave the house, but destiny plays its role. He meets with an accident and during his recovery period, Geeta proves how important she is for him. He repents and completely changes into a new soft-spoken and good man. On the other hand, Shobha spoils her own relationship to such a stage that Vicky is compelled to leave his house after Radha's tragic death. At this juncture, Tripathi steps in to mend the couple. Some of the events that follow are hilarious sequences. Whether Tripathi is successful in mending these couples forms the rest of the story.
Cast
- Sanjeev Kumar as Pandit Sohanlal Tripathi
- Jeetendra as Mohan "Micky" Kapoor
- Vinod Mehra as Vinod
- Moushumi Chatterjee as Shobha Mohan Kapoor
- Shabana Azmi as Geeta Vinod
- Tanuja as Radha
- Shobhini Singh as Mary
- Madan Puri as Lala Lalchand
- A. K. Hangal as Geeta's Father
- Raj Mehra as Shobha's Father
- Om Shivpuri as College Principal
- Jagdeep as Vinod's friend
- Paintal as Shambhu, Shobha's servant
- Vikram Gokhale as Cinema Hall Manager
- Birbal as Zaveri, Cinema Hall employee
- Saleem as Student
- Adil Amaan
- Kamini Kaushal as Vinod's mother
- Shammi as Shobha's Mother
- Pandari Bai
- Prema Narayan as Leena
- Farita Boyce as Lily
- Komilla Wirk
- Baby Sumathi
- Baby Gowri
- Helen as Cabaret Dancer
Soundtrack
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| # | Song title | Singers | Lyricist | Time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Leena O Leena Dil Toone Cheena" | Kishore Kumar | Anand Bakshi | 4:55 | |
| 2 | "Nahin Nahin Koi Tumsa Haseen" | Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle | Anand Bakshi | 5.50 | |
| 3 | "I Love you" | Lata Mangeshkar | Harindranath Chattopadhyay | 6.20 | |
| 4 | "Aag Hai Lagi Hui Yahan Wahan" | Mohammad Rafi | Anand Bakshi | 6:00 | |
| :: |
References
References
- (10 July 2014). "Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema". Routledge.
- Nadadhur, Srivathsan. (31 May 2017). "Dasari: The original trendsetter".
- Malhotra, Aps. (9 October 2014). "Blast from the Past: Swarg Narak (1978)".
- "Swarg Narak on Bollywood hungama".
- (2017-05-30). "Dasari Narayana Rao - the Bollywood side of his multi-faceted career". The Times of India.
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