S. D. Burman - Mere Sajan Hain Us Paar - Bandini [1963]

Bandini (Hindi: बन्दिनी, Urdu: بندِنی, translation: Imprisoned) is a 1963 Hindi film directed and produced by Bimal Roy, the man who directed such classic as Do Bigha Zameen and Devdas. Bandini stars Nutan giving one of her career's finest performances, along with Ashok Kumar, Chandrima Bhaduri and Dharmendra as leads, and explores the human conflicts of love and hate intertwined in the mind of Kalyani (Nutan).

The movie tells the story of Kalyani, the all suffering, selfless, sacrificing, and strong yet weak Indian woman. She must make a choice between two very different men, Devendra (Dharmendra), the loving prison doctor, and Bikash (Ashok Kumar), a man from her past.

The story is based on a book by Jarasandha, a former jail superintendent who wrote fictional versions of his experiences in, Louha-Kapat (1953), Tamasha (1958), Nyaydanda (1961). It is specially known for some of its memorable songs that are still popular.

Bandini was the tenth highest grosser of the year and was declared a 'Semi Hit' at the Indian Box Office, though it received not just critical acclaim but also sweeped that year's Filmfare Awards, winning six awards in all including the top awards of Best Film and Best Director, as well as Best Actress, and is still considered a landmark movie of the 60s, especially being last major outing of film director Bimal Roy, a master of realism.

A female centric movie, one of the rare ones in Indian movies, Bandini revolves around Kalyani or Bandini, meaning imprisoned.

S D Burman composed the songs for the film, at the height of his musical career and even chose to sing one himself, 'O Re Majhi'. The movie has songs such as "Mora Gora Ang Lai Le" by Lata and the haunting and brilliant "O Jaanewale Ho Sake To Laut Ke Aana" by Mukesh . The film is brilliantly photographed in Black and white by Kamal Bose with its rich tonal quality and evocative framing, especially in the stark prison scenes, winning him the Filmfare Award for the year.

Music;
The soundtrack includes the following tracks, composed by S.D. Burman, and with lyrics by Shailendra. The film also mark the debut of Gulzar, who was working as an assistant director on the film as a film lyricist, initially having refused Bimal Roy on the offering saying that he didn't want to become a lyricist, Gulzar relented only after film's music director S.D. Burman convinced him so, and he wrote the song, 'Mora Gora Ang Lai Le' in five days. Rest of lyrics are by Shailendra, who gave classics like, the haunting 'Mere Sajan Hain Us Paar' in the bardic voice of S.D. Burman himself, Mukesh's sad song O Jaanewale Ho Sake, where Burman da uses, Bhatiyali with a variation.

Awards; * 1963:National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi * 1964: Filmfare Awards o Best Movie o Best Actress: Nutan o Best Director: Bimal Roy o Best Cinematographer: Kamal Bose o Best Sound: D Billimoria o Best Story: Jarasandha
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