Lata - Gumnaam Hai Koi - Gumnaam [1965]

Gumnaam (Urdu for "unknown" or "anonymous") is a 1965 Bollywood film directed by Raja Nawathe and starring Manoj Kumar, Nanda, Pran, Helen and Mehmood.

The plot is an uncredited adaptation of Agatha Christie's novel, "And Then There Were None", and the title song "Gumnaam Hai Koi" borrows (again uncredited) from Henry Mancini's theme tune from the Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn movie, Charade.

Music by Shanka - Jaikishan....
The film came to wider attention when its opening dance item number Jaan Pehechan Ho (a Hindi phrase roughly translatable as "We should get to know each other") was featured in the film Ghost World. The dance features singing by Bollywood legend Mohammed Rafi and wild head-shaking dancing by Laxmi Chhaya, neither of whom appears again in the film. The infectious Hawaiian-style beat of the music and the sixties atmosphere of the nightclub have gained the sequence a cult following....

Awards & Nominations; * Filmfare Nomination for Best Supporting Actress-Helen * Filmfare Nomination for Best Supporting Actor-Mehmood * Filmfare Best Art Direction Award- Colour Movie- S.S. Samel....

Lata Mangeshkar (Marathi: लता मंगेशकर; born September 28, 1929) is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known playback singers in the Hindi film industry. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She sang in over a thousand Bollywood movies and has sung songs in over twenty regional Indian languages, but primarily in Hindi. She is the elder sister of the equally accomplished singer Asha Bhosle and lesser-known singers, brother Hridayanath Mangeshkar and sisters Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar. Lata is the second vocalist ever to have received the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour.

Mangeshkar was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records from 1974 to 1991 for having made the most recordings in the world.

Awards and recognitions;

Lata Mangeshkar has won several awards and honors, including Padma Bhushan (1969), Padma Vibhushan (1999), Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1989), NTR National Award (1999), Bharat Ratna (2001), three National Film Awards, and 12 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards. She has also won four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards. In 1969, she made the unusual gesture of giving up the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award, in order to promote fresh talent. She was later awarded Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.

In 1984, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh instituted the Lata Mangeshkar Award in honor of Lata Mangeshkar. The State Government of Maharashtra also instituted a Lata Mangeshkar Award in 1992.

Government of India Awards * 1969 - Padma Bhushan * 1989 - Dada Saheb Phalke Award * 1999 - Padma Vibhushan * 2001 - Bharat Ratna * 2008 - "One Time Award for Lifetime Achievement" honour to commemorate the 60th anniversary of India's independence.

Maharashtra State Awards * 1966 - Best Playback Singer for Sadhi Mansa (Marathi) * 1967 - Best Playback Singer for Jait Re Jait * 2001 - Maharashtra Ratna (First Recipient)

National Film Awards; * 1972 - National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for Parichay * 1975 - National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for Kora Kagaz * 1990 - National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for Lekin

Filmfare Awards;

The Filmfare Awards for playback singing first started in 1958. In 1956, the song 'Rasik Balma' from the film Chori Chori won the Best Song Filmfare Award. Lata refused to sing it live in protest of absence of a Playback Singer category. The category was finally introduced in 1958. Though, separate awards for male & female singers were introduced later on.

Lata Mangeshkar monopolized the best female playback singer award from 1958 to 1966. In 1969, Lata made the unusual gesture of giving up Filmfare awards in order to promote fresh talent...........
[Wikipedia & IMDb]

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[chandrashekharjain]

People getting murdered one after the other, fear and confusion reigning all around,and out of blue comes this song, adding to the mystery.

Thanks for a mysterious upload.

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@chandrashekharjain - You are most welcome, my dear friend.

[chandrashekharjain]

@yuanyuanyuanyin Was the movie filmed in SL?

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@chandrashekharjain - No, not in Sri Lanka.

[cindrella1009]

thanks yuanji I AAM HONOURED TOO SL IS SO BREATHTAKINGLY BEAUTIFUL NO WONDER YOU ARE SUCH A WONDERFUL PERSON .TAKE CARE BYE

[yuanyuanyuanyin]

@cindrella1009 - Thank you my dear friend for your kind words.

May God bless you.

[yous996]

After years of searching, I finally got the movie on DVD. Wonderful movie and title song.

[leteveryoneknow]

copied from theme music of movie Charade released in 1963.

[adityabose26]

@ewephamzzm Hi there!! Perhaps a little late but nevertheless. "Meghe dhaka tara" or the cloud capped star film which you watched is an Indian Bengali movie. There are movies in many different Indian languages & each of them have some gems in each genre. The list is endless. Perhaps, amongst the older genres, you will like films by Satyajit Ray, Bimol Roy, Guru Dutt etc. Believe me, there are probably a thousand other gems u will find if u go looking. Thanks.

[TheMenaal]

excellent song by lata

nice movie

7 / 10

[RealMusicKing]

Hello Yuan. TY. There was a remake of this film in 1970's "Parde mein rehne do" music by R.D. Burman. Pran also appeared in it.

[RealMusicKing]

Gumnaam hai koi = When we played our charade(Andy Willams version is the best)