"Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam" (Hindi:साहिब बीबी और गुलाम, is a 1962 Indian Hindi film. Produced by Guru Dutt and directed by Abrar Alvi. The film's music is by Hemant Kumar and lyrics by Shakeel Badayuni Cinematography by V.K.Murthy. The film stars Guru Dutt, Rehman, Meena Kumari, Waheeda Rehman and Nasir Hussain. The film is based on a book by Bimal Mitra by the same name, and is a look into the tragic fall of the haveli-dom in Bengal during the British-Raj.
The music of the film was composed by Hemant Kumar. While, Shakeel Badayuni penned the lyrics.
The film was a major critical and commercial success, with critics attributing it to Meena Kumari's performance as Chhoti Bahu, which is regarded as one of the best performances of Hindi Cinema. It won four Filmfare Awards, including Best Movie award, was nominated for the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, and was chosen as India's official entry to the Oscars. Indiatimes Movies ranks the movie amongst the Top 25 Must See Bollywood Films.
Indiatimes Movies, while listing it as one of the "25 Must See Bollywood Movies", wrote, "The film remains with you forever simply because of the splendid performance of Meena Kumari.
Awards and nominations; * 1963: Berlin International Film Festival: Golden Bear (Best Motion Picture): Nominated. * 1962: Indian submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film * Filmfare Best Movie Award - Guru Dutt * Filmfare Best Director Award - Abrar Alvi * Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award - V.K. Murthy * Filmfare Best Actress Award - Meena Kumari * Filmfare Nomination for Best Actor - Guru Dutt * Filmfare Nomination for Best Supporting Actor - Rehman * Filmfare Nomination for Best Supporting Actress - Waheeda Rehman * Filmfare Nomination for Best Story -Bimal Mitra * President's Silver Medal. * Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards - Film of The Year............
Geetā Dutt (Born Geetā Ghosh Roy Chowdhuri) [November 23, 1930 July 20, 1972] was a prominent Indian playback singer in Hindi movies in the 1950s and 60s, and also a singer of modern Bengali songs.
Initially, Geeta was a singer known for singing bhajans and sad songs, but her renderings of composer S. D. Burman's jazzy musical scores in Bāzi in 1951 demonstrated a new facet of Geeta's singing. The sexiness in her voice and her easy adaptation to "western" tunes. From then on in the 1950s, Geeta was people's first choice for singing seductive songs and providing song accompaniments in dance clubs.
S.D. Burman recognized the magic in Geeta's voice through her songs in "Do Bhāi". He effectively used the Bengali lilt in her voice in movies like Devdās (1955) and Pyāsā (1957). The song "Aaj Saajan Mohe Ang Lagaa Lo" in "Pyasa" is a prime example of a Bengali keertan being presented in its Hindi version.
During Geeta's recording of songs for the movie Baazi, she met the movie's young and upcoming director, Guru Dutt. Their romance culminated in marriage on May 26, 1953....
In 1964, Guru Dutt died from a combination of alcohol and an overdose of sleeping pills. (His death was widely perceived as a suicide following two earlier attempts) Geeta then suffered a serious nervous breakdown, and also ran into financial problems. She tried to resume her singing career, cutting discs at Durgā Pujā, and giving stage shows................
Geeta died of cirrhosis of the liver on July 20, 1972.
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Great song, thanks for sharing. A lovely haunting melody by the queen of melody.
oldHFMfan 2 years ago
You are most welcome, my friend.
Mahagedara2 2 years ago
Very beautiful song.
Great film,great actors,great singer,great music, great upload.
Regards. Sarla.
jasbongy 2 years ago
You are most welcome, my dear friend Sarla.
Mahagedara2 2 years ago