Yaadon Ki Baaraat

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Yaadon Ki Baaraat
Directed by Nasir Hussain
Produced by Nasir Hussain
Written by Salim-Javed
Starring Dharmendra,
Vijay Arora,
Tariq,
Zeenat Aman
Neetu Singh &
Ajit
Music by R.D. Burman
Cinematography Munir Khan W.I.C.A.
Editing by Babu Lavande &
Gurudutt Shirali
Release date(s) 1973
Language Hindi

Yaadon Ki Baraat was a 1973 Bollywood film directed by Nasir Hussain. It starred Dharmendra, Zeenat Aman, Vijay Arora, Tariq, and Neetu Singh. The film became a box office hit.[1]It is still remembered fondly for the score, by music director R.D. Burman. One song, Chura liya hai, as sung by Asha Bhosle and Mohd. Rafi (inspired by Donovan's title song from If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium (1969)), is particularly well-known.

It's a classic film of Indian cinema and one of the most remembered of the 1970s.

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[edit] Synopsis

The film uses the familiar Bollywood theme of siblings separated by fate. Gangland killers assassinate an honest man who defied them, killing his wife as well. The couple's three sons flee the massacre and lose contact with each other. They grow up in entirely different circumstances and are re-united only when one of the sons, played by Dharmendra, sets out to find the villain who killed their parents.

Shankar (Dharmendra), Vijay (Vijay Arora), and Ratan (Tariq) are three brothers. On their father's birthday, their mother taught them a song titled "Yaadon Ki Baaraat" which they held dearly to their hearts. As fate may have it, one day, the boys' father witnessed a robbery by Shakaal (Ajit), and his henchmen. To protect their identity, Shakal decided to kill the boys' father before he could go to the police. So one night, Shakaal and his men storm into the boys' father's room and kill both their mother and father. Shankar and Vijay witness the act and flee. They make their way to a passing train, where Shankar is separated from Vijay.

Several years pass by and the boys have grown up. Shankar is haunted by the memory of his parent's murder and is now joined by his friend Usman on a crime spree around the city. Vijay was adopted by a fairly wealthy man who is the groundskeeper to the love of his life, Sonita Zeenat Aman And Ratan, was raised by the boys' maid, and changed his name to Monto. With his new identity, Monto started a band and does gigs at hotels for a living.

[edit] Cast

Supporting Cast


[edit] Playback Singers

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[edit] Crew

Dialogues Nasir Hussain
Story Javed Akhtar & Salim Khan
Records on HMV

Choreography Suresh Bhatt
Art Direction Shanti Das
Song Recording Kaushik & Bansali
Recordings Mangesh & Desai

Presented By Film Centre
Lab Incharge Tambawala
Lab Supervisor Rodrick

Make Up Dinu Indulkar & Ravi Indulkar
Hairstyles Pereira Leelaji
Costumes Leena Shah, Rose Bleu & Belquis Khan
Wardrobe Mohammed Husain
Fights Composer Shetty
Fights Assistant Kodi Irani

Stills Colorlab
Poster Designs Diwakar A Rauf
Equipments Incharge Mazhar (Power & Equpment)
Light Incharge R.A. Sen
Publicity Incharge G.P. Shakaal
Special Effects Gordhan Bhai
Main Titles G.D. Art
Office Incharge Gangaram
Production Manager S.A. Lateef
Production Office D.M. Deshpande, N. Lakdawala, Quodoos, Ghafoor, Nawab & Anwar

Camera Assistants Madhu Indulkar & Roy
Music Assistants Basu, Mandhari & Maruti
Sound Assistants Kumar, Mandhar & Raman
Make Up Assistant Pandu
Art Assistants Dilip Singh & M.S. Shinde
Dress Assistant Shree Gopal
Dance Assistants Aruna & Aysha Khan

Chief Assistant Director Zahoor Ahmed
Assistant Director Moeen Amjad
Editing Babu Lavande & Guru Dutt
Audiography Manna Ladia
Production Controller Sharif Husain
Production Executive Dharamvir Verma
Cinematography Munir Khan W.I.C.A.
Lyrics Majrooh Sultanpuri
Music R.D. Burman

Produced And Directed Nasir Hussain

[edit] Distribution

Orison Video Pvt. Ltd. (India)
Blaze International Inc. (United States)
Sonar (UK) Ltd. (United Kingdom)
Sim Sim Video Corporation (United Arab Emerates)
Combi (Singapore) Pte Ltd. (Singapore)
King Company (Hong Kong)
Nazika Trades (Republic of Maldives)
Supra Japan Ltd. (Japan)
Videobiz (Fiji)

[edit] Trivia

  • The film earned actor Vijay Arora the title of the 3rd Potential Superstar of the decade besides Amitabh Bachchan and Rajesh Khanna.
  • The film earned two Filmfare nominations: Dharmendra for Best Actor and R.D. Burman for Best Music.[2]
  • Nasir Husain had wanted to cast his regular actress Asha Parekh, but she was busy dancing abroad, so he gave the role to Zeenat Aman.[3]
  • Neetu Singh, who had been a child actress in the 1960s, debuted as a heroine in Rikshawala (1972). When that film flopped, she took a small role in this film to revive her career. The hit song "Lekar hum" was picturized on her, and her sexy red costume and her frenetic dancing got her so much attention that she was immediately elevated to heroine roles again.
  • The film was later remade in Telugu as Annadammula Anubandham. The songs were also remade: "Churaliya hai" was now "Gulabi puvvai," and the title song "Yaadon Ki Baarat" was now "Anantihrudayala Anandageetam."
  • A clip of the film appears in a scene Swades, and till date, the only film scene in which both Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan are seen is in the scene is Swades
  • This was Aamir Khan's debut film, with him playing a young Tariq in the title song of the film.
  • Aamir Khan's debut film as a leading man was Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak which was also produced by the same production house but it was directed by his cousin Mansoor, instead of his uncle Nasir Hussain.
  • The film's central theme- of a song uniting separated family, was producer Nasir Hussain's favorite. Using it in earlier film Pyar Ka Mausam and subsequent film Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin.

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