Aasha (1957 film)
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| Directed by | M.V. Raman |
| Produced by | Raman Productions |
| Starring | Kishore Kumar Vyjayanthimala Pran Om Prakash |
| Music by | C. Ramchandra |
| Running time | 171 min |
| Country |  India |
| Language | Hindi |
Aasha, also transliterated as Asha, was a 1957 Hindi film. The film became a box office hit.[1]
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[edit] Plot
The story tells about Kishore who is good-hearted person and always helps poor people even though he is from Zamindar family. Then he travels to Bombay to stay with his cousin Raj who cheats lots of girls. One day when both go for a hunt in jungle, Raj meets the man who asked him to marry his daughter but Raj murders him and he frames the case to Kishore. So Kishore escapes from there. Finally Kishore and his lover Nirmala prove that Raj is guilty and Raj tells the truth in front of everyone. Now police arrest Raj and Kishore marries Nirmala happily.
[edit] Cast
- Kishore Kumar, as Kishore
- Vyjayanthimala, as Nirmala
- Pran, as Raj
- Om Prakash, as Hasmukhlal
- Lalita Pawar
- Minu Mumtaz
- Sunder
- Asha Parekh (uncredited)
[edit] Soundtrack
The music for the film was composed by C. Ramchandra and the lyrics were written by Rajendra Krishan. The song "Eena Meena Deeka", sung by Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar in two different versions, became very popular.[2] It was one of the Hindi cinema's first rock and roll numbers.[3] The words of the song were inspired by kids playing outside composer C. Ramchandra's music room.[4] The kids were chanting "Eeny, meeny, miny, moe", which inspired Ramchandra and his assistant John Gomes to create first line of the song, "Eena Meena Deeka, De Dai Damanika". Gomes, who was a Goan, added the words "Maka naka" (Konkani for "I don't want"). They kept on adding more nonsense rhymes till they ended with "Rum pum po!".[4] The title of the David Dhawan film Eena Meena Deeka was inspired by this song. It was later covered by Timid Tiger and Goldspot.
[edit] Use in media
An advertising campaign by the JWT agency of London for the UK bank HSBC in October 2008 used the "Eena Meena Deeka" song from the film as background music.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ BoxOffice India.com
- ^ "1957: Year that was". The Indian Express. 1998-02-27. http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19980227/05850754.html. Retrieved 2007-07-06.
- ^ "Asha: A composer's Dream". Rediff.com. 2003-09-08. http://www.rediff.com/movies/2003/sep/05md.htm. Retrieved 2007-07-06.
- ^ a b Ashwin Panemangalore (2006-06-16). "The story of 'Eena Meena Deeka'". DNA (newspaper). http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1035927. Retrieved 2007-07-06.
- ^ HSBC - Washing machine on YouTube Accessed November 2008
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