Duvidha
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Directed by | Mani Kaul |
Screenplay by | Mani Kaul |
Based on | Duvidha by Vijaydan Detha |
Produced by | Film Finance Corporation (NFDC) National Music Dance Centre |
Starring | Ravi Menon Raisa Padamsee |
Cinematography | Navroz Contractor |
Edited by | Ravi Patnaik |
Release date | 1973 |
Running time | 84 min. |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Duvidha is a 1973 ghost movie directed by Mani Kaul. The film stars Ravi Menon and Raisa Padamsee in lead roles. The film was critically acclaimed and won the director the National Film Award for Best Direction[1] and Critics Award for Best film at the 1974 Filmfare Awards.[2] This film was remade in 2005 as Paheli, starring Shahrukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee in the lead roles.
Plot
The film is set in rural Rajasthan. It is based on a story by Vijayadan Detha, which relates a popular folktale from Rajasthan about a merchant's son, Krishanlal (Ravi Menon).[3]
Cast
- Raisa Padamsee as Lachhi
- Ravi Menon as Krishnalal, Merchant's Son
- Hardan
- Shambhudan
- Manohar Lalas
- Kana Ram
- Bhola Ram
Production
The film was extensively shot in Borunda village, in Tehsil Bilara, Jodhpur district, the village of the author Vijay Dan Detha' Bijji.[3]
Music
The music of film was given by folk musicians of Rajasthan, Ramzan Hammu, Latif and Saki Khan.[4]
Remake
The Amol Palekar movie, Paheli, released in 2005, is also based on the same story.
References
- ^ "21st National Film Awards" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. p. 2,32. Retrieved 29 September 2011.
- ^ "Filmmaker Mani Kaul dead". The Hindu. 6 July 2011.
- ^ a b "Profile". upperstall.com.
- ^ "Duvidha". Cinemas of India. Archived from the original on 4 November 2013. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
External links
- Duvidha at IMDb
- "Duvidha". Cinemas of India (NFDC). Archived from the original on 4 November 2013.
- 1973 films
- Indian films
- 1970s Hindi-language films
- 1973 drama films
- Indian ghost films
- Films directed by Mani Kaul
- Films based on short fiction
- Films whose director won the Best Director National Film Award
- Films set in Rajasthan
- Films shot in Rajasthan
- Indian fantasy films
- Indian folklore
- 1970s Hindi-language film stubs
- 1970s drama film stubs