Ek Ke Baad Ek
| Ek Ke Baad Ek | |
|---|---|
 Poster | |
| Directed by | Raja Rishi |
| Written by | Umesh Mathur (dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Dhruva Chatterjee |
| Produced by | Raj Kala |
| Starring | Dev Anand Sharada Tarla Mehta Radhakrishan Hiralal S. K. Prem Madhu Apte |
| Cinematography | G. Kale |
| Edited by | R. V. Shrikhanda |
| Music by | S. D. Burman |
Production company | Raj Kala Productions |
| Distributed by | Raj Kala Productions |
Release date | 1960 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Ek Ke Baad Ek (English: One after the other) is a 1960 Indian, Hindi-language film directed by Raja Rishi.[1] The film featured Dev Anand, Sharada and Tarla Mehta in the lead roles.[2]
Plot
Mangal (S. K. Prem) lives with his wife Laxmi (Tarla), their six children and his younger brother Prakash (Dev Anand). Mangal has taken a loan from a local moneylender for Prakash's college education. Mangal's poverty is so bad that he sells his sixth child's bed to buy a blanket. Soon, Laxmi dies due to the family not being able to afford to buy medicine. Meanwhile, Prakash becomes well-educated with a modern outlook and a reformist attitude, he confronts his brother every now and then with hard truths of life. Mangal calls Prakash an iconoclast and asks him to leave the house. This affects the lives of Prakash and his girlfriend Sandhya (Sharada). Her father Gangu Teli (Radhakrishan), a small time businessman, does not approve of their marriage. Prakash loses his cool when he finds his nephews and nieces begging for a living. He then immediately takes up a job in a printing press that promotes family planning and other social issues. After obtaining the advance, Prakash arranges food and clothes for his kin, using Sandhya as the go-between. After Mangal loses his job he requests Gangu Teli to take him to the temple priest, Sanatan (Hiralal) with a request for advance, who while saying he is helpless appeals to the assembly to help him with whatever they can spare. This invokes Mangal’s conscience and he rushes back home.
Cast
- Dev Anand as Prakash
- Sharada as Sandhya
- Tarla Mehta as Laxmi
- Radhakrishan as Gangu Teli
- Hiralal as Sanatan
- S. K. Prem as Mangal
- Madhu Apte
Soundtrack
| Ek Ke Baad Ek | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by | |
| Released | 1960 |
| Label | HMV |
| Producer | S. D. Burman |
The music was composed by S. D. Burman while Kaifi Azmi wrote the lyrics.[3][4] On the album, film critic Suresh Kohli of The Hindu noted that except for "Chali Yeh Fauj Humari" and "Thumak Thumak Chali Hai", the other songs were "not really hummable".[2]
All lyrics are written by Kaifi Azmi; all music is composed by S. D. Burman
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Aao Yaro Aao Pyaro Dekho" | Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle | 3:25 |
| 2. | "Chali Yeh Fauj Humari" | Mohammed Rafi | 3:21 |
| 3. | "Haath Pasare Raste Raste" | Geeta Dutt, Sudha Malhotra | 3:19 |
| 4. | "Na Tel Aur Na Bati" | Manna Dey | 3:09 |
| 5. | "Pagli Hawa Jane Re" | Asha Bhosle | 3:17 |
| 6. | "Thumak Thumak Chali Hai" | Mohammed Rafi | 3:21 |
| 7. | "Batao Kya Karungi" | Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt | 3:17 |
Reception
Kohli wrote that the film "was a well-intended message-laden story with a weak, confused screenplay attempting to cash on Anand’s newly formed stardom." The film did not do well at the box office.[2]
References
- ^ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). New Delhi: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ a b c d Kohli, Suresh (12 July 2012). "Ek Ke Baad Ek (1960)". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 June 2017. Retrieved 21 June 2017.
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