Ghunghat_(1960_film)

<i>Ghunghat</i> (1960 film)

Ghunghat (1960 film)

1960 Indian film

This article is about the 1960 Indian film. For other films of the same name, see Ghunghat (disambiguation).

Ghunghat is a 1960 Hindi drama movie directed by Ramanand Sagar and produced by S.S. Vasan from Gemini Studios.

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The film stars Bharat Bhushan, Pradeep Kumar, Bina Rai, Asha Parekh, Leela Chitnis, Rajendranath, Rehman and Agha. It is an adaptation of Rabindranath Tagore's 1906 Bengali story Noukadubi (The Wreck). The film's music is by Ravi, while the songs were penned by Shakeel Badayuni. The film became a hit at the box office. Musically also, it was liked by the audience. "Laage Na Mora Jiya" and "Mori Chham Chham Baje Payaliya" sung by Lata Mangeshkar were hit songs from the film.[1]

At the 8th Filmfare Awards, Bina Rai won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in Ghunghat.[2][3]

Cast

Songs

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Awards and nominations

The film created an upset at the 8th Filmfare Awards when it won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for Rai instead of Madhubala, who gave a critically acclaimed performance in Mughal-e-Azam (1960). The Hindu severely criticized Filmfare for its selection.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Ghunghat (1960 film)". BoxOfficeIndia website. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2023.
  2. [2]
    Kumar, Anuj (6 January 2010). "Capturing Madhubala's pain". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Filmfare Award winners (scroll down to read under year 1961 for 1960 films)". Filmfare.com website. Archived from the original on 2 July 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2023.


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