Mamta (1966 film)

Mamta is a 1966 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Asit Sen, written by Nihar Ranjan Gupta and Krishan Chander,[1] and with music composed by Roshan and written by Majrooh Sultanpuri.[4] The movie stars Suchitra Sen, Ashok Kumar and Dharmendra. The film about middle class fears and class conflict, has lead actress Suchitra Sen in a double role.

Mamta
Poster
Directed byAsit Sen
Produced byCharu Chitra
Written byKrishan Chander (dialogues)[1]
Story byNihar Ranjan Gupta
Based onUttar Falguni
StarringSuchitra Sen
Ashok Kumar
Dharmendra
Music byRoshan
CinematographyAnil Gupta
Edited byTarun Dutta
Distributed byChhayabani
Release date
1966
Running time
160 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi-Urdu[2][3]
Box officeest. ₹120 million ($16 million)

The film is also noted for its music by Roshan and lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri, in songs like, Rahen Na Rahen Hum sung by Lata Mangeshkar and her hit duet, Chuppa Lo Yun Dil Mein Pyar Mera with Hemant Kumar.[5]


The film was a remake of Asit Sen's own Bengali film, Uttar Falguni (1963),[6] also starring Suchitra Sen.[7]

Plot

Monish Rai (Ashok Kumar) comes from a wealthy family, and is in love with Deviyani (Suchitra Sen), who is poor. Monish has to travel abroad to further his education in law, but promises to stay in touch with Deviyani. After his departure, financial problems overwhelm Deviyani and her father. She approaches Monish's mother for financial assistance, but is refused. In desperation, Deviyani's father marries her off to a much older man, Rakhal Bhattacharya, who has loaned money to Deviyani's father. Rakhal is also an alcoholic and frequents prostitutes.

Deviyani becomes pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl, Suparna. Unhappy with her marriage and her circumstances, she runs away, and becomes a devadasi, or temple dancer, performing for a male clientele. She is however found by Rakhal, who blackmails her for money, and who attempts to kidnap Suparna on more than one occasion. Deviyani approaches Mother Mary, the Mother Superior of a convent and leaves Suparna in her care. Deviyani subsequently disappears. When Monish returns to the city, he thinks he has seen Deviyani, but is told by others that the person he has seen is a Lucknow-based prostitute, Pannabai.

Is Deviyani still alive? Who is Pannabai? What happened to Suparna?

The movie relates the story of Deviyani's life and revolves around the theme of "mamta" - motherhood, or a mother's love, what a mother does for the protection and well-being of her child, and all the sacrifices made by her in order that her child can live a life filled with status, dignity and love .

Veteran actress (Suchitra Sen) portrays the double role both of Deviyani and Suparna.

Cast

Box office

The film performed well at the domestic Indian box office. It was year's 15th highest-grossing film in India, earning ₹12 million [8] ($1.9 million ).[9] This was equivalent to estimated footfalls of approximately 7.2 million tickets sold in India.[10]

The film became an overseas blockbuster in the Soviet Union, selling 52.1 million tickets in 1969, making it the sixth highest-grossing Indian film ever in the Soviet Union.[11] This was equivalent to an estimated 13 million руб[n 1] ($14.4 million ,[n 2] or ₹108 million ).[n 3]

Combined, the film grossed an estimated ₹120 million ($16.3 million ) worldwide. In terms of footfalls, the film sold an estimated 59.3 million tickets worldwide.

Nominations

Music

The songs of the films were composed by Roshan and written by Majrooh Sultanpuri.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Chahe To Mera Jiya Lele"Lata Mangeshkar03:53
2."Chupa Lo Yun Dil Mein Pyar Mera"Lata Mangeshkar, Hemant Kumar03:11
3."Hum Gavanwa Na Jayibe Ho"Lata Mangeshkar04:20
4."Instrumental" – 02:44
5."Instrumental" – 04:05
6."Rahen Na Rahen Hum (solo)"Lata Mangeshkar04:24
7."Rahen Na Rahen Hum (duet)"Mohammed Rafi, Suman Kalyanpur02:20
8."Rahte The Kabhi Jinke"Lata Mangeshkar03:43
9."In Baharon Mein"Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle03:21

Notes
  1. 52.1 million tickets sold,[11] average ticket price of 0.25 руб[12]
  2. 0.9 Soviet rubles per US dollar from 1961 to 1971[13]
  3. 7.5 Indian rupees per US dollar from 1967 to 1970[14]

References
  1. Mamta. 0:49. 1966.CS1 maint: location (link)
  2. Mamta. 0:25. 1966.CS1 maint: location (link)
  3. "Film World". Film World. T.M. Ramachandran. 10: 65. 1974. Two eminent Urdu writers Krishan Chander and Ismat Chughtai have said that "more than seventy-five per cent of films are made in Urdu."
  4. Peter Cowie (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-498-01565-6. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  5. "Blast From The Past: Mamta (1966)". The Hindu. 2 April 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2013.
  6. Ganguly, Ruman (27 November 2019). "Remakes of Bengali films: What's new in this trend?". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  7. "11th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017.
  8. "Box Office 1966". Box Office India. 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 14 October 2013.
  9. "Official exchange rate (LCU per US$, period average) - India". World Bank. 1966. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  10. Mittal, Ashok (1995). Cinema Industry in India: Pricing and Taxation. Indus Publishing. pp. 71 & 77. ISBN 9788173870231.
  11. Kudryavtsev, Sergey (3 August 2008). "Зарубежные популярные фильмы в советском кинопрокате (Индия)" [Popular Foreign Films (Indian) in Soviet Film Distribution]. LiveJournal. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  12. Roth-Ey, Kristin (2011). "Chapter 1: The Soviet Film Industry" (PDF). Moscow Prime Time: How the Soviet Union Built the Media Empire that Lost the Cultural Cold War. Cornell University Press. p. 48. ISBN 978-0-8014-4874-4.
  13. "Archive". Central Bank of Russia (in Russian). Archived from the original on 29 December 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  14. "Pacific Exchange Rate Service" (PDF). UBC Sauder School of Business. University of British Columbia. p. 3. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
  15. 1st Filmfare Awards 1953
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