Swarg Narak

Swarg Narak (transl. Heaven and Hell) is a 1978 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced by B. Nagi Reddy under the Vijaya Productions Pvt. Ltd. banner and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao.[1][2][3] It stars Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra, Vinod Mehra, Moushumi Chatterjee, Shabana Azmi and music is composed by Rajesh Roshan. All three songs became popular. The film is a remake of the Telugu Silver Jubilee movie Swargam Narakam (1975) made by the same director.[4][5][6][7]

Swarg Narak
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDasari Narayana Rao
Produced byB.Nagi Reddy
Written byRaj Baldev Raj (Dialogue)
Screenplay byDasari Narayana Rao
Story byDasari Narayana Rao
StarringSanjeev Kumar
Jeetendra
Vinod Mehra
Moushumi Chatterjee
Shabana Azmi
Music byRajesh Roshan
CinematographyP.L. Rai
Edited byK Balu
Production
company
Release date
  • 21 December 1978 (1978-12-21)
Running time
164 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Plot

This is the story of three couples. The first couple is that of Tripathi (Sanjeev Kumar), who always takes advantage of other's mistakes and position and earn money and his wife Mary. The second one is that of Geeta (Shabana Azmi) and Romeo Vinod (Vinod Mehra), while the jealous and possessive Shobha (Moushumi Chatterjee) and Vicky Kapoor (Jeetendra) form the third one.

The first couple is a happily married one. The second couple stays with Vinod's mother (Kamini Kaushal). Vinod spends a lot of time with Leena (Prema Narayan) and attending late night parties while Geeta patiently awaits her husband every night. Once Shobha happens to see Vicky with Radha (Tanuja), she assumes they are having an affair and pesters Vicky about it. When Vicky denies it, she leaves him. On the other hand, Vinod decides to leave the house, but destiny plays its role. He meets with an accident and during his recovery period, Geeta proves how important she is for him. He repents and completely changes into a new soft-spoken and good man. On the other hand, Shobha spoils her own relationship to such a stage that Vicky is compelled to leave his house after Radha's tragic death. At this juncture, Tripathi steps in to mend the couple. Some of the events that follow are hilarious sequences. Whether Tripathi is successful in mending these couples forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack
#Song TitleSingersLyricistTimeNotes
1 "Leena O Leena Dil Toone Cheena" Kishore Kumar Anand Bakshi 4:55
2 "Aag Hai Lagi Hui Yahan Wahan" Mohammad Rafi Anand Bakshi 6:00
3 "I Love you" Lata Mangeshkar Harindranath Chattopadhyay 6.20
4 "Nahin Nahin Koi Tumsa Haseen" Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle Anand Bakshi 5.50

References
  1. Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul (10 July 2014). Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 9781135943257 – via Google Books.
  2. Nadadhur, Srivathsan (31 May 2017). "Dasari: The original trendsetter" – via www.thehindu.com.
  3. "The Hindu : National : Many roles for Mohan Babu". www.thehindu.com.
  4. Malhotra, Aps (9 October 2014). "Blast from the Past: Swarg Narak (1978)" – via www.thehindu.com.
  5. "Swargam Narakam". 22 November 1975 – via www.imdb.com.
  6. "Swarg Narak on Bollywood hungama".
  7. Hooli, Shekhar H. "Dasari Narayana Rao's death marks the end of an era in Telugu film industry".
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