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Kati Patang was the sixth highest grossing Bollywood film of 1971.1971 की छठी सबसे ज्यादा कमाई करने वाली बॉलीवुड फिल्म कटी पतंग ।







Directed by

Shakti Samanta

Written by

Vrajendra Gaur

Gulshan Nanda

Based on

I Married a Dead Man (1948 Novel) by

Cornell Woolrich

Produced by

Shakti Samanta

Starring

Asha Parekh

Rajesh Khanna

Prem Chopra

Bindu

Nazir Hussain

Cinematography

V. Gopi Krishna

Edited by

Govind Dalwadi

Music by

Rahul Dev Burman

Production

Naini Lake

companies

Nainital Club

 

Natraj Studios

 

Ranikhet

Distributed by

Shakti Films

United Producers

Asian Television Network

 

 

Release date

29 January 1971

Country

India

Language

Hindi

 

 

 

 Kati Patang (transl. The Severed Kite) is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language musical drama film produced and directed by Shakti Samanta. It was a box office success. The film stars Asha Parekh as a woman pretending to be a widow, and her ensuing trials and tribulations opposite her charming neighbour, played by Rajesh Khanna. Parekh's performance as Madhavi was critically acclaimed and earned her a Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

 

The movie also stars Nazir Hussain, Bindu, Prem Chopra, Daisy Irani and Sulochana Latkar. The film was the second in a string of nine movies on which Samanta and Khanna collaborated. The music was composed by R.D. Burman and was a huge hit. "Ye Shaam Mastani" and "Pyar Deewana Hota Hai", sung by Kishore Kumar were particularly famous. The performances from Parekh and Khanna were praised by the audience and critics alike. The film was among the 17 consecutive hits of Khanna between 1969 and 1971and was the second of four films in which he was paired with Parekh. The film was later remade in Tamil as Nenjil Oru Mul (1981) and in Telugu as Punnami

Chandrudu (1987). It is based on Cornell Woolrich's 1948 novel I Married a Dead Man which had earlier been adapted as the 1950 film No Man of Her Own








story


Madhavi "Madhu" is an orphan living with her maternal uncle, who arranges her marriage with someone she does not know. Blinded in love with Kailash, she runs away on the day of the marriage. She discovers Kailash with another woman, Shabnam. Heartbroken and dejected, she returns to her uncle, who had committed suicide from the humiliation. Realising that she has no one in life, Madhavi decides to leave town and head somewhere. She meets her childhood friend Poonam, who tells her about her husband's untimely demise in an accident and that she is on her way, along with her baby boy Munna, to stay with her in-laws whom she has never met before. Poonam manages to compel Madhu to accompany her as her plight is pitiful.

En route, Poonam and Madhu catch up until the train derails and end up in a government hospital. Poonam has lost her limbs. She knows that her end is near, so she makes Madhu promise that she will assume Poonam's identity, bring Munna up and continue life in Poonam's in-law's house. Madhu has no choice but to give in to a dying mother's wish. In the downpour on the way, the cabbie attempts to rob her but Kamal, a forest ranger, rescues her and gives her shelter until the sky is clear the next day. She learns that Kamal is the very man with whom her marriage was arranged.

Madhu leaves Kamal's home in shame and reaches Poonam's in-laws. Her father-in-law, Dinanath and mother-in-law accept her and let her stay there. Kamal keeps visiting the house as he was the son of Dinanath's best friend. Soon, he realises that he is in love with "Poonam".

Madhu's ill fate brings Kailash to Dinanath's house. He is after their money and is very close to revealing Madhu's identity. To be successful, he impresses all the members of the house, but Poonam takes a resentment to him. Dinanath soon realises Poonam's true identity and asks for the truth. When he realises what the matter really is, he accepts Madhavi and makes her the guardian of the Dinanath property which will be inherited by Munna. That night, Dinanath is poisoned by Kailash. Mrs. Dinanath accuses Poonam for what has happened and she is imprisoned.

Now Shabnam enters the life of the Dinanaths claiming that she is the real Poonam. Mrs. Dinanath, in rage, sends her away and is ready for no story. Kamal takes a dislike towards Madhu, learning the truth. However, he eventually realises the truth and gets Shabnam and Kailash arrested for their evil intentions and Madhavi is freed. When Kamal searches for Madhu, he realises that she has left without any notice, but a letter for Kamal, stating that she is going out of his life and so, he should not try to find her out. Kamal starts searching for her and finds her trying to jump from a cliff and stops her by singing a song. They hug.

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music


music  by :Rahul Dev Burman and the lyrics:Anand Bakshi.








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