Sau Saal Baad Explained

Director:B.K. Dubey
Sau Saal Baad
Starring:Feroz Khan
Kumkum
Music:Laxmikant–Pyarelal
Country:India
Language:Hindi

Sau Saal Baad is a 1966 Hindi film directed by B.K. Dubey starring Feroz Khan.[1] [2] The film was released on 29 December 1966 and was certified U by the Central Board of Film Certification.[3]

Plot

While working at an excavation site, a young engineer (Feroz Khan) notices an abandoned mansion where he hears a female voice singing a tragic song. When he investigates, he finds a beautiful apparition; what's more, there seems to be something quite familiar about her. He wonders if this is the ghost of someone from his past life.

Cast

The cast is listed below:[4]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Laxmikant–Pyarelal.[5] According to the author Ganesh Anantharaman, the first song, "Ek Ritu Aae Ek Ritu Jaae", is one of their "most tuneful numbers".[6] Raju Bharatan of The Illustrated Weekly of India described "Ye Raat Bhi Jaa Rahi Hai" as an "unusual composition".[7]

Track# Title Singer(s)
1"Ek Ritu Aae Ek Ritu Jaae"Manna Dey, Lata Mangeshkar
2"Na Jayiyo Radhe"Mohammed Rafi
3"Ye Raat Bhi Jaa Rahi Hai"Lata Mangeshkar
4"Kisi Ki Nazar Ne Ishara Kiya Hai"Lata Mangeshkar
5"Ab Ke Baras Ye Bahar"Manna Dey, Lata Mangeshkar
6"Bhoola Hua Afsana"Mohammed Rafi

Reception

Shankar's Weekly wrote in a scathing review of the film that its story is "as confusing as much to the hero as to the audience" and took note of some "awful comedy" in it.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Rajadhyaksha . Ashish . Willemen . Paul . Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema . 1999 . Routledge . 978-1-135-94318-9 .
  2. Book: Raj . Ashok . Hero Vol.2 . 2009 . Hay House, Inc . 978-93-81398-03-6 .
  3. So Saal Baad . . 25 March 1967 . 611. 178 . Government of India Press.
  4. Web site: So Saal Baad . . January 1966 . 7 November 2020 .
  5. Book: Indian LP EP Records . 1970 . . 134 .
  6. Book: Anantharaman . Ganesh . Bollywood Melodies: A History of the Hindi Film Song . 2008 . Penguin Books India . 978-0-14-306340-7 . 73 .
  7. News: Bharatan . Raju . Raju Bharatan . Lata's Best? . 7 November 2020 . . . 11 May 1987 . 53.
  8. News: So Saal Baad . . . 19 March 1967 . 21.