Gharaonda

Gharaonda (The Nest) is a 1977 Hindi drama film, produced and directed by Bhimsain, who was noted Adman and animator. The film is woven around the housing problem in the city of Mumbai. It was based on a play Dr Shanker Shesh’s story, with screenplay and dialogues written by Gulzar and Bhushan Banmali. The film stars Amol Palekar, Zarina Wahab, Shreeram Lagoo and Jalal Agha. The music director for the film is Jaidev, who scored memorable songs like Ek Akela Is Sheher Mein and Do Deewaane Sheher Mein sung by Bhupinder Singh and Runa Laila.

The film was shot at various locations in Mumbai, by noted cinematographer AK Bir, including the Bandra Fort, Naaz cafe (now closed), several beaches and the Charni Road overbridge. Despite being released alongside big-budget films like “Amar Akbar Anthony”, “Parvarish”, ‘Hum Kisise Kum Nahin”, the film had a run of 100 days at the box office. At the 25th Filmfare Awards, the film received 6 nominations including Best Film, Best Director and Best Story, and eventually Lagoo won the 1978 Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film and Gulzar won the Filmfare Award for Best Lyricist for Do Deewane, his first. .