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Navrang
Sign in to saveNavrang is a 1959 Indian Hindi-language film co-written and directed by V. Shantaram. The film is noted for its dance sequences with lead actress Sandhya and music by C. Ramchandra, while playback singer Mahendra Kapoor made his singing debut with the song Aadha Hai Chandramaa Raat Aadhi.
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5.4Diwakar is a poet and loves his wife Jamuna on everything. But Jamuna does not agree that Diwakar lives out of sheer poetry in a fantasy world and the real world less and less responsible. Diwakar goes so far that he is a fantasy woman in his wife's body creates what he calls Mohini. Diwakar will soon become a recognized poet and Jamuna gives birth to a boy. Unfortunately, the happiness does not last long: Diwakar loses his job because of a critical songs against the British. Now he can no longer feed his sickly father nor his son, who is starving. All this makes Jamuna angry, but above all Diwakars growing obsession with Mohini. As Jamuna decides to live apart from Diwakar, it is destroyed internally and no longer capable of proof. Jamuna slowly realizes that she can not live without Diwakar and forgives him.
Cast
- Mahipal as Divakar
- Sandhya Shantaram as Jamuna / Mohini
- Keshavrao Date as Janardan
- Vatsala Deshmukh as Uma
- Agha as Leelu Rangbaaz
- Vandana Sawant as Manjari Devi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- India
- Original language
- Hindi
- Director
- V. Shantaram
- Screenwriter
- V. Shantaram
- Cast member
- Sandhya Shantaram
- Composer
- C. Ramchandra
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1959-01-01
- distributed by
- Netflix
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Navrang is a 1959 Indian Hindi-language film co-written and directed by V. Shantaram. The film is noted for its dance sequences with lead actress Sandhya and music by C. Ramchandra, while playback singer Mahendra Kapoor made his singing debut with the song Aadha Hai Chandramaa Raat Aadhi.
== Plot == Diwakar is a poet, in British period India. He loves his wife Jamuna very much. But Jamuna feels that Diwakar is irresponsible and he that he lives in a fantasy world. Meanwhile, Diwakar creates a muse from his imagination, who looks exactly like his wife and calls her Mohini. He becomes a recognized poet soon and Jamuna gives birth to a boy. However, happiness does not last a long time, as Diwakar loses his job because of his songs against the British rule. Now he can no longer feed his sickly father or his son. On top of all this, Diwakar's obsession with Mohini continues, which forces Jamuna to leave their home. Diwakar's father passes away one day.
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