Daag: A Poem of Love
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Directed by	Yash Chopra
Produced by	Yash Chopra
Written by	Gulshan Nanda (story) Akhtar-Ul-Iman (dialogue)
Starring	Sharmila Tagore Rajesh Khanna Rakhee
Music by	Laxmikant Pyarelal
Cinematography	Kay Gee
Editing by	Pran Mehra
Release date(s)	April 27, 1973 (1973-04-27)
Running time	146 min
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	6.5 crores [1]

Daag: A Poem of Love is a 1973 Bollywood film produced and directed by Yash Chopra in his debut as a producer, which laid the foundation of Yash Raj Films. It is an adaptation of the novel The Mayor of Casterbridge.

The film stars Sharmila Tagore, Rajesh Khanna, Rakhee (who won her first Filmfare award), Madan Puri, Kader Khan, Prem Chopra and A.K. Hangal.

The film was made at the height of the Rajesh Khanna craze and became a "super hit" at the box office.^[1] The music by Laxmikant Pyarelal dominated the charts for the year. Film was later remade into the Telugu film Vichitra Jeevitham (1978) starring Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vanisri, and Jayasudha.

Plot summary[link]

A young man, Sunil Kohli (Rajesh Khanna), falls for beautiful Sonia (Sharmila Tagore). Soon, they get married and leave for their honeymoon. On the way, owing to bad weather, they decide to spend a night at a bungalow owned by Sunil's boss. The boss's son, Dheeraj Kapoor (Prem Chopra), tries to rape Sonia when she is alone. But Sunil arrives in time, and a fight ensues, resulting in the death of Dheeraj. Sunil gets arrested and, later, sentenced to death by the court. But, on the way to prison, the police van carrying him meets with an accident. All occupants are killed. Years after, Sonia, working as a school teacher and bringing up Sunil's and her son single-handed, finds out that her husband is still alive. He is living with a new identity as Sudhir, and is married to a rich woman named Chandni (Rakhee). After escaping from the police van, Sunil met Chandni, whose lover had ditched her on learning of her pregnancy. Sunil married her to provide legitimacy to her child, in return for her help in establishing his new identity. Now, after so many years, the law is once again at his door step. This time, however, there is an added crime to his name—bigamy.

Cast[link]

• Sharmila Tagore - Sonia Kohli
• Rajesh Khanna - Sunil Kohli
• Rakhee Gulzar - Chandni (as Raakhee)
• Prem Chopra - Dheeraj Kapoor
• Baby Pinky - Pinky
• Raju Shrestha - Rinku (as Master Raju)
• Manmohan Krishna - Deewan
• Madan Puri - K. C. Khanna
• Achala Sachdev - Mrs. Malti Khanna
• Iftekhar - Inspector Singh (as Iftikhar)
• Hari Shivdasani - Jagdish Kapoor
• Yashodra Katju - School Principal (as Yashodhara Katju)
• Kader Khan - Prosecuting attorney (as Kadar Khan)
• A. K. Hangal - Prosecuting Attorney / Judge
• S. N. Banerjee - Judge (as S.N. Bannerjee)
• Karan Dewan - Doctor Kapoor
• Surendra Nath - Sunil's uncle
• Jagdish Raj - Ram Singh (driver)
• Manmohan - Prisoner in van
• Padma Khanna - Dancer
• Habib - Smith removing Sunil's handcuffs (as Habeeb)

Crew[link]

• Director - Yash Chopra
• Story - Gulshan Nanda
• Dialogue - Akhtar-Ul-Iman
• Producer - Yash Chopra
• Editor - Pran Mehra
• Art Director - R. G. Gaekwad
• Cinematographer - Kay Gee
• Stunts - Ravi Khanna, M. B. Shetty
• Choreographer - Suresh Bhatt
• Lyricist - Sahir Ludhianvi
• Music Director - Laxmikant Pyarelal
• Playback Singers - Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Rajesh Khanna

Soundtrack[link]

The soundtrack includes the following tracks, composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal, and with lyrics by Sahir Ludhiyanvi ^[2]

• Song "Ab chaahe maa roothhe ya baaba" was listed at #7 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1973
• Song "Mere dil mein aaj kya hai" was listed at #20 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1973

Awards and nominations[link]

• Filmfare Best Director Award--Yash Chopra
• Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award--Rakhee
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Actor-Rajesh Khanna
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Music-Laxmikant Pyarelal
• Filmfare Nomination for Best Male Playback Singer-Kishore Kumar for the song "Mere Dil Mein Aaj"^[3]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Daag: A Poem of Love at the Internet Movie Database
• Daag (1973) at Yash Raj Films

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