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Goonj Uthi Shehnai(Movie, 1959)

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Goonj Uthi Shehnai (lit. 'The Call of the Shehnai') is a 1959 Hindi film directed by Vijay Bhatt, with Rajendra Kumar, Ameeta, Anita Guha and I. S. Johar as leads. The film has music by Vasant Desai and lyrics by Bharat Vyas, and the duo created numerous hits such as "Jivan Men Piya Tera Sath Rahe" sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Mohd. Rafi, and Lata's "Tere Sur Aur Mere Geet" and "Dil Ka Khilona Hai Toot Gaya". The film narrates the story of a Shehnai player, and features a shehnai recitals by maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan throughout the film. There is also Jugalbandi between him and Sitar player, Abdul Halim Jaffar Khan. p. 205. Notably, the film featured music from popular New Delhi based musician Harikesh Pushpapathan. The film was the fifth highest grosser of the year and was declared a "Hit" at Box Office India and became the first big hit of actor ()
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Childhood sweethearts Gopi and Kishen hope to get married when they are grown up. Gopi dances to the magical tunes of Kishen's clarinet (shenai), and both are virtually inseparable. Years pass by, both have grown up and Gopi's mom, Jamuna, would like Gopi to get married to a young man from Lucknow, by the name of Shekhar, who works for All India Radio. Shekhar visits them, meets Gopi, and approves of this marriage, and asks Jamuna to finalize a day for the marriage. When this news reaches Gopi and Kishen both are heartbroken, as much as Kishen would like to marry Gopi he knows that he is unemployed and poor, and hence not considered a good suitor. Additionally, his mentor and guardian, Raghunath, would like him to marry his daughter, Ramkali, and may ask him to make the ultimate sacrifice by demanding this as his guru-dakshina (teacher's fee). Then the villagers ask Kishen to leave the town as he has brought shame on them all by continuing to meet with Gopi...

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Additional Information

Production country: India
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: Hindi (HI)
Translated into 1 language: English (EN)
Status: Released
Release date US: 01/01/1959
Cast: Rajendra Kumar, Ameeta, Anita Guha, I. S. Johar
Director: Vijay Bhatt
Composer: Vasant Desai
Performer: Vasant Desai
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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:122122, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/21/2024