Brahmachari
1968 · India · 157 min
- Director
- Bhappi Sonie
- Screenplay
- Sachin Bhowmick
- Producer
- G. P. Sippy
- Music
- Shankar–Jaikishan
- Editing
- M. S. Shinde
Awards: Filmfare Award for Best Film
Cast
What it is about
Brahmachari, an orphan with no official identity, looks after many homeless children in his house. One day he prevents a young woman, Sheetal, from taking her own life. She is in love with Ravi Khanna, a man with a reputation for casual affairs, and Brahmachari agrees to help her win him over in exchange for money, without realizing how deeply he will become involved.
How it was made
Directed by Bhappi Sonie from a screenplay by Sachin Bhowmick and produced by G. P. Sippy, the film is a drama with comic elements that runs 157 minutes. Shankar Jaikishan composed the music and M. S. Shinde edited it. Shammi Kapoor leads the cast alongside Rajshree, Pran and Mumtaz. According to a music scholar cited in the sources, the song “Aajkal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche” was a tune first rejected for another film, and Kapoor was the one who suggested including it here.
Reception and legacy
It was a major box office success and won several awards, including the Filmfare Award for Best Film and Best Actor for Kapoor. It was later remade in Tamil as Enga Mama (1970) and in Telugu as Devudu Mamayya (1981). Its central theme inspired Mr. India (1987).
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Trivia
A rejected melody
The song “Aajkal Tere Mere Pyar Ke Charche” was reportedly written for another project before it found its way into this film.
An idea that returned
The film's central theme later inspired Mr. India, released in 1987.
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