Nartaki (film)

Nartakee
Directed by	Nitin Bose
Produced by	Mukund Trivedi
Written by	Dhruv Chatterji
Starring	Nanda; Sunil Dutt; Om Prakash; Agha
Music by	Ravi
Cinematography	Nana Ponkshe
Edited by	Bimal Roy
Production; company	Film Bharati
Release date	1963; ; ; ; ;
Running time	128 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Nartakee (Dancer) is a 1963 Indian social film directed by Nitin Bose.^[1] The story and screenplay were by Dhruv Chatterji, with dialogues by S. K. Prabhakar. Produced by Mukund Trivedi for Film Bharti, its director of photography was Nana Ponkshe. Director Bimal Roy did the editing for the film. Choreography was by Sohanlal, assisted by choreographer Saroj. The music director was Ravi and the lyricist was Shakeel Badayuni. The film starred Sunil Dutt and Nanda in key roles with Om Prakash, Agha, Zeb Rehman, Pritibala and Aruna Irani.^[2]

According to Nanda, as stated in an interview to journalist Ranjan Das Gupta, "It was Nitin Bose who extracted the best from me as an actress in Nartaki. He followed Satyajit Ray's style of realistic film making and advised me to use the least amount of makeup".^[3]

The story was about a dancing girl (Nanda) brought up in the Tawaif (courtesan) milieu, who wants to better herself with an education. She is helped amidst great societal clash, by a newly arrived Professor (Sunil Dutt).

Cast[edit]

Nanda as Lakshmi
Sunil Dutt as Professor Nirmal Kumar
Om Prakash as Seth Jamnadas
Agha as Azaad
Zeb Rehman
Pritibala as Ratna
Aruna Irani
Nana Palsikar as Professor Varma
Chandrima Bhaduri as Lakshmi's Aunt, Rampiary
Moni Chatterjee as the Principal
Polson

Soundtrack[edit]

The music was composed by Ravi, with Shakeel Badayuni's lyrics. One of the popular song from this film was "Zindagi Ke Safar Mein Akaylay Thay Hum" sung by Mohammed Rafi.^[4] A critically acclaimed song was "Zindagi Ki Uljhanon Ko Bhool Kar" sung by Asha Bhosle.^[5] The other popular song was "Aaj Duniya Badi Suhani Hai" sung by Asha Bhosle. The playback singers were Asha Bhosle, Mahendra Kapoor, Mohammed Rafi, Usha Khanna and Usha Mangeshkar.^[6]

Songlist[edit]

#	Title	Singer
1	"Zindagi Ke Safar Men Akele Thay Ham"	Mohammed Rafi
2	"Hum Tumse Mohabbat Kar Baithe"	Mahendra Kapoor
3	"Zindagi Ki Uljhanon Ko Bhool Kar"	Asha Bhosle
4	"Aaj Duniya Badi Suhani Hai"	Asha Bhosle
5	"Insaan Mohabbat Mein"	Asha Bhosle
6	"Agar Koi Humko Sahara Na Dega"	Usha Mangeshkar
7	"Tumne Ankho Se Pee Ho To"	Asha Bhosle
8	"Pucho Koi Sawal Bacho Pucho Koi Sawal"	Usha Khanna, Usha Mangeshkar, Kamal Barot, Mohammed Rafi