Title 1 : Naya Daur
- Starring Dilip Kumar,Ajit,Jeevan,Johny Walker,Manmohan,Babu,
Vaijayanti Mala
- Director B.R.Chopra
- Music Director O.P.Nayyar
- Producer B.R.Films
- Print Type Black & White
Synopsis
Naya Daur is the story of two friends. Shankar the tongawala, Krishna the wood-cutter
and the happy peaceful village of Karanpur in which they lived......
Naya Daur is the story of two friends. Shankar the tongawala, Krishna the wood-cutter
and the happy peaceful village of Karanpur in which they lived. Karanpur, far
away in the valley of the hills crowned by timber forests, first stop to the
sacred temple of Shiva, twelve miles away, to which came pilgrims every day
and journeyed forth in the tongas. A village peopled by robust. Rugged, simple
men and women who despite the lack of an agricultural economy remained happy
because of the money earned by the tonga-walas and the wood-cutters working
for Seth Maganlal, the kind hearted Timber factory owner who believed his properity
was entirely due to the people who worked for him and that he owed it to them
to see they remained happy. Into this village came Kundan, the Seth’s
city-bred, money greedy son and Rajni, a beautiful young lady. Kundan in his
greed for quick profits mechanises the saw mill and brings misery to the once
happy village of Karanpur. Rajni with her beauty and her preference for Shankar
generates bitterness between the two friends who both loved her. The friends
who were ignorant of each other’s feelings for Rajni realise this only
when Shanker goes to Krishna to propose the marriage of his sister Manju, who
secretly loved Krishna; as a way out of the dilemma they decide to leave the
decision as to who should marry Rajni to the deity on the hill. A pact is made
but Manju who overhears the conversations between the friends, and because she
wanted Krishna for herself–puts a spoke in the possibility of the decision
being in favour of Krishna–an incident which infuriates him and leads
to a bitter enmity between the two inseparable friends. Burning with an impotent
rage, Krishna aligns himself with Kundan in his plan to make some quick money
and a bus is introduced–resulting in throwing the tonga-walas out of employment.
Charged with trying to destroy the villagers by his evil schemes, Kundan takes
shelter under the guise of trying to march with the rest of the world that is
fast progressing and offers to withdraw his Bus if the tonga-walas can take
their tongas faster than the bus to the temple. Shankar realising the futility
of begging for consideration and kindness from Kundan accepts the challenge.
From this bet arises the spirit of Community Effort which Shankar infuses in
his fellow-villagers and they en-masse proceed to construct a road that by a
short cut would enable Shankar and his tonga to each-tbe. Temple as fast as
the bus. From these two incidents arise the emotional and economic conflicts
that provide the dramatic thrills, emotional upheavals and the story’s
moral that it is wrong to misuse the immense potentialities of the machine to
create prosperity, by making, it create money for the sake of a few rich and
generate unhappiness and misery for thousands.
Title 2 : Sambandh
- Starring Pradeep Kumar,Deb Mukherjee, Anita Dutt,Anjana
- Director Ajoy Biswas
- Music Director O.P.Nayyar
- Producer Subodh Mukerji
- Print Type Color
Synopsis
It was just after India had won independence and the air was thick with patriotic
fervors. Umakant (Pradeep Kumar), a progressive landlord (Jagirdar), wanting
to wipe out the miseries visited upon the poor people by his ancestors, gave
away all his lands, and set out to search for work. His wife Sumati (Anita Guha)
and son Manav (Deb Mukherjee), waited for years to hear about Umakant. Desperate,
they went in search for him. Sumati left Manav, with a kind childless couple
who treated his as their own son. But Manav yearned for his father and mother.
Even as he grew up, he could never forget them. His obsession, lead him to leave
everyone, whom he had grown up with, even the woman he loved Sandhya (Anjana),
and come out on the streets in search of his parents.
Playback:
This film features two evergreen hit songs: “Chal akela, chal akela, tera
mela peechhe chhoota rahi, chal akela” - by Mukesh and “Andhere
mein jo baithe hain” - by Mahendra Kapoor.
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