Kalaakaar (transl. Artist) is a 1983 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film directed by P. Sambasiva Rao and produced by P. Anand Rao.[1] The film stars Sridevi and Kunal Goswami.[2] It was released in the same year as Himmatwala, Sridevi's breakthrough film in Bollywood, but unlike the former, Kalaakaar was a box office disappointment. It is a remake of the 1982 Tamil Film Payanangal Mudivathillai.[3]
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Directed by | P. Sambasiva Rao |
Based on | Payanangal Mudivathillai (Tamil) |
Produced by | P. Anand Rao |
Starring | Sridevi Kunal Goswami Rakesh Bedi Shreeram Lagoo |
Music by | Kalyanji–Anandji |
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Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Despite the film's failure, its soundtrack by Kalyanji–Anandji was successful, especially the first track "Neele Neele Ambar Par" sung by Kishore Kumar & Sadhana Sargam. This song (Ilayanila) is originally composed by Ilayaraja and sung by SPB in tamil.[4]
Radha Khanna comes from wealthy family and lives in a palatial house with her widowed father, Rohit. She has a friend Sheela, who also lives in a palatial house, surrounded by some shanty dwellings. One day when Radha goes to Sheela, they witness a young man named Ravikumar singing a song with his guitar. Radha is very impressed with this talented young man, and talks about him with her father. Rohit invites Ravi to sing at the inauguration of a temple, after which Radha invites him to sing live on radio: this is Ravi's first step toward stardom.
Ravi and Radha fall in love with each other and hope to marry soon. Ravi continues to shine with his singing, and is felicitated. At the ceremony, he attributes his success all to himself, much to Radha's disappointment. This is the start of misunderstandings between the young couple, and as a result they stop seeing each other. Unknown to Radha, Ravi has been diagnosed with cancer and does not have long to live, which is why he decided to end things with Radha.
Learns, Ravi learns that Radha is going to marry his doctor, Mohan.
Doctor Mohan, who doesn't yet know about Radha and Ravi's history (but later does), tells Radha about Ravi's illness. Unable to bear that she'll live without Ravi, Radha consumes poison and tells him. Ravi (who is also succumbing to his illness) rushes to Radha's house. After sharing a moment together, Radha followed by Ravi, die beside each other.
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Soundtrack album by Kalyanji-Anandji | ||||
Released | 1983 (1983) | |||
Length | 28:41 | |||
Label | Sony Music India | |||
Producer | Kalyanji-Anandji | |||
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The music of the film was composed by the duo Kalyanji–Anandji.[5] and the lyrics penned by Indeevar. The track "Neele Neele Ambar Par" is a reuse of the original song "Ilaya Nila" from the Tamil-language film Payanangal Mudivathillai (1982), which was composed by Ilaiyaraaja.[6][7]