Kitaab

Kitaab

Kitaab film poster
Directed by Gulzar
Produced by Gulzar
Pranlal Mehta
Written by Gulzar
Bhushan Banmali
Debabrata Sengupta
Based on Pathik 
by Samaresh Basu
Starring Master Raju
Master Tito
Uttam Kumar
Vidya Sinha
Dina Pathak
Music by R. D. Burman
Gulzar (lyrics)
Cinematography M. Sampat
Release dates
1977
Country India
Language Hindi

Kitaab is a 1977 Hindi film written and directed by Gulzar. The film stars Uttam Kumar, Vidya Sinha, Shreeram Lagoo, Keshto Mukherjee and Asit Sen. The film was based on Bengali story Pathik by Samaresh Basu.[1] Musical score is by R. D. Burman with lyrics by Gulzar.

Plot

Babla (Master Raju) is a kid who lives in a village with his mother (Dina Pathak). His mother sends him to his sister's (Vidya Sinha) place (in a city) so that he can go to a good school. Initially, Babla likes both school as well as his sister's home very much and becomes a good friend with Pappu (Master Tito), his classmate. They roam around in streets, watch street magic shows and wish they could do such tricks, look inquisitively at how sweets are made, make fun of teacher, etc. They enjoy all these things thoroughly. But Babla gets reminded of the harsh reality of life when his sister and brother-in-law start scolding him for his disinterest in studies and complaints from the school regarding his so-called irresponsible behavior (like making fun of teachers, singing in the classroom, etc.). He gets to realize that nobody understands kids, their innocence, their view of life and he will have to grow up to enjoy life fully.

One day Babla decides that he will be better off living with his mother in village. He runs off and get on a train. Since he does not have a ticket, the ticket-master catches him and makes him get off on the next station. In the night he feels cold and looks around for shelter. He finds an old woman sleeping in a blanket and lies down besides her sharing the blanket. In the morning, finding the old woman still sleeping, he picks up a coin from her container and goes off to drink water. While drinking water he sees that lot of people have gathered around the old lady. He goes there and finds out that the lady he had been sleeping with was dead. He gets scared to his core and realizes that life is, in fact, not that simple for those who are poor. He puts back the coin he had taken and runs off to his mother's place. There he finds his mother, sister and brother-in-law worrying about him. They are overjoyed to see Babla back and Babla promises to everyone that he will study sincerely and never create trouble for anyone.

Soundtrack

  1. "Dhanno Ki Aankhon Men Hai Raat Kaa Suramaa" - R D Burman
  2. "Hari Din To Bitaa Shaam Hui Raat Paar Karaa De" - Rajkumari
  3. "Mastarjee Kee Aa Gayee Chitthee" -Shivangi Kolhapure
  4. "Mere Sath Chale Na Saya" - Sapan Chakravarty

Credits

Character Actor
Babla Master Raju
Pappu Master Tito
Babla's brother-in-law Uttam Kumar
Babla's sister Vidya Sinha
Old Beggar Dr Shreeram Lagoo
Babla's mother Dina Pathak
Pandit Shankar Lal Keshto Mukherjee
Crew
Director Gulzar
Producer Pranlal Mehta & Gulzar
Script Gulzar
Music R. D. Burman
Lyrics Gulzar

Trivia

Notes

  1. Gulazar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia Of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 357. ISBN 978-81-7991-066-5.
  2. Chatterjee, Saibal: "Echoes & Eloquences: The Life and Cinema of Gulzar", page 160. Rupa & Co, 2007. ISBN 978-81-291-1235-4
  3. Gulzar: "Qatrah Qatrah: Collection of Gulzar-Pancham Songs", page 15. Gayatri Publications, 2008. ISBN 81-903959-2-0

References

  • Chatterjee, Saibal (2007). Echoes & Eloquences. Rupa & Co. ISBN 978-81-291-1235-4. 
  • Gulzar (2008). Qatrah-Qatrah. Gayatri Publications. ISBN 81-903959-2-0. 

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