Rajnigandha (1974)
September 13, 1974Release Date
Plot.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Vidya Sinha
Deepa Kapoor
Amol Palekar
Sanjay
Dinesh Thakur
Navin
Veena Godh
Deepa's sister-in-law
Ranjita Thakur
Ira
Basu Chatterjee
Director
Manu Bhandari
Writer
Suresh Jindal
Producer
Salil Choudhury
Composer
K.K. Mahajan
Cinematographer
G.G. Mayekar
Editor
Yogesh
Lyricist
Lata Mangeshkar
Playback Singer
Mukesh
Playback Singer
Sajid Peerbhoy
Executive Producer
Naresh Suri
Master Chikkoo
Manju Maini
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 13, 1974
Original Nameरजनीगन्धा
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 50m
Genres
Wiki.
Rajnigandha (transl. Tuberose) is a 1974 Hindi film directed by Basu Chatterjee. It is based on the short story "Yahi Sach Hai" by noted Hindi writer Mannu Bhandari. The movie starred Amol Palekar, Vidya Sinha and Dinesh Thakur in the lead.
Rajnigandha went on to win the Best Picture, the Popular Award and the Critics Award at the Filmfare Awards in 1975. It was considered to have a realistic outlook of urban middle class on cinema in 1974, an era when potboilers were ruling Bollywood, a genre which was later called the Middle Cinema. The film was the first screen role of Vidya Sinha and first Hindi film of Amol Palekar, both of whom went on to work with Basu Chatterjee in many films. Rajnigandha was remade into Bengali in 2012 as Hothat Shedin.