Chaudhvin Ka Chand


Chaudhvin Ka Chand is a 1960 Hindi-language feature film directed by Mohammed Sadiq. This film was a box-office hit, one of the top-grossing films of 1960. production of Guru Dutt, the film centers on a love triangle between Guru Dutt, Rehman and Waheeda Rehman, and features music by Ravi. Farida Jalal makes a guest appearance in the film, her debut. After the disastrous box office performance of Kaagaz Ke Phool, this was a highly commercially successful comeback film for Guru Dutt, which saved Guru Dutt's production studio from ruins.

Plot

The setting is the city of Lucknow in northern India, where Islamic culture flourished. Two of the three best friends who live in this city have fallen in love with the same woman named Jameela. Aslam and Nawab are the two friends caught in this love triangle with Jameela. An integral part of any Guru Dutt film, comic relief was provided by Johnny Walker, who plays Mirza Masaraddik Shaida.

Cast

Guru Dutt's music composer of earlier films S. D. Burman had warned him not to make Kaagaz Ke Phool, which resembled his own life. When Guru Dutt insisted on making the film, S.D. Burman said that would be his last film with Guru Dutt. Hence, the music composing of this film was offered to composer Ravi and was critically acclaimed, and the lyrics by his all-time favourite Shakeel Badayuni. It was a creative choice of Guru Dutt's to have the title track in color while the rest of the film was in black and white.
SongsSingers
"Chaudhvin Ka Chand Ho"Mohammed Rafi
"Mili Khaak Mein Mohabbat"Mohammed Rafi
"Mera Yaar Bana Hai Dulha"Mohammed Rafi
"Yeh Duniya Gol Hai"Mohammed Rafi
"Yeh Lakhnau Ki Sar-Zameen"Mohammed Rafi
"Baalam Se Milan Hoga"Geeta Dutt
"Badle Badle Mere Sarkaar Nazar Aate Hai"Lata Mangeshkar
"Sharmaake Yeh Kyun Sab Pardanasheen"Asha Bhosle, Shamshad Begum
"Bedardi Mere Saiyaan"Asha Bhosle
"Dil Ki Kahaani Rang Laayi Hai"Asha Bhosle

Awards

The film was also entered into the 2nd Moscow International Film Festival.