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Saudagar
Saudagar
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sudhendu Roy
Written by	Sudhendu Roy (screenplay); P.L. Santoshi (dialogues)
Story by	Ras; by Narendranath Mitra
Produced by	Tarachand Barjatya
Starring	Nutan; Amitabh Bachchan; Padma Khanna
Cinematography	Dilip Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
Edited by	Mukhtar Ahmed
Music by	Ravindra Jain
Production; company	Rajshri Productions
Release date	14 September 1973;
Running time	131 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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Saudagar is a 1973 Bollywood drama film, directed by Sudhendu Roy and based on the Bengali story, Ras, by Narendranath Mitra.^[1]^[2] It stars Nutan as Mahzubeen and Amitabh Bachchan as Moti, in the leading roles. It also featured Trilok Kapoor and Padma Khanna as Phoolbanu. Murad, Leela Mishra as (Badi Bhi), Dev Kishan, Jugnu and V. Gopal are also featured in the film. Though the film didn't do well commercially,^[1] it was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Academy Awards, but didn't receive a nomination.^[3]^[4]

Plot

Moti is a "gur" (unrefined concentrated date palm juice) trader who trades in the seasonal gur made of "Khajur" (date-palm). During the offseason, he meets a girl, Phoolbanu, and falls in love with her. Moti approaches Phoolbanu's father, who asks for mehar (bride price), which he does not have.

Majubee, a widow who is Moti's business associate, prepares the gur for him to sell. Her gur (and consequently Moti's) is very famous and people always prefer to buy from Moti. Moti decides to marry Majubee so that he does not have to pay her, and hence can save more and sooner. Majubee, unaware of Moti's ulterior motive, is first surprised by the proposal, but later accepts it. At the end of the season, Moti saves enough for the meher and divorces Majubee.

This incident shocks Majubee and people of the community. Moti meets Phoolbanu's father and asks again for his daughter's hand. Satisfied with the meher, he marries off his daughter (Phoolbanu) to Moti. All is fine till the Gur season arrives. Phoolbanu is terrible at making Gur, and Moti's customers stop buying from his shop. Meanwhile, a fish trader (Majhi) asks Majubee to marry him. He is honest with her, explaining that he has small children and wants Majubee to look after them. He always treats her with courtesy.

It is almost the end of the gur season, and Moti does not make a good profit that year. One day Phoolbanu making the gur leaves in between to take bath when Moti arrives and sees the gur has been burnt. He badly beats Phoolbanu with a stick. Now he is finally left with no other option than to request Majubee to make a few vats of Gur for him to sell. He takes two cans of date-nectar and approaches Majubee at her husband's house to request her to make him some Gur to sell. He is followed by Phoolbanu. At first, Majubee is very angry upon seeing Moti, but she understands that he is in a pitiful condition and is indirectly begging for her forgiveness. She also sees Phoolbanu listening to everything from behind a fence. As the eyes of the two ladies meet, they start weeping and hug each other affectionately.

Cast

Nutan as Majubee "Maju", Moti's former wife.
Amitabh Bachchan as Motallib a.k.a Moti
Trilok Kapoor as Nadeer
Padma Khanna as Phoolbanu "Phool jaan"
Murad as Sheikh
Leela Mishra as Badi Bhi
Dev Kishan as Waheed Bhaijan, Razak's elder brother
Jugnu as Usman
V. Gopal as Gafoor
C.S. Dubey as Banerjee
Yunus Bihari as buyer
H.L. Pardesi as Sikandar
Paro as Khaala
Habiba Rehman as village girl
Narbada Shankar as Mallik babu
Shriram Shastri as Sadan babu
Suraiya as villager

Music

The music for the film was composed by the versatile composer Late Ravindra Jain. Lyrics were also by Ravindra Jain. He composed several memorable songs for the movie, notably:

"Sajana Hain Mujhe Sajna Ke Liye" - Asha Bhosle
"Kyon Laayo Sainya Paan" - Asha Bhosle
"Husn Hain Ya Koi Qayamat Hain" - Mohammed Rafi, Aarti Mukherji
"Har Haseen Cheez Ka" - Kishore Kumar
"Door Hain Kinara" - Manna Dey
"Tera Mera Saath Rahe" - Lata Mangeshkar
"Main hoon Phool Banu" - Lata Mangeshkar

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Saudagar (1973)". The Hindu. 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
^ Gulzar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 337. ISBN 81-7991-066-0. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
^ Sharma, Unnati (20 February 2022). "Amitabh Bachchan and Nutan's Saudagar showed how women's labour is taken for granted". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

External links

Saudagar at IMDb

[hindu13-1] "Saudagar (1973)". The Hindu. 10 January 2013. Archived from the original on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2013.

[2] Gulzar; Govind Nihalani; Saibal Chatterjee (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema. Popular Prakashan. p. 337. ISBN 81-7991-066-0. Archived from the original on 30 August 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2021.

[3] Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

[4] Sharma, Unnati (20 February 2022). "Amitabh Bachchan and Nutan's Saudagar showed how women's labour is taken for granted". ThePrint. Archived from the original on 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.

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-'''''Saudagar''''' is a 1973 [[Bollywood]] [[drama film]], directed by [[Sudhendu Roy]] and based on the Bengali story, ''Ras'', by [[Narendranath Mitra]].<ref name="hindu13">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/saudagar-1973/article4294643.ece|title=Saudagar (1973)|date=10 January 2013|access-date=17 March 2013|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema|author=Gulzar |author-link=Gulzar |author2=Govind Nihalani |author3=Saibal Chatterjee |publisher=Popular Prakashan|year=2003|isbn=81-7991-066-0 |page=337 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Sahib+Bibi+Aur+Golam+Bimal+Mitra+%28novel%29&pg=PT361 }}</ref> It stars [[Nutan Behl|Nutan]] as Mahzubeen and [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Moti, in the leading roles. It also featured [[Trilok Kapoor]] and [[Padma Khanna]] as Phoolbanu. Murad, [[Leela Mishra]] as (Badi Bhi), Dev Kishan, Jugnu and V. Gopal are also featured in the film. Though the film didn't do well commercially,<ref name="hindu13" /> it was selected as the Indian entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[46th Academy Awards]], but didn't receive a nomination.<ref>Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.</ref>
+'''''Saudagar''''' is a 1973 [[Bollywood]] [[drama film]], directed by [[Sudhendu Roy]] and based on the Bengali story, ''Ras'', by [[Narendranath Mitra]].<ref name="hindu13">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/saudagar-1973/article4294643.ece|title=Saudagar (1973)|date=10 January 2013|access-date=17 March 2013|newspaper=The Hindu|archive-date=24 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224230431/https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/saudagar-1973/article4294643.ece|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema |author=Gulzar |author-link=Gulzar |author2=Govind Nihalani |author3=Saibal Chatterjee |publisher=Popular Prakashan |year=2003 |isbn=81-7991-066-0 |page=337 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Sahib+Bibi+Aur+Golam+Bimal+Mitra+%28novel%29&pg=PT361 |access-date=26 March 2021 |archive-date=30 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830112602/https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=Sahib+Bibi+Aur+Golam+Bimal+Mitra+%28novel%29&pg=PT361 |url-status=live }}</ref> It stars [[Nutan Behl|Nutan]] as Mahzubeen and [[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Moti, in the leading roles. It also featured [[Trilok Kapoor]] and [[Padma Khanna]] as Phoolbanu. Murad, [[Leela Mishra]] as (Badi Bhi), Dev Kishan, Jugnu and V. Gopal are also featured in the film. Though the film didn't do well commercially,<ref name="hindu13" /> it was selected as the Indian entry for the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[46th Academy Awards]], but didn't receive a nomination.<ref>Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sharma |first=Unnati |date=20 February 2022 |title=Amitabh Bachchan and Nutan’s Saudagar showed how women’s labour is taken for granted |url=https://theprint.in/feature/reel-take/amitabh-bachchan-and-nutans-saudagar-showed-how-womens-labour-is-taken-for-granted/838478/ |work=[[ThePrint]] |access-date=7 August 2024 |archive-date=7 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807193907/https://theprint.in/feature/reel-take/amitabh-bachchan-and-nutans-saudagar-showed-how-womens-labour-is-taken-for-granted/838478/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
 ==Plot==
-Moti (Amitabh Bachchan) is a "[[Jaggery|gur]]" (unrefined concentrated cane sugar) trader who trades in the seasonal gur made of "[[Khajur]]" (date-nectar). During the offseason, he meets a girl, Phoolbanu, and falls in love with her. Moti approaches Phoolbanu's father, who asks for [[Mahr|mehar]] ([[bride price]]), which he does not have.
+Moti is a "[[Jaggery|gur]]" (unrefined concentrated date palm juice) trader who trades in the seasonal gur made of "[[Khajur]]" (date-palm). During the offseason, he meets a girl, Phoolbanu, and falls in love with her. Moti approaches Phoolbanu's father, who asks for [[Mahr|mehar]] ([[bride price]]), which he does not have.
-Majubee (Nutan), a widow who is Moti's business associate, prepares the gur for him to sell. Her gur (and consequently Moti's) is very famous and people always prefer to buy from Moti. Moti decides to marry Majubee so that he does not have to pay her, and hence can save more and sooner. Majubee, unaware of Moti's ulterior motive, is first surprised by the proposal, but later accepts it. At the end of the season, Moti saves enough for the meher and divorces Majubee.
+Majubee, a widow who is Moti's business associate, prepares the gur for him to sell. Her gur (and consequently Moti's) is very famous and people always prefer to buy from Moti. Moti decides to marry Majubee so that he does not have to pay her, and hence can save more and sooner. Majubee, unaware of Moti's ulterior motive, is first surprised by the proposal, but later accepts it. At the end of the season, Moti saves enough for the meher and divorces Majubee.
-This incident shocks Majubee and people of the community. Moti meets Phoolbanu's father and asks again for his daughter's hand. Satisfied with the meher, he marries off his daughter (Phoolbanu) to Moti. All is fine till the Gur season arrives. Phoolbanu is terrible at making Gur, and Moti's customers stop buying from his shop. Meanwhile, a fish trader (Majhi) asks Majubee to marry him. He is honest with her to say that he has small children and wants Majubee to look after them. He always treats her with courtesy.
+This incident shocks Majubee and people of the community. Moti meets Phoolbanu's father and asks again for his daughter's hand. Satisfied with the meher, he marries off his daughter (Phoolbanu) to Moti. All is fine till the Gur season arrives. Phoolbanu is terrible at making Gur, and Moti's customers stop buying from his shop. Meanwhile, a fish trader (Majhi) asks Majubee to marry him. He is honest with her, explaining that he has small children and wants Majubee to look after them. He always treats her with courtesy.
-It is almost the end of the gur season, and Moti does not make a good profit that year. One day Phoolbanu making the gur left in between to take bath when Moti arrives and sees the gur has been burnt. He badly beats Phoolbanu with a stick. Now he is finally left with no other option than to request Majubee to make a few vats of Gur for him to sell. He takes two cans of date-nectar and approaches Majubee at her husband's house to request her to make him some Gur to sell. He is followed by Phoolbanu. At first, Majubee is very angry on seeing Moti but understands that he is in a pitiful condition and is indirectly begging her forgiveness. She also sees Phoolbanu listening to everything from behind a fence. As the eyes of the two ladies meet, they start weeping and hug each other affectionately. The movie ends with this scene.<ref>[http://www.filmigeek.net/2007/04/saudagar_1973.html Saudagar(a great businessman)(a Synopsis, Review]</ref>
+It is almost the end of the gur season, and Moti does not make a good profit that year. One day Phoolbanu making the gur leaves in between to take bath when Moti arrives and sees the gur has been burnt. He badly beats Phoolbanu with a stick. Now he is finally left with no other option than to request Majubee to make a few vats of Gur for him to sell. He takes two cans of date-nectar and approaches Majubee at her husband's house to request her to make him some Gur to sell. He is followed by Phoolbanu. At first, Majubee is very angry upon seeing Moti, but she understands that he is in a pitiful condition and is indirectly begging for her forgiveness. She also sees Phoolbanu listening to everything from behind a fence. As the eyes of the two ladies meet, they start weeping and hug each other affectionately.
 ==Cast==
 *[[Nutan Behl|Nutan]] as Majubee "Maju", Moti's former wife.
-*[[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Motallib a. k.a Moti
+*[[Amitabh Bachchan]] as Motallib a.k.a Moti
 *[[Trilok Kapoor]] as Nadeer
 *[[Padma Khanna]] as Phoolbanu "Phool jaan"
@@ Line 53: / Line 53: @@
 ==Music==
-The music for the film was composed by the versatile composer Late [[Ravindra Jain]]. He composed several memorable songs for the movie, notably:
+The music for the film was composed by the versatile composer Late [[Ravindra Jain]]. Lyrics were also by Ravindra Jain. He composed several memorable songs for the movie, notably:
 #"Sajana Hain Mujhe Sajna Ke Liye" - [[Asha Bhosle]]
 #"Kyon Laayo Sainya Paan" - Asha Bhosle
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 [[Category:Indian drama films]]
 [[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
+[[Category:1970s Indian films]]
 [[Category:Films scored by Ravindra Jain]]
 [[Category:Films based on short fiction]]

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