1942 : A Love Story Movie is a 1994 Bollywood Hindi-language patriotic action and romance Drama film Director/Producer is Vidhu Vinod Chopra while while writer is Sanjay Leela Bhansali,Kamna Chandra,Vidhu Vinod Chopra.
1942 : A Love Story Movie leading stars are Anil Kapoor, Manisha Koirala, Jackie Shroff, Anupam Kher, Danny Denzongpa and Pran. The first Indian film to use Dolby Stereo, it was highly acclaimed for its music, songs, picturization, cinematography, lyrics and the portrayal of leading lady Manisha Koirala, a turning point for her career.
The film received thirteen nominations at the 40th Filmfare Awards, winning nine. The core plot of the movie was reported to be inspired by the 1992 Kannada movie Mysore Mallige based on the 1942 work of same title by K. S. Narasimhaswamy.
- Directer : Vidhu Vinod Chopra
- Producer : Vidhu Vinod Chopra
- Writer : Sanjay Leela Bhansali,Kamna Chandra,Vidhu Vinod Chopra
- Starring: Anil Kapoor,Jackie Shroff,Manisha Koirala,Anupam Kher
- Music: R. D. Burman
- Score: Manohari Singh,Babloo Chakravorty
- Cinematography: Binod Pradhan
- Editor: Renu Saluja
- Distributor : SLB Films
- Art Direction : Nitin Chandrakant Desai
- Costume Design : Shaahid Amir, Bhanu Athaiya
- Production Management : Pramod Singh
- Visual Effects : Sanjay Naik, Sujata Narula
- Action Director : Ravi Dewan,Suresh Rao,Ilyas Sheikh
- Genres : Romance, Action,Drama, Musical
- Release date : 15 April 1994
- Running time : 157 minutes
- Country : India
- Language : Hindi
- Box office : 896.4 million rs.
1942 : A Love Story Film Story :
The film is set in 1942, when the British Raj was declining. It was a time when many Indians were either working for the British or rallying in underground meetings and protests against them. In this atmosphere, Naren Singh (Anil Kapoor) falls in love with Rajeshwari “Rajjo” Pathak (Manisha Koirala). Their romance is shown developing in spite of the political and social unrest at the time.
Naren’s father, Diwan Hari Singh (Manohar Singh), is a loyal British employee, while Rajjo’s father Raghuvir Pathak (Anupam Kher) is a revolutionary fighting against British rule. When Naren asks Raghuvir for Rajjo’s hand in marriage, Raghuvir becomes livid. Naren declares that he is willing to sacrifice everything for Rajjo, and convinces Raghuvir of his love for her. Pathak relents and tells Naren to talk to his father. When Naren does so, Hari Singh is angry that his son has chosen Rajjo, the daughter of a revolutionary, but pretends that he will do anything for Naren’s happiness.Hari Singh tricks Naren into revealing Pathak’s secret location, and leaks the information to the British authorities. Soon, police barge into Pathak’s hideaway and try to kill him, only to find him waiting to light a bomb. He kills them all, dying with them.
Rajjo, who was out at that time, realizes what has happened and runs away. She is taken into refuge by Shubhankar (Jackie Shroff), a compatriot of Pathak who has learned of his death. Under Shubhankar’s tutelage, Rajjo follows her father’s revolutionary path. Meanwhile, Naren is angry with his father for being used as a pawn in the ambush and killing of Pathak and driving Rajjo away. Promising to make up with Rajjo and help her cause, he pledges to become a protester or a revolutionary, opposing his own father.Naren severs all ties with his father and stands up against British rule, in particular General Douglas, in front of the city. He is convicted and sentenced to hang for attempted murder. Moved by Naren’s actions, Rajjo tells Shubhankar about him.
Shubhankar saves Naren from being hanged and the two finish off Hari Singh and many of the British loyalists. They are helped by Major Bisht (Danny Dengzongpa), who has a change of heart after having witnessed the killing of his daughter Chanda, a revolutionary, by the gunshots of British loyalists upon General Douglas’ orders. With the loyalists dead, Shubhankar hangs General Douglas by the same noose that was intended for Naren. Shubhankar, Rajjo and Naren, together with Major Bisht and the citizens are shown at the end of the movie saluting the Indian flag, being hoisted by Shubhankar.
Star Cast Of The Film:
- Anil Kapoor as——– Naren Singh
- Jackie Shroff as——– Shubhankar
- Manisha Koirala as—— Rajeshwari “Rajjo” Pathak, Naren’s love interest
- Anupam Kher as—- Raghuvir Pathak, Rajeshwari’s father
- Danny Denzongpa as——– Major Bisht
- Pran as ——–Abid Ali Baig
- Chandni as—— Chanda
- Ashish Vidyarthi as——– Ashutosh
- Raghuvir Yadav as——- Munna
- Sushma Seth as——— Gayatridevi Singh
- Manohar Singh as——- Diwan Hari Singh
- Brian Glover as——- General Douglas
1942 : A Love Story Songs / Music :
- “Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To” …….. Kumar Sanu
- “Kuchh Na Kaho” (Sad)………. Lata Mangeshkar
- “Kuchh Na Kaho” (Chorus)
- “Kuchh Na Kaho” (Happy) ……. Kumar Sanu
- “Pyar Hua Chupke Se” …………. Kavita Krishnamurthy
- “Rim Jhim Rim Jhim” ……….. Kumar Sanu, Kavita Krishnamurthy
- “Rooth Na Jaana”……….. Kumar Sanu
- “Yeh Safar” ……………. Shibaji Chatterjee
“Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To” Song:
- Singer : Kumar Sanu,R.D. Burman
- Lyricist : Javed Akhtar, Pancham
- Banner : saregama
“Kuchh Na Kaho” full video song :
- Singer : Kumar Sanu,R.D. Burman
- Lyricist : Pancham, Javed Akhtar
- Licensed to YouTube : Saregama
1942 : A Love Story Movie Awards :
- Best Supporting Actor ——- Jackie Shroff
- Best Music Director ——– Rahul Dev Burman
- Best Lyricist ——– Javed Akhtar for “Ek Ladki Ko Dekha”
- Best Male Playback Singer ——- Kumar Sanu for “Ek Ladki Ko Dekha”
- Best Female Playback Singer—— Kavita Krishnamurthy for “Pyaar Hua Chupke Se”
- Best Art Direction ——- Nitin Desai
- Best Cinematographer ——– Binod Pradhan
- Best Editing —— Renu Saluja
- Best Sound Design ——- Jitendra Chaudhary, Namita Nayak
Nominations :
- Shanghai International Film Festival ——- Golden Goblet Award for Best Feature Film
- Filmfare Award for Best Film ——- Vidhu Vinod Chopra
- Filmfare Award for Best Director ——– Vidhu Vinod Chopra
- Filmfare Award for Best Actor ——- Anil Kapoor
- Filmfare Award for Best Actress ——- Manisha Koirala
Review of the film :
This film review are highly critical acclaim movie specially songs are live forever. Radiotimes Critics David Parkinson give 3 star out of 5 star and Appreciate the director by saying that this is his best movie and Director Vidhu Vinod Chopra combines the human love with the historical elements of the story and draws best performances from a all cast that also includes Brian Glover.
IMDB Public reviewing site give 7.2 star out of 10 star with reviewers are 3072.
Box office Collection :
- First Day-Friday……….0.42 crores
- 2nd Day-Saturday…….0.35 crores
- 3rd Day- Sunday………0.43 crores
- First Weekend…………1.21 crores
- Monday……………………0.34 crores
- Tuesday…………………..0.30 crores
- First Week………………..2.32 crores
- Second Week…………..1.40 crores
- Third Week………………….0.97 crores
- Lifetime India (net)…………7 crores
- Worldwide Gross…………..12 crores
- Budget…………………………..5 crores
- Box office Verdict :……. : Hit film
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