Buzdil
About Buzdil
Two brothers fall in love with the same girl. She loves the younger brother. Shaheed Latif directed the Hindi drama. Premnath plays Chander, with Ratan Kumar as the boy Chander. Nimmi and Kishore Sahu star with him.
Cast & crew
More about Buzdil
Cuckoo, Kanhaiyalal, Sunalini Devi, and Shahgul are billed. S. D. Burman wrote the music. Lata Mangeshkar sings “Rote rote guzar gai raat re,” “Jhan jhan jhan paayal baaje,” “Main albeli,” and “Jaane na hai ye duniyan.” Shailendra wrote the lyrics. Kaifi Azmi shares the credit on the first of those songs. A Commons file uses the title Buzdil, 1951. Filmistan is not the company on the credits used here.
Themes
Making
Latif made a family triangle and handed the songs to Burman, with Mangeshkar on the women’s numbers.
Music
S. D. Burman wrote the score. Lata Mangeshkar sings the numbers credited to Shailendra, one of them with Kaifi Azmi.
Preservation
A copy is on Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The title means coward.
- Premnath’s character is Chander. A childhood version is played by Ratan Kumar.
- A viewer on the film’s IMDb page names Kishore Sahu’s character as Suraj and Shahgul’s as Meera.
- The songs are the part of the film those reviews describe in detail.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Buzdil, 1951.webm)