Faraar
About Faraar
Just before Partition, Gora leads revolutionaries who mean to bomb British sites. Bipin betrays them. Gora shoots him in court and flees by sea to Goa with Ajay and Bipin's wife Anjali. Wounded, Gora is treated by Dr. Pillay, a former revolutionary. Nurse Meenakshi, played by the same actress as Anjali, pretends to be his wife. He falls in love with singer Kitty, who helps him set up a bomb works. Bipin arrives with a police officer, blows up the ammunition ship, and kills Anjali. Kitty misleads the police, and she and Gora get away to Bombay.
Cast & crew
More about Faraar
Phani Majumdar directed and supplied the story. Krishan Chander wrote the screenplay. Tara Anand and Pradeep Maitra produced it for Unique Pictures, which also distributed it. Anil Biswas wrote the music. Lyrics are by Prem Dhawan and Ali Sardar Jafri. V. Ratra photographed it in black and white. Kamal Sen edited. Sachin Shankar and Zohra Sehgal choreographed. It opened on June 3, 1955. A reissue carried the subtitle Dev Anand in Goa. The Hindu says Dev Anand and Geeta Bali spent time in a small local hospital during the shoot, and that Anand nearly broke his ribs.
Themes
Background
The story is set in British India just before Partition. The revolutionaries run to Goa, then still a Portuguese colony.
Look
V. Ratra shot the black-and-white picture, including the sea crossing to Goa and the hospital.
Music
Anil Biswas composed the score. Prem Dhawan and Ali Sardar Jafri wrote the lyrics. Geeta Dutt, Lata Mangeshkar, Hemanta Mukherjee, and Biswas himself are among the singers.
Notes
- Dev Anand is Gora. Geeta Bali is Kitty. Manmohan Krishna is Dr. Pillay. Shrawan Kumar is Ajay. Krishan Dhawan is the police officer. Poonam plays both Anjali and the nurse Meenakshi. Mehmood has a guest part.
- The Hindu names Bipin as Anand Pal. A Wikipedia cast line credits Gautam Mukherjee in that part.
- Johnny Walker and K. N. Singh are billed on the Wikipedia starring list.
- Songs include "Jee Bharke Pyar Karlo," "Dil Chura Loon," and "Ek Raat Ki Yeh Preet," sung by Geeta Dutt, and "Pyar Ki Dastaan," sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Hemanta Mukherjee. Anil Biswas sings "Aaya Aaya Bambai Wala.
- The Wikimedia file runs 1 hour 54 minutes 44 seconds.
Scenes
- Gora shoots the informer Bipin in court and the group takes a boat to Goa.
- Bipin destroys the ammunition ship and Anjali is killed.
- Kitty misdirects the police so she and Gora can reach Bombay.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Faraar (1955).webm)