Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
About Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
Dance master Mangal Maharaj wants his son Girdhar to win the once-in-a-decade Nateshwar Utsav and be named Bharat Natraj. Girdhar must dance the Shiv-Parvati tandav with a partner, and Mangal is unhappy with Roopkala. He takes on Neeladevi, trains her hard, then dismisses her when she and Girdhar fall in love and their dancing suffers. With a year left before the festival, he goes looking for someone else.
Cast & crew
More about Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje
The catalog credits director Shantaram Rajaram Vankudre. English Wikipedia and Wikidata name him V. Shantaram, who also produced and who stars his wife Sandhya with dancer Gopi Krishna, and Vasant Desai composed the music. Wikidata lists 143 minutes.
Themes
Technique
Wikipedia describes it as one of the earlier Indian features photographed in Technicolor.
Music
Vasant Desai composed the music for this dance picture.
Notes
- Keshavrao Date, Madan Puri, Manorama, and Bhagwan Dada are on the catalog cast.
- Wikipedia calls it one of the earlier Technicolor features made in India.
- Box office India labeled it a Super Hit.
- The Hindi title is glossed on Wikipedia as the anklets going jhanak jhanak.
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Film
- National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi
- All India Certificate of Merit for Best Feature Film
Scenes
- Mangal dismisses Neeladevi after he learns she and Girdhar are in love.
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje 1955.webm)
