Souten
Souten (transl. Co-Wife [or] Husband's other wife) is a 1983 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Saawan Kumar Tak, starring Rajesh Khanna, Tina Munim, Padmini Kolhapure, Prem Chopra and Pran. It was written by Kamleshwar, with music by Usha Khanna. The song "Shayad Meri Shaadi" sung by Kishore Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar became especially memorable. Khanna's chemistry with Munim also proved popular. The film was remade in Kannada as Krishna Nee Begane Baro and in Telugu as Tene Manasulu.[1] Souten was a silver jubilee hit on its release.
| Souten | |
|---|---|
Poster | |
| Directed by | Saawan Kumar Tak |
| Produced by | Saawan Kumar Tak |
| Starring | Rajesh Khanna Tina Munim Padmini Kolhapure |
| Edited by | David Dhawan |
| Music by | Usha Khanna |
Release date | 3 June 1983 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Plot
Movie Starts with Shyam (Rajesh Khanna) standing in court reciting his story. Shyam is an ambitious man who meets Rukmini (Tina Munim), the daughter of a millionaire, and falls in love with her, they get married with support of Ruku's father (Pran) but her step-mother Renu and uncle, Sampatlal (step-mother's brother) try to instigate her to not marry Shyam by telling him that he doesn't loves Ruku he loves Pran's money. Despite this, she got married. After marriage, Shyam's Passion toward work let Renu and Sampatlal involve in their Relationship. Renu instigate her to do operation to prevent pregnancy for 5 years by telling her pregnancy can ruin her figure, Shyam unknowingly didn't take any precautions which results in Ruku not able to conceive forever. Consequently, their relationship sours. Radha (Padmini Kolhapuri), daughter of Shyam's employee, Gopal, brings a ray of hope into Shyam's life. Sampatlal convinces Ruku that Shyam has secret affair with Radha. Ruku invite Radha and Mr. Gopal and insult her of having affair with her husband. Mr. Pran dies giving all his property to Rukmini and Shyam Leaving nothing for Renu and Sampatlal. Shyam and Ruku get separated without divorce. Sampatlal ask Radha to marry someone else to unite Ruku and Shyam to which Radha answers positively. Soon she bear child of her husband and her husband suspects her of bearing Shyam's child. Soon it's reveal that Radha's husband has had another wife and three children. After knowing this Gopal kill Radha's husband and do suicide leaving a letter for Radha informing her that she is widow. Shyam meets her and take care of her and her daughter. Here the story, Shyam was reciting, end. Sampatlal threatened to prison Shyam by tomorrow's hearing. Ruku gives Shyam a photo (edited by Sampatlal) in which Shyam and Radha are married. Shyam finds an evidence against Renu and Sampatlal's conspiracy. Radha goes to convince Rukmini that she is not married to Shyam, She is worshipping Shyam, & He is God to him by singing a song. And drink poison while singing. When Shyam reach to Radha. She told her that she is lucky to die in her feet. And in cremation ceremony, Rukmini is taking care of her child. And Shyam performs her last rites.
Cast
- Rajesh Khanna as Shyam Mohit
- Tina Munim as Rukmini Mohit (Ruku)
- Padmini Kolhapure as Radha
- Pran as Raisaheb Prannath Pasha
- Prem Chopra as Sampatlal
- Shreeram Lagoo as Gopal
- Shashikala as Renu Prannath Pasha
- Paresh Rawal as Mr. Jain
- Vijay Arora as Vijay
- Satyendra Kapoor
- Roopesh Kumar as Bingo (Photographer)
- Yunus Parvez as public prosecutor, lawyer
- Sudhir Dalvi as public prosecutor, lawyer
- T.P.Jain as Gunwant Lal
Production
According to the director, Souten was the first Hindi film ever to be shot in Mauritius. Zeenat Aman and Parveen Babi were offered the role of Rukmini, but they both turned it down, leading to Tina Munim being signed.[2]
Prior to Souten, Rajesh Khanna was not having a good run at the box office, as many of his previous films were failures. Although films like Thodisi Bewafaii (1980) did provide some respite, he could not achieve the same level of popularity he enjoyed in the early 1970s. Souten and Avtaar (1983) are believed to be the two movies which temporarily restored some of his lost stardom.
Awards
Nominated
- Best Supporting Actress – Padmini Kolhapure
- Best Music Director – Usha Khanna
- Best Lyricist – Saawan Kumar for "Shayad Meri Shaadi Ka Khayal"
- Best Lyricist – Saawan Kumar for "Zindagi Pyaar Ka Geet"
- Best Male Playback Singer – Kishore Kumar for "Shayad Meri Shaadi Ka Khayal"
Soundtrack
The music of this movie was composed by Usha Khanna (one of the two female music composer to have ever worked in Bollywood). Saawan Kumar Tak himself penned the lyrics to the famous songs.The song 'Zindagi Pyar Ka Geet Hai' of this movie is a popular one.
The song, 'Main Teri Chhoti Behna Hoon' is sampled on the Four Tet track 'Morning' on the album Morning/Evening.
The song, 'Meri Pehle Hi Tang Thi Choli' was supposed to be a duet between Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar. However, Mangeshkar refused to sing this song due to the explicit lyrics. This led to Anuradha Paudwal singing it with Kumar.
| # | Title | Singer(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Shayad Meri Shaadi" | Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar |
| 2 | "Jab Apne Ho Jayen" | Asha Bhosle |
| 3 | "Main Teri Chhoti Behna Hoon" | Lata Mangeshkar |
| 4 | "Meri Pehle Hi Tang Thi Choli" | Kishore Kumar, Anuradha Paudwal |
| 5 | "Sasu Tirath Sasura Tirath" | Kishore Kumar |
| 6 | "Zindagi Pyar Ka Geet Hai" (I) | Lata Mangeshkar |
| 7 | "Zindagi Pyar Ka Geet Hai" (II) | Kishore Kumar |
This film was a huge success of the year 1983. It was one of Rajesh Khanna's favourites.[3][4]
References
- ^ Dundoo, Sangeetha Devi (16 February 2022). "Bappi Lahiri composed for Telugu hits starring Krishna, Chiranjeevi, Mohanbabu, Balakrishna and Venkatesh". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ Usman 2014, pp. 193–194.
- ^ BoxOffice India.com 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Souten
Bibliography
External links
- Souten at IMDb