A Hindi music oriented movie ‘Basant Bahar’ was screened on the third day of film fest Ekagra at Bharat Bhavan here on Friday.
Starring Bharat Bhushan and Nimmi, the story was written by Rajinder Singh Bedi and music was composed by Shankar Jaikishan. Further, having a long track list of nine songs, the lyrics were written by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri.
The movie was screened under Chhavi series of classical cinema, Bharat Bhavan.
Released in the year 1956, Basant Bahar is one of the wonderful classical movies of Hindi Cinema. As the early years of Hindi Cinema were based on musical dramas, so was the case with Basant Bahar. The movie surrounded the story of aspiring youngsters of those times dealing with their desires and their parents
wishes.
The epic folk tale narrates about the culture and mythos of the people of Kannada. The opus revolves around the only son of the Royal Astrologer, Narsin (Om Prakash), Gopal (Bharat Bhushan). Gopal is not interested in astrology but, in music and songs, much to the dismay of Narsin. Gopal's talents are well-known and he could become the Emperor's Chief Musician if he wins in the contest.
His rivals live next door and in order to win the approval of the emperor (Chandrashekhar), they poison Gopal's drink and Gopal loses his voice completely. There enters a young dancing girl, Gopi (Nimmi) takes interest in Gopal and through her help and a hard knock on the head, he recovers his voice. But, Gopal's challenges are far from over and he will be called upon to prove his worth, as well as his association with Gopi. “It is one of those movies which every individual after watching it once, would love to watch again and again,” further said Narendra Rai, in-charge Chhavi series, Bharat Bhavan.