SARASWATI CHANDRA 1968 (songs )

SARASWATI CHANDRA (1968)
MANISH, NUTAN, VIJAYA CHAUDHARY, SULOCHANA, RAMESH DEO, SEEMA, B. M. VYAS, SURENDRA
Produced By: SARVODAYA PICTURES
Directed By: GOVIND SARIYA
Music By: KALYANJI ANANDJI
MUSICAL, LOVE STORY *****


Saraswati chandra is a 1968 Hindi film starring Nutan and Manish, The film was directed by Govind Saraiya.

The film was based on Saraswati chandra, a landmark Gujarati novel, by Govardhanram Madhavram Tripathi, a famous author of early twentieth century Gujarat, India.

It also won the National Film Awards in the Best Cinematography and Best Music Director categories .

Saraswati chandra was also the last Bollywood movie to be made in black and white.



Nutan (4 June 1936 - 21 February 1991), was an Indian Bollywood actress, who appeared in several successful movies of the 50s and 60s. Highly regarded for her acting abilities, Nutan was recognized as an accomplished dramatic actress, and her performances often received praises and accolades. 

She holds the record of winning five Film fare Best Actress Award, the highest number of awards won by an actress.

Nutan was the daughter of actress Shobhna Samarth and director Kumarsen Samarth. She is related to many of the screen stars of the past fifty years .

She started her career as actress as a fourteen-year-old in Hamari Beti (1950). This film was produced by her mother, Shobhana. In 1952 she was the winner of Miss India.


Her first big break was Seema, for which she won a Film-fare Award. She followed her success with a romantic comedy, Paying Guest, in which she co-starred with Dev Anand. In 1959 she starred in two hit films, Anari (with Raj Kapoor) and Bimal Roy's Sujata (with Sunil Dutt). In the 1960s and 1970s she had many more successful films including Chhalia (1960), Bandini (1963), Saraswati chandra (1968), Devi (1970) and Main Tulsi Tere Aangan Ki (1978).

In the 1980s she played elderly mother roles in blockbuster films such as Meri Jung (1985), Naam (1986) and Karma (1986). Karma was notable for being the first time she was paired with actor Dilip Kumar. For Mere Jung she won a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. 

Her last film released while she was alive was Kanoon Apna Apna in 1989. She died in 1991 of cancer. Two of her films Naseebwala (1992) and Insaniyat (1994) were released after her death.

Nutan was the eldest child of actress Shobhana Samarth. She had three other siblings, 2 younger sisters and a younger brother. Her younger sister Tanuja is also an actress. Her parents separated when she was still a child. Tanuja's older daughter Kajol is a successful actress in recent times and she has a younger sister Tanisha.

On 11 October 1959, she married naval Lieutenant-Commander Rajnish Behl. Their son, Mohnish Behl, born in 1963, later entered films as well.

Nutan died in February 1991, of cancer, at the age of 54.

Song: Phool Tumhein Bheja Hai Khat Mein
Singers: Mukesh and Lata Mangeshkar
Music Director: Kalyanji Anandji
Lyricist: Indeevar

SONG:CHOD DE SARI DUNIYA
MUSIC:KALYANJI ANANDJI
LYRICS:INDEEVAR
SINGER:LATA MANGESHKAR
FILM:SARASWATI CHANDRA