Satyam Shivam Sundaram
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Satyam Shivam Sundaram | |
|---|---|
 Film poster |
|
| Directed by | Raj Kapoor |
| Produced by | Raj Kapoor |
| Written by | Jainendra Jain |
| Starring | Shashi Kapoor Zeenat Aman |
| Music by | Laxmikantl-Pyarelal |
| Cinematography | Radhu Karmakar |
| Editing by | Raj Kapoor |
| Distributed by | Shemaroo Video Pvt. Ltd. |
| Release date(s) | 22 March 1978 |
| Running time | 172 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| IMDb profile | |
Satyam Shivam Sundaram (meaning, "Truth is God and God is beautiful") is a 1978 Raj Kapoor-directed film starring Shashi Kapoor and Zeenat Aman. This film is famous for its bold scenes involving the actress. The film had to face a stiff battle in getting past the Indian Film Censor Board for some of its risque scenes.
[edit] Plot
The movie is set in a village where the heroine, Zeenat Aman, lives with her father, and the hero, Shashi Kapoor, comes as an engineer to oversee and build a major dam. The girl is tall, very attractive and also god-fearing, she goes to the temple daily and is a very good singer. The hero falls in love with her, and asks her father permission to marry her. However, she is scared of the marriage.
There is a reason behind it - she is beautiful, but only on one side of the face. The other side had been scarred and disfigured by an old burn injury. She keeps that part of the face hidden by a veil using her sari palloo. She is afraid that he will turn away when he sees her gruesome side of the face. The hero ultimately accepts her and they live happily ever after.
[edit] Music
Lata Mangeshkar lends her voice to the Eeshwar satya hai song, which was among the chart-toppers of the year.
Various recent music groups from both India and the United States have re-done the theme song from the movie, such as Thievery Corporation and Sheila Chandra. Also, many variations of the song have been made (e.g. the original version is considered, in Indian music, a Bhajan, but Lata Mangeshkar has also made a bhangra-like version, a different style).
[edit] External link
Satyam Shivam Sundaram at the Internet Movie Database
 |
This article about an Indian film is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
