| Mausam | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gulzar |
| Produced by | P. Mallikharjuna Rao |
| Written by | Bhushan Banmali Kamleshwar Gulzar |
| Based on | The Judas Tree by A.J. Cronin |
| Starring | Sharmila Tagore Sanjeev Kumar Dina Pathak Om Shivpuri Satyen Kappu C.S.Dubey Lily Chakravarty |
| Music by | Madan Mohan Salil Choudhury (background score) |
| Cinematography | K. Vaikunth |
| Editing by | Waman B. Bhosle Gurudutt |
| Release date(s) | 29 December 1975 |
| Running time | 156 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Mausam (Hindi: मौसम; English: Seasons) is a 1975 Indian film directed by Gulzar and loosely based on the story "Weather", from the novel, The Judas Tree, by A.J. Cronin. Sharmila Tagore for her acting received The Silver Lotus Award at the 23rd National Film Festival and the movie was honoured by presenting an award for 2nd Best Feature Film.[1] The movie bagged two of eight nominations at the 24th Filmfare Awards.
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Mausam is a dramatic love story of Dr. Amarnath Gill, who falls for Chanda, the daughter of a local healer, Harihar Thapa, when visiting Darjeeling for his medical exams. Amarnath is called back and promises Chanda to return, though he never keeps his promise. Twenty-five years later, he returns as a wealthy man and searches for Chanda and her father. He learns that Harihar has died and that Chanda was married to a crippled old man. She gave birth to a daughter, became insane and died. Finding Chanda's daughter, Kajli, he sees that she closely resembles her mother and later discovers that after having been molested by her mother's brother-in-law, she ended up at a brothel. Amarnath had no choice but to buy her from the brothel and he takes Kajli home and tries to change her into well refined woman to make up for what he did to Chanda. Unaware that Amarnath is indirectly responsible for her mother's death, Kajli begins to fall for him.
The background score for the movie was composed by Salil Chowdhury and the songs were composed by Madan Mohan. The movie credits dedicate this movie to Late Madan Mohan after his demise on 14 July 1975. The songs of the movie were penned by Gulzar. Mausam is the only movie directed by Gulzar the songs of which were composed by Madan Mohan.
The song Dil Dhoondta Hai featured at 12th position on the Annual list of the year-end chart toppers of Binaca Geetmala for 1976.
| Sr. No. | Song | Singers | Filmed on |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dil Dhoondta Hai (Sad) | Bhupinder Singh | title track |
| 2 | Chadi Re Chadi | Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar | Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore |
| 3 | Dil Dhoondta Hai | Bhupinder Singh, Lata Mangeshkar | Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore |
| 4 | Mere Ishq Mein | Asha Bhosale | Sanjeev Kumar, Sharmila Tagore |
| 5 | Ruke Ruke Se Kadam | Lata Mangeshkar | Sharmila Tagore |
| Awards | ||
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| Preceded by Shabana Azmi |
National Award Best Actress 1976 |
Succeeded by Laxmi |
| Preceded by Deewar |
Filmfare Award for Best Film 1976 |
Succeeded by Bhumika |
| Preceded by Yash Chopra |
Filmfare Award for Best Director 1976 |
Succeeded by Basu Chatterji |
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