{"id":3845,"date":"2017-11-12T13:22:58","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T07:52:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/?p=3845"},"modified":"2019-09-01T08:14:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T02:44:15","slug":"bol-ri-kathputli-personifying-the-puppet-perfectly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/bol-ri-kathputli-personifying-the-puppet-perfectly\/","title":{"rendered":"Bol Ri Kathputli: Personifying the Puppet Perfectly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3848\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3848\" class=\"wp-image-3848\" src=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-9.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-9-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-9-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-9-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-9-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-9-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3848\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The story of dreams and aspirations of a puppet<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Song:<\/strong> <em>Bol Ri Kathputli<\/em> (Happy Version)<br \/>\n<strong>Film:<\/strong> <em>Kathputli<\/em> (released 4th October 1957)<br \/>\n<strong>Directors:<\/strong> Amiya Chakrabarty and Nitin Bose<br \/>\n<strong>Music:<\/strong> Shankar Jaikishan<br \/>\n<strong>Lyrics:<\/strong> Shailendra<br \/>\n<strong>Singer:<\/strong> Lata Mangeshkar<br \/>\n<strong>Starring:<\/strong> Vyjayanthimala, Balraj Sahni and Jawahar Kaul<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a simple, roadside puppet show. The traditional royally decked up Indian Rajasthani puppets are busy doing their tango making their young audience burst into giggles. Amid those excited kids is a doe-eyed, impetuous young girl, munching chanas and watching every move of those dancing puppets.<\/p>\n<p>The music reverberates with a verve and zing in it. Curious to know who is making them dance, the girl peeps below the curtains of the tiny puppetry stage and her eyes meet the surprised puppeteer.<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t blame the beautiful girl for getting into the mood and decide to replicate the puppets herself with a dance that takes your breath away. And what is it about? It\u2019s a dance to introspect, to convey one\u2019s own innermost aspirations as the dreams of a kathputli (puppet) through a conversation with the kathputli! Yes, there are layers in this seemingly innocuous song and astonishing dance.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pzzdP4GopnE\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em>Bol ri Kathputli<\/em> has two versions \u2013 the happy one which we explore in this essay and a pathos-laden version too which comes later in the film.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3847\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3847\" class=\"wp-image-3847\" src=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-1.jpg\" alt=\"kathputli film\" width=\"400\" height=\"249\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-1.jpg 574w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-1-400x249.jpg 400w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-1-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-1-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3847\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The puppet show over, the impish girl finds herself still in the mood of the dancing puppets and starts personifying the kathputli<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\">The entire 2.29 minutes of the Pre Music {as we loosely may call \u2018before the prelude\u2019} is based on\u00a0 a\u00a0 6\/8 beat followed by a 4\/4 beat. The main song has a 4\/4 and a 2\/2 beat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\">Catch the beauty of the almost similar bars used by SJ on a Piano in <em>Sangam<\/em> {1964} for the song <em>Har dil jo pyaar karega<\/em> from 4.43. till 5.01. <em>(This similarity was pointed out by Falguni Desai. Watch the clip at the end of this essay)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\">Music maestros Shankar Jaikishan\u2019s composition based on <strong>Raag Kirwani<\/strong>, used an assortment of instruments including Khanjari, Chakola, Mandolin, Bongos, Lead and Rhythm Violins, Accordion, Cello, and Piano.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3417\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3417\" class=\"wp-image-3417\" src=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/02\/shankar-jaikishan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/02\/shankar-jaikishan.jpg 447w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/02\/shankar-jaikishan-400x322.jpg 400w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/02\/shankar-jaikishan-150x121.jpg 150w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/02\/shankar-jaikishan-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shankar Jaikishan (Pic: Google Image Search)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\">Shankar Jaikishan came up with a masterpiece of an arrangement here, making the Bongos sound like the Cajon \u2013 flattish, allowing the other strong percussion to emerge as dominant. Sebastian in all his glory used Cello&#8217;s and Piano to support the Violin obligato counter melodies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The puppet show over, the impish girl finds herself still in the mood of the dancing puppets. Music is in her bloodstream, rhythm in her nerves. Finally not able to stop herself, she breaks into an impromptu dance, personifying the \u2018kathputli\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\">This song has the longest Mukhda entirely without a kafiyaa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\">Just see how Shailendraji has created a question answer song between a human and an inanimate object, a doll. And all through the lady asks<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\"><em>Bol ri kathputli dori kaun sang baandhi<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Sach batla tu naache kiske liye<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\">And pat comes the reply from the kathputli:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\"><em>Baawri, kathputli dori piya sang baandhi<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Main naachoon apne piya ke liye<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3856\" src=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-vyjayanthimala-dance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-vyjayanthimala-dance.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-vyjayanthimala-dance-400x118.jpg 400w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-vyjayanthimala-dance-150x44.jpg 150w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-vyjayanthimala-dance-768x226.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-vyjayanthimala-dance-1024x301.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-vyjayanthimala-dance-300x88.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A delightful conversation ensues, weaving the dreams and aspirations of a puppet. What if she is a puppet? She has a heart too that yearns for love.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\">What an expression of sublime happiness<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\"><em>jahan jidhar saajan\u00a0 lejaaye sangh chalu main chhaaya si&#8230; <\/em><br \/>\n<em>woh hain mere jaadugar mein jaadugar ki maaya si&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\n<em>jaan boojhkar chhed ke mujh se\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<em>poochhe ye sansaar<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\">Notice the brilliant kaafiya&#8230; &#8220;<em>saaya si<\/em>&#8221; and &#8220;<em>maaya si<\/em>&#8220;.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3854\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3854\" class=\"wp-image-3854\" src=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-film.jpg\" alt=\"kathputli\" width=\"400\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-film.jpg 526w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-film-400x268.jpg 400w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-film-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-film-300x201.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3854\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kids gathers around the exuberant dancer as the story of the puppet brings out the child in her<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\">And Kaviraaj takes us back to our childhood phrases &#8211; &#8220;Sach-mooch&#8221; which\u00a0we always used\u00a0colloquially\u00a0between friends and words such as\u00a0&#8220;Khaali peeli&#8221;.<\/span> It\u2019s a total recall of childhood exuberance and mischief.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\">The\u00a0 29 seconds\u00a0 intro has three arrangements &#8211; first 10 seconds from 2.30\u00a0 is a slow and a pensive Accordion build up with\u00a0 Mandolin jitters. Then for the next 19 seconds from 2.48, the\u00a0 Violin Sautille&#8217;s,\u00a0 Khanjari and Bongos take precedence and finally, the last 9 seconds have the Accordion, Bongos and Khanjari.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\">The Bongos\u00a0 and the continuous Khanjari match Vyjanthimala&#8217;s dancing\u00a0 style &#8211; the Bongo&#8217;s staccato roll at the beginning of the M1\u00a0 [4.40], and two strokes to end it with an Accordion bridge [ 4.45 ] is a work of Art.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3857\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3857\" class=\"wp-image-3857\" src=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-7.jpg 510w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-7-400x280.jpg 400w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-7-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-7-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3857\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The puppeteer (Jawahar Kaul) is surprised and charmed at the way his little puppet show has affected this girl<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\">Vyjanthimala, an accomplished Bharat Natyam dancer has shown her excellent skills in the staccato hand and body movements to resemble a Puppet. Incidentally very few trained\u00a0 Bharat Natyam dancers\u00a0 adopted it in its purest form and Vyjanthimala was one of them, according to Namita Bodaji, an accomplished dancer of International repute.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The dance that illustrates this story of the puppet is unique and effervescent. It looks like relatively easy, unaffected dance but it isn\u2019t. She is impersonating a puppet and hence all the malleability and fluid rhythm of a regular dance or a classical dance is replaced by mudras that need arms to be and hands folding at angles \u2013 stiff but in perfect harmony with the beats. Her eyes speak a thousand words as she hops, skips and jumps and even tumbles once, hurting her foot.<\/p>\n<p>Lost in her own world of imagination, oblivious to the amused passerbys collecting around her, she drapes a shawl hanging on a fence on to an overturned pot on the fence that has a face painted on it. She puts a scarf around its head and draws a moustache, making it personify the \u2018saajan\u2019 of her story. Amid the increasing crowd is the puppeteer who is surprised and charmed at the way his little puppet show has affected this girl.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3851\" style=\"width: 1210px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3851\" class=\"wp-image-3851 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-vyjayanthimala.jpg\" alt=\"Kathputli Vyjayanthimala\" width=\"1200\" height=\"483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-vyjayanthimala.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-vyjayanthimala-400x161.jpg 400w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-vyjayanthimala-150x60.jpg 150w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-vyjayanthimala-768x309.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-vyjayanthimala-1024x412.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/kathputli-vyjayanthimala-300x121.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3851\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">She puts a scarf around its head and draws a moustache, making it personify the \u2018saajan\u2019 of her story<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\">Kaviraaj then uses the beauty of rhythm in his words.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3855\" style=\"width: 287px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3855\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3855\" src=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/Shankar-Jaikishan-with-Lata-Mangeshkar.png\" alt=\"Shankar-Jaikishan-with-Lata-Mangeshkar\" width=\"277\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/Shankar-Jaikishan-with-Lata-Mangeshkar.png 277w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/Shankar-Jaikishan-with-Lata-Mangeshkar-150x99.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3855\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shankar Jaikishan with Lata Mangeshkar (Pic: Songs Of Yore)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\"><em>piya na hote mai na hoti<\/em><br \/>\n<em>jeewan raag sunata kaun<\/em><br \/>\n<em>pyar thirakta kiski dhun par<\/em><br \/>\n<em>dil ka saaj bajata kaun<\/em><br \/>\n<em>o o o door door jis chaman se guzre<\/em><br \/>\n<em>gaati jaye bahar<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\">coming back to the refrain again \u2013 <em>bol ri kathputli dori<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #c2150a;\">The unique and brilliant Sanchari from 5.01 till 5.07 in M3 is the surprise element. The Mandolin bridges between the antara lines are also lovely. And so is the Mandolin open string pizzicato from 5.44 till the fade out at 6.03. The rest of the song flows in a standard pattern.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2139\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2139\" class=\"wp-image-2139\" src=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/shailendra.jpg\" alt=\"Shankardas Kesarilal popularly known by his pen name Shailendra\" width=\"250\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/shailendra.jpg 350w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/shailendra-117x150.jpg 117w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/shailendra-312x400.jpg 312w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/shailendra-300x385.jpg 300w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/shailendra-150x192.jpg 150w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2015\/08\/shailendra-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shankardas Kesarilal popularly known by his pen name Shailendra<br \/>(30 August 1923 \u2013 14 December 1966)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This amazing song composed written by Shailendra and sung by Lata Mangeshkar was the title song of the film Kathputli, in a &#8216;Pygmalion&#8217; type of story with a love triangle. The naturally talented singer-dancer Pushpa is all eager to assist the puppeteer Shivraj with his roadside puppet show. But when he meets with an accident and some of his dolls are also broken, she approaches Loknath for some stage assignments. He spots her talent and wants her to be a movie star. In his attempt to shape her career, he ends up being a godfather and trying to control his prot\u00e9g\u00e9\u2019s emotions and life. The playful personification of Kathputli starts getting manifested in real life for Pushpa.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kathputli,<\/em> was directed initially by Amiya Chakrabarty and later completed by Nitin Bose on the request of Mrs. Amiya Chakrabarty, when the director passed away during the making of the film. At that time Nitin Bose was busy directing Joga-Jog in Calcutta and had to keep shuttling between the two cities. Both these stalwart directors had their own individual styles of filmmaking in their illustrious careers. But Bose tried to retain Amiya\u2019s style of filmmaking to ensure consistency in the film and thus despite a change in the captaincy midway, the film emerged a hit.<\/p>\n<p>And at as an end note, we must share a few words about these two stalwart filmmakers who never had the chance to discuss the film but it did emerge as a finely sculpted creation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3858\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3858\" class=\"wp-image-3858\" src=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/nitin-bose.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/nitin-bose.jpg 810w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/nitin-bose-400x327.jpg 400w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/nitin-bose-150x123.jpg 150w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/nitin-bose-768x629.jpg 768w, https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2017\/11\/nitin-bose-300x246.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nitin Bose <br \/>(Pic: Nitin Bose: Flowering of a Humanist Filmmaker &#8211; an NFAI publication)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A former political activist who was held during the Salt Satyagraha, Amiya Chakrabarty had to leave Bengal and he joined Bombay Talkies. His films <em>Jwar Bhata<\/em> (1944) catapulted Dilip Kumar into stardom and <em>Daag<\/em> (1952) cemented it further. Vyajayantimala in <em>Kathputli<\/em> (1957), and Nutan in <em>Seema<\/em> (1955) are two more star-maker superhit films in his brief career.<\/p>\n<p>Nitin Bose on the other hand, is credited for a path-breaking innovation \u2013 the introduction of playback singing in <em>Bhagya Chakra<\/em> (Bengali) and its Hindi version, <em>Dhoop Chaon<\/em> (1935). Dilip Kumar\u2019s <em>Ganga Jamuna<\/em> (1961), directed by Bose is one of the biggest blockbusters. He is also the one who introduced Uttam Kumar in <em>Drishtidaan<\/em> (1948) and directed the Dilip Kumar-starrer <em>Milan<\/em>, based on Tagore\u2019s <em>Naukadubi<\/em>. Another superhit was a story of unfulfilled love, <em>Deedar<\/em> (1951) starring Ashok Kumar, Dilip Kumar, Nargis and Nimmi.<\/p>\n<p>Understandably, the film <em>Kathputli<\/em> was in safe hands even if the boat rocked midway.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RovyGxgml5Q\" width=\"100%\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>More to read in The Song Story<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/unko-yeh-shikayat-hai\/\">Unko Yeh Shikayat Hai Ke Hum Kuch Nahin Kehte \u2013 When Silence Speaks Volumes<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/teri-zulfon-se-judaai-to-nahin-mangi-thi\/\">Love is\u2026 Claiming Rights: Teri Zulfon Se Judaai to Nahin Mangi Thi<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/nadiya-kinare-abhimaan\/\">When Cinema Matched Music Beat by Beat: Nadiya Kinare in Abhimaan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/jaane-kya-tune-kahi-pyaasa\/\">The Mesmerizing Moods of Jaane Kya Tune Kahi (Pyaasa)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/sd-burman-manzil-song\/\">The Tender Musical T\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate in Chupke Se Mile (Genius of SD Burman)<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Among the memorable dances picturised in Hindi films, Bol ri Kathputli from Kathputli (1957) is an innovation in terms of choreography and music. <span style=\"color: #c2150a;\">Anand Desai (in maroon font)<\/span> and Antara explore the finer nuances of this exuberant story of the puppet personified by Vyjayanthimala, written by Shailendra, composed by Shankar Jaikishan and sung by Lata Mangeshkar<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":838,"featured_media":3868,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1759],"tags":[1948,534,1949,1320,1802,1950],"class_list":["post-3845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-song-story","tag-amiya-chakrabarty","tag-lata-mangeshkar","tag-nitin-bose","tag-shailendra","tag-shankar-jaikishan","tag-vyjayanthimala"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/838"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3845\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3868"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningandcreativity.com\/silhouette\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}