Ghata

Ghata
Ghata
Directed by	Kuldeep Pandey
Produced by	Kuldeep Pandey
Starring	Anil Dhawan; Pradeep Kumar; Debashree Roy; Pratima Devi; Jalal Agha; Kamal Kapoor;
Music by	Ravindra Jain
Release date	1978;
Running time	155 mins
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Ghata (Hindi: घटा) is a 1978 Indian film directed and produced by Kuldeep Pandey.^[5] The film evolves around a man who on being disheartened at his friend's unchastity, falls for the woman who has been betrothed to his friend. It stars Anil Dhawan as the protagonist. The music of the film was composed by Ravindra Jain.^[6]

The film garnered a mixed review upon its release. A part of film critics criticized the film for its uncurbed over the shoulder shots.^[7] The film was also criticized for its plot slowing down gradually. Some of the sequences of the film have been appreciated as having been made proficiently, especially the sequence where the protagonist's conundrum to pick up the flower on the riverside is an explanatory manifestation of his predicament between his adherence to his friend and his love for Sheetal.^[4]^[8]

Plot

Ajay and Suresh are colleagues to each other. Suresh is a philanderer who thinks it is fun to flirt with girls. Though a gentleman, Ajay is often rollicked when Suresh playfully articulates how he seduced a girl. On a leave, Ajay comes with Suresh to the latter's native village. There he discovers that Suresh has already been betrothed to a girl named Sheetal who is unaware of the playful side of Suresh. Ajay befriends Sheetal and learns that her family has been leading an indigent life since her father died. Ajay denounces Suresh when the former learns that Suresh has an illegitimate relationship with the nymphomaniac wife of the latter's wealthy neighbor Ratanlal Sharma and persuades him not to pursue any kind of indecent relationship any more as he is betrothed to Sheetal. But Suresh does not seem to pay any heed to his words. Eventually Ajay falls for Sheetal and finds himself in a dilemma whether he should expose the real nature of Suresh and confess his love for her or he should stay loyal to his friend who thinks Ajay to be his confidant.^[5]

Cast

Anil Dhawan as Ajay
Pradeep Kumar as Basudev Mehra
Debashree Roy as Sheetal
Prathima Devi as Sheetal's Mother
Jalal Agha as Suresh
Kamal Kapoor as father of Suresh
Goga Kapoor as Ratanlal Sharma
Manik Irani as the henchman

References

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^ "The Beautiful Icon of Bengali cinema". A Daily with a Difference | Latest Online English Daily among Bangladesh Newspapers. 24 August 2018. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
^ "Debashree Roy". aboxoffice.com. Archived from the original on 29 August 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b Debashis Dasgupta, Desh, Bengali weekly magazine from Anandabazar Patrika Ltd., Calcutta, 11 November 1989. p. 36
^ ^a ^b Dissanayake, Wimal (1993). "The concepts of evil and social order in Indian melodrama: an evolving dialectic". In Dissanayake, Wimal (ed.). Melodrama and Asian Cinema. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-41465-4. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
^ "Ravindra Jain Filmography". rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
^ Hossain, Momtaz Begum (February 2007). Bollywood Crafts: 20 Projects Inspired by Popular Indian Cinema, 2006. The Guild of Mastercraftsman Publications. ISBN 978-1-86108-418-7.
^ Barretto, Deborah (2007). Once Upon a Time in Bollywood: The Global Swing in Hindi Cinema. TSAR Publications. ISBN 978-1-894770-40-8.