Kati Patang

Infobox_Film
name =Kati Patang


caption =Kati Patang theatrical poster
imdb_id =0065936
writer =Vrajendra Gaur
Gulshan Nanda
starring =Asha Parekh
Rajesh Khanna
Nasir Husain
Prem Chopra
Bindu
director =Shakti Samanta
producer =Shakti Samanta
music =RD Burman | distributor =Shakti Films
United Producers
released =1970
runtime =
language =Hindi
movie_series =
awards =Filmfare Best Actress Award, Asha Parekh
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"Kati Patang" is a 1970 Indian Hindi movie produced and directed by Shakti Samanta. It became a box office success. [ [http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=176&catName=MTk3MA= BoxOffice India.com ] ] It stars Asha Parekh as a woman pretending to be a widow, and her ensuing trials and tribulations. The film is based on a published story by Cornell Woolrich titled I Married a Dead Man and had been filmed before as No Man of Her Own (1950) starring Barbara Stanwyck. It would be remade by Hollywood again as Mrs. Winterbourne (1996). [ [http://www.time.com/time/columnist/corliss/article/0,9565,562948-1,00.html That Old Feeling: Fear Noir - TIME ] ] The film was Shakti's 2nd film with Rajesh Khanna after "Aradhana" and marked the second of a string of nine movies in which Mr. Samanta and Mr. Khanna collaborated. [http://www.imdb.com/JointVentures]

The movie also features Rajesh Khanna, Nasir Husain, Bindu and Prem Chopra.

Synopsis

Madhvi (Asha Parekh) is an orphan living with her maternal uncle, who arranges her marriage with someone she does not know, so she runs away to her lover, Kailash (Prem Chopra), only to find him in the arms of another woman, Shabnam (Bindu). She returns to her maternal uncle, only to find him dead. She then runs away from there, and meets with a friend, a widow and her child at a railway station. The three travel together by the same train. Unfortunately, the train meets with an accident, killing the widow instantly, leaving the child with Madhvi. Madhvi assumes the identity of the dead woman, Poonam, and travels along with the child to her in-laws. She is welcomed with open arms. She finds out that her uncle had arranged her marriage with Kamal Sinha (Rajesh Khanna). Kamal is angry and bitter at the manner his to-be wife treated him, even without knowing him. Kamal is attracted to Poonam, and makes it known to his family, who are shocked. Then Shabnam and Kailash re-enter their lives, making Madhvi look like an imposter, turning her in-laws against her; and Kamal's love turns to resentment.

Cast

Shakti Samanta has said that he cast Asha Parekh, because he was "confident" that he could extract a "convincing performance from her." She won the Filmfare Best Actress Award, the only win for the film. He soon cast her in his underrated film Pagla Kahin Ka (1970)). [ [http://www.screenindia.com/old/fullstory.php?content_id=9854 Great Gambler ] ]

*Asha Parekh as Madhavi
*Rajesh Khanna as Kamal
*Prem Chopra as Kailash
*Bindu as Shabnam
*Nasir Husain as Dinanath

Awards & Nominations

* Filmfare Best Actress Award (Asha Parekh)

* Filmfare Nomination for Best Director(Shakti Samanta)
* Filmfare Nomination for Best Actor(Rajesh Khanna)
* Filmfare Nomination for Best Story(Gulshan Nanda)
* Filmfare Nomination for Best Lyrics (Anand Bakshi for the song "Na Koi Umang Hai")
* Filmfare Nomination for Best Male Playback Singer (Kishore Kumar for the song "Yeh Jo Mohabbat Hai") [ [http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf 1st Filmfare Awards 1953 ] ]

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