Dangal (1977 film)

Dangal (transl. The Bout) is a 1977 Indian Bhojpuri-language film produced by Bachubhai Shah, directed by Rati Kumar, and written by Rajpati Rahi.[1][2][3][4] Starring Sujit Kumar and Prema Narayan in the lead roles, it is the first color film made in Bhojpuri.[1] The music of the film was composed by Nadeem–Shravan.[1]

Cast

Background

The film was produced during a lull in the Bhojpuri film industry. Between 1969 and 1976, only one film had been released, and there was no sense of a continuous Bhojpuri industry at the time. The movie emerged in a more open-ended production environment, less defined by the commercial constraints and audience stereotypes that would characterize later Bhojpuri cinema. To establish its regional identity, the film's opening credits feature shots of Varanasi (showing the ghats on the river Ganga) and Patna (showing landmarks like the Golghar and the Martyr's Memorial).[5]

Soundtrack

The song Kashi Hile Patna Hile is an important element of the film, as it is a direct adaptation of a very popular Bhojpuri folk song titled Aara Hile, Chhapra Hile. The filmmakers changed the lyrics in two significant ways. First, the original folk song's lyrics, Aara hile, Chhapra hile, Ballia hilela refer to three district headquarters that are considered the heartland of the Bhojpuri-speaking region.

These lyrics were changed to Kashi hile, Patna hile, Calcutta hilela in order to represent a thematic move away from a geographically contained homeland to a broader map defined by migration. Kashi (Varanasi), Patna, and Calcutta were all major destinations for people from the Bhojpuri region. Secondly, the perspective of the song was changed. In the film, it is sung by the male lead to the female lead ("when your waist sways"), changing it from the original version which is typically sung from a woman's perspective ("when my waist twitches").[6]

Release and reception

The film was a success and did a business of 40,000 rupees in the first week.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ghosh, Avijit (22 May 2010). CINEMA BHOJPURI. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-81-8475-256-4.
  2. ^ Kumar, Rati (1 January 1977), Dangal (Action), Iftekhar, Sujit Kumar, Prema Narayan, Vimal Chitra, retrieved 29 January 2024
  3. ^ "North India, which has languages like Bhojpuri, Angika, Santali, Braj Bhasha, and others, needs to resist imposition of Hindi". The Hindu. 1 August 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  4. ^ "भोजपुरी में 39 साल पहले सुपरहिट हुई थी फिल्म 'दंगल' हिंदी में कॉपी किया नाम -". Jagran (in Hindi). Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  5. ^ Hardy, Kathryn C. (1 July 2015). "Constituting a Diffuse Region: Cartographies of Mass-mediated Bhojpuri Belonging". BioScope: South Asian Screen Studies. 6 (2): 145–164. doi:10.1177/0974927615600623. ISSN 0974-9276.
  6. ^ Hardy, Kathryn C. (1 July 2015). "Constituting a Diffuse Region: Cartographies of Mass-mediated Bhojpuri Belonging". BioScope: South Asian Screen Studies. 6 (2): 145–164. doi:10.1177/0974927615600623. ISSN 0974-9276.
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