Swarg Narak
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Swarg Narak is a 1978 Hindi movie produced by B.Nagi Reddy and directed by Dasari Narayana Rao
Dasari Narayana Rao
Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao B.A. is a politician, film director, and film producer. Narayana Rao directed about 150 films, produced 53 films and worked in more than 250 films as a dialogue writer and as a lyricist.Beside graduating with a BA degree, he used to take part in scores of drama competitions...

. This family and comedy drama stars Sanjeev Kumar, Jeetendra
Jeetendra
Jeetendra born Ravi Kapoor is an Indian actor and television producer...

, Vinod Mehra
Vinod Mehra
Vinod Mehra was an Indian actor in Bollywood films. He started out as a child actor in a few films in the late 1950s and early 1960s before starting his adult film career in 1971 acting in over 100 films throughout the 1970s through to the 1990s...

, Moushumi Chatterjee, Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. An alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India of Pune, she made her film debut in 1974 and soon became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, an Indian New Wave movement known for its serious content and...

. The films music is composed by Rajesh Roshan
Rajesh Roshan
Rajesh Roshan is a Hindi cinema music composer.-Personal life:Rajesh Roshan is the son of Hindi film composer Roshan and younger brother of film director and actor Rakesh Roshan...

.

This is a remake of a Silver Jubilee
Silver Jubilee
A Silver Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 25th anniversary. The anniversary celebrations can be of a wedding anniversary, ruling anniversary or anything that has completed a 25 year mark...

 Telugu film Swargam Narakam
Swargam Narakam
Swargam Narakam is a 1975 Telugu film directed by Dasari Narayana Rao. It is a Silver Jubilee film casting all new actors. It is debut film for Mohan Babu and Annapoorna. It is remade as Swarg Narak in Hindi produced by B.Nagi Reddy.-Cast:...

(1975) by the same director.

The same story line was adopted in 2005 film No Entry
No Entry
No Entry is a Hindi comedy film released in 2005. It was directed by Anees Bazmee and produced by Boney Kapoor. The films stars Salman Khan, Anil Kapoor, Fardeen Khan, Lara Dutta, Celina Jaitley, Esha Deol and Bipasha Basu. Sameera Reddy makes a special appearance...

 with Salman Khan
Salman Khan
Salman Khan is an Indian film actor. He has starred in more than 80 Hindi films.Khan, who made his acting debut with a minor role in the drama Biwi Ho To Aisi with Rekha in a lead role, had his first commercial success with the blockbuster Maine Pyar Kiya , for which he won a Filmfare Award for...

, Esha Deol
Esha Deol
Esha Deol is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood films. She is the elder daughter of Bollywood actors Dharmendra and Hema Malini.-Personal life:...

, Anil Kapoor
Anil Kapoor
Anil Kapoor is an Indian actor and producer who mainly appears in Bollywood films. He won a Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award for his role in Yash Chopra's film Mashaal ....

, Lara Dutta
Lara Dutta
Lara Dutta Bhupathi is an Indian actress, UNFPA Goodwill Ambassador, and former Miss Universe.-Early life:Dutta was born in Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh to a Punjabi father and an Anglo-Indian mother. Her father is Wing Commander L.K. Dutta and her mother is Jennifer Dutta...

, Fardeen Khan
Fardeen Khan
Fardeen Khan is an Indian Bollywood actor.-Early life:Fardeen Khan was born to actor turned director Feroz Khan and mother Sundari. Grandson of Sadiq Ali Khan and Fatima Khan. He is the nephew of actors Sanjay Khan and Akbar Khan. He is the cousin of Suzanne Khan and actor Zayed Khan. He lived in...

 and Celina Jaitley
Celina Jaitley
Celina Jiya Jaitley is an Indian actress born in Kabul, Afghanistan. She appears in mainly Bollywood films. As a former beauty queen and model, she was crowned Femina Miss India Universe in 2001.-Early life:...

 playing the couples.

Plot

This is the story of three couples. First couple is that of Tripathi (Sanjeev Kumar) and his wife Mary. Second one is that of Geeta (Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi
Shabana Azmi is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. An alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India of Pune, she made her film debut in 1974 and soon became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, an Indian New Wave movement known for its serious content and...

) and romeo Vinod (Vinod Mehra
Vinod Mehra
Vinod Mehra was an Indian actor in Bollywood films. He started out as a child actor in a few films in the late 1950s and early 1960s before starting his adult film career in 1971 acting in over 100 films throughout the 1970s through to the 1990s...

) while the jealous and possesive Shobha (Moushumi Chatterjee) and Vicky Kapoor (Jeetendra
Jeetendra
Jeetendra born Ravi Kapoor is an Indian actor and television producer...

) forms the third one.

The first couple is happily married one. The second couple stays with Vinod's mother (Kamini Kaushal
Kamini Kaushal
Kamini Kaushal is a Hindi film and television actress, most noted for her roles in films like Neecha Nagar which won the 1946 Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival and Biraj Bahu which won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award in 1955.-Early life:Kaushal was born to a botanist and professor at...

). Vinod spends lot of time with Leena (Prema Narayan
Prema Narayan
Prema Narayan is a Bollywood actress-dancer. She was the Miss India first runner-up in 1971 and represented India at Miss World 1971.-Career:Prema Narayan was an English teacher in a convent school. She also did modeling for part time....

) and attending late night parties while Geeta patiently awaits husband every night. Once Shobha happens to see Vicky with Radha (Tanuja), assumes they have an affair and pesters Vicky about it. When Vicky defers her, she leaves him. On the other hand Vinod decides to leave house. At this juncture, Tripathi steps in to mend the two couples. The events that follow is a hilarious sequence. Whether Tripathi is successful in mending these couples forms the rest of the story.

Cast

  • Sanjeev Kumar - Pandit Sohanlal Tripathi
  • Jeetendra
    Jeetendra
    Jeetendra born Ravi Kapoor is an Indian actor and television producer...

     - Mohan 'Vicky' Kapoor
  • Vinod Mehra
    Vinod Mehra
    Vinod Mehra was an Indian actor in Bollywood films. He started out as a child actor in a few films in the late 1950s and early 1960s before starting his adult film career in 1971 acting in over 100 films throughout the 1970s through to the 1990s...

     - Vinod
  • Moushumi Chatterjee - Shobha Mohan Kapoor
  • Shabana Azmi
    Shabana Azmi
    Shabana Azmi is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. An alumna of the Film and Television Institute of India of Pune, she made her film debut in 1974 and soon became one of the leading actresses of parallel cinema, an Indian New Wave movement known for its serious content and...

     - Geeta Vinod
  • Tanuja - Radha
  • Jagdeep
    Jagdeep
    Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed Jaffry, better known as Jagdeep, is an Indian film actor known for his comic roles. He played Soorma Bhopali in Sholay , Gabbar in Purana Mandir , Chief Zabardast in Tehkhana , Hotel Receptionist in Veerana , Salman Khan's father In Andaaz Apna Apna and later directed a movie...

     - Vinod's friend
  • Kamini Kaushal
    Kamini Kaushal
    Kamini Kaushal is a Hindi film and television actress, most noted for her roles in films like Neecha Nagar which won the 1946 Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival and Biraj Bahu which won her the Filmfare Best Actress Award in 1955.-Early life:Kaushal was born to a botanist and professor at...

     - Vinod's mother
  • Raj Mehra - Shobha's Father
  • Shammi - Shobha's Mother
  • Paintal
    Paintal (comedian)
    Kanwarjit Paintal, better known as Paintal, born in a Sikh family, started off as an Indian comic actor and moved on to teaching the art of acting. He has extensively worked not only in numerous movies but also television....

     - Shambhu, Shobha's servant
  • Om Shivpuri
    Om Shivpuri
    Om Shivpuri was an Indian theatre actor-director and character actor in Hindi films.A National School of Drama, New Delhi alumni, Om Shivpuri became the first chief of the National School of Drama Repertory Company and one of its actors; he later founded an important theatre group of its era, in...

     - College Principal
  • Vikram Gokhale
    Vikram Gokhale
    Vikram Gokhale is an well known Indian film, television and stage actor, notable for his roles in Marathi theatre and Hindi films and television...

     - Cinema Hall Manager
  • Birbal - Zaveri, Cinema Hall employee
  • Helen - Cabaret dancer
  • Farita Boyce - Lily
  • Saleem
    Salim Ghouse
    Salim Ghouse is a film, television and theater actor, theater director and martial artist. He has acted in several Indian languages including Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam....

     - Student
  • Madan Puri
    Madan Puri
    Madan Puri was an actor in Hindi and Punjabi films.-Early life:Madan Singh Puri was born in Nawanshahr, Punjab to S. Nihal Singh Puri and Ved Kaur...

     - Lala Lalchand
  • A. K. Hangal
    A. K. Hangal
    Avtar Kishan Hangal , popularly known as A. K. Hangal, is a well known Indian character actor in Hindi language films. His most notable roles are as the Inder Sen in Shaukeen, as Rahim Chacha in Sholay and as Ram Shastri in Aaina...

     - Geeta's Father
  • Prema Narayan
    Prema Narayan
    Prema Narayan is a Bollywood actress-dancer. She was the Miss India first runner-up in 1971 and represented India at Miss World 1971.-Career:Prema Narayan was an English teacher in a convent school. She also did modeling for part time....

     - Leena
  • Baby Sumathi
  • Baby Gowri
  • Pandari Bai
  • Komilla Wirk
  • Adil Amaan

Crew

  • Director - Dasari Narayana Rao
    Dasari Narayana Rao
    Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao B.A. is a politician, film director, and film producer. Narayana Rao directed about 150 films, produced 53 films and worked in more than 250 films as a dialogue writer and as a lyricist.Beside graduating with a BA degree, he used to take part in scores of drama competitions...

  • Story - Dasari Narayana Rao
    Dasari Narayana Rao
    Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao B.A. is a politician, film director, and film producer. Narayana Rao directed about 150 films, produced 53 films and worked in more than 250 films as a dialogue writer and as a lyricist.Beside graduating with a BA degree, he used to take part in scores of drama competitions...

  • Screenplay - Dasari Narayana Rao
    Dasari Narayana Rao
    Dr. Dasari Narayana Rao B.A. is a politician, film director, and film producer. Narayana Rao directed about 150 films, produced 53 films and worked in more than 250 films as a dialogue writer and as a lyricist.Beside graduating with a BA degree, he used to take part in scores of drama competitions...

  • Dialogue - Raj Baldev Raj
  • Producer - B. Nagi Reddy
    B. Nagi Reddy
    Bommireddy Nagi Reddy was a Telugu movie producer from Pottipadu Village in the Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh. He set up Vijaya Vauhini Studios in Chennai, which was then Asia's biggest film studio. As his elder brother had the same initials and was known as B. N. Reddy, Nagi Reddy was...

    , Ram Chabbra, Satish Kumar, D. Rama Naidu
  • Production Company - Vijaya Productions Pvt. Ltd.
  • Cinematographer - P. L. Roy
  • Editor - K. Balu
  • Art Director - S. Krishna Rao
  • Choreographer - Suresh Bhatt, Aruna, Salim Ghouse
    Salim Ghouse
    Salim Ghouse is a film, television and theater actor, theater director and martial artist. He has acted in several Indian languages including Hindi, Tamil and Malayalam....

  • Music Director - Rajesh Roshan
    Rajesh Roshan
    Rajesh Roshan is a Hindi cinema music composer.-Personal life:Rajesh Roshan is the son of Hindi film composer Roshan and younger brother of film director and actor Rakesh Roshan...

  • Lyricist - Anand Bakshi
    Anand Bakshi
    Anand Bakshi was a popular Indian poet and lyricist.-Early days:Anand Bakshi was born in Rawalpindi, now in Pakistan, on 21 July 1930. His ancestors were from Kurree, near Rawalpindi, and had origins in Kashmir. His mother, Sumitra, died 1940, when he was 10...

    , Harindranath Chattopadhyay
    Harindranath Chattopadhyay
    Harindranath Chattopadhyay was an Indian English poet, an actor, and a member of the 1st Lok Sabha from Vijayawada constituency. He was the younger brother of Sarojini Naidu.-Life:...

  • Playback Singers - Asha Bhosle
    Asha Bhosle
    Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer. She is one of the best-known and most highly-regarded Hindi playback singers in India, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies...

    , Kishore Kumar
    Kishore Kumar
    Kishore Kumar , born Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was an Indian film playback singer and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.Kishore Kumar was one of India's greatest performers of the late 20th century...

    , Lata Mangeshkar
    Lata Mangeshkar
    Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...

    , Mohammad Rafi

Music

  • Song "Nahin Nahin Koi Tumsa Haseen" was listed at #19 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1979
    Binaca Geetmala annual list 1979
    The following is an annual list of the year-end chart toppers of the Radio Ceylon radio show Binaca Geetmala for 1979. Binaca Geetmala was a very popular radio show that counted down the popular film songs from Indian cinema on a weekly basis, listened to by millions of Hindi music lovers, just...

  • Song "Leena O Leena Dil Toone Cheena" was listed at #25 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1979
    Binaca Geetmala annual list 1979
    The following is an annual list of the year-end chart toppers of the Radio Ceylon radio show Binaca Geetmala for 1979. Binaca Geetmala was a very popular radio show that counted down the popular film songs from Indian cinema on a weekly basis, listened to by millions of Hindi music lovers, just...

  • Song "Aag Hai Lagi Hui Yahan Wahan" was listed at #34 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1979
    Binaca Geetmala annual list 1979
    The following is an annual list of the year-end chart toppers of the Radio Ceylon radio show Binaca Geetmala for 1979. Binaca Geetmala was a very popular radio show that counted down the popular film songs from Indian cinema on a weekly basis, listened to by millions of Hindi music lovers, just...

    Song Title Singers Lyricist Time Notes
    "Leena O Leena Dil Toone Cheena" Kishore Kumar Anand Bakshi 4:55 Popular song
    "Aag Hai Lagi Hui Yahan Wahan" Mohammad Rafi Anand Bakshi 6:00
    "I Love you" Lata Mangeshkar Harindranath Chattopadhyay 6.20 Geeta shlokas included
    "Nahin Nahin Koi Tumsa Haseen" Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle Anand Bakshi 5.50
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