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''Phagun, also a 1958 film.'' Phagun is a 1973 Hindi film written and directed by Rajinder Singh Bedi, and starring Dharmendra, Waheeda Rehman, Jaya Bhaduri and Vijay Arora as leads. This offbeat romantic drama has memorable songs by S.D. Burman and Majrooh Sultanpuri (Lyrics), including the perennial favourite Holi song, 'Piya sang khelo hori phagun aayo re' - Lata Mangeshkar. ==Plot== The film has a Maharashtrian backdrop with many characters speaking Marathi dialogs and in Marathi costumes. ''Shanta Damle'' (Waheeda Rehman), who belongs to rich Maharashtrian business family, falls in love and marries, a not so well off writer, ''Gopal'' (Dharmendra), much to her family's dismay. Later during the pivotal song, 'Piya sang khelo hori phagun aayo re', Gopal who has been away, surprises her by putting Holi colour over her, Shanta immediately rebukes him, for spoiling her silk saree, only to please her disapproving parents. But Dharmendra having been publicly humiliated leaves home, never to return. Phagun, the month in which festival Holi is celebrated, had changed forever, never to return for Shanta.〔(Decisive moments, Holi Songs ) ''The Telegraph''.〕 Shanta is now left to raise their daughter, ''Santosh 'Toshi alone, who grows up to be a bright young woman (Jaya Bhaduri). Santosh goes on to fall in love with ''Dr. Suman'' (Vijay Arora) and marries him. At some point, Shanta moves in which them for while, and soon her presence starts interfering in the marriage of the young couple, who tried hard to make adjust with her, only to create tension in their marriage. Shanta's loneliness, and her growing affection for her son-in-law, soon reminds her of the fact that how much does she miss male company, this only adds to her trouble and guilt. In the end, she begs that she be reunited with her husband, after all these years, and Gopal returns, and they are reunited. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Phagun (1973 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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