Kati Patang
Kati Patang (transl. The Severed Kite) is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language musical drama film produced and directed by Shakti Samanta. The film stars Asha Parekh as a woman pretending to be a widow, and her ensuing trials and tribulations opposite her charming neighbour, played by Rajesh Khanna.The film was a box office success. Parekh's performance as Madhavi was critically acclaimed and earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.
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| Directed by | Shakti Samanta |
| Written by | Vrajendra Gaur Gulshan Nanda |
| Based on | I Married a Dead Man (1948 Novel) by Cornell Woolrich |
| Produced by | Shakti Samanta |
| Starring | Asha Parekh Rajesh Khanna Prem Chopra Bindu Nazir Hussain |
| Cinematography | V. Gopi Krishna |
| Edited by | Govind Dalwadi |
| Music by | Rahul Dev Burman |
Production companies | Naini Lake Nainital Club Natraj Studios Ranikhet |
| Distributed by | Shakti Films United Producers Asian Television Network |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹3.80 crore (equivalent to ₹182 crore or US$23 million in 2023) |
The movie also stars Nazir Hussain, Bindu, Prem Chopra, Daisy Irani and Sulochana Latkar. The film was the second in a string of nine films on which Samanta and Khanna collaborated. The music was composed by R.D. Burman and was a huge hit. "Ye Shaam Mastani" and "Pyaar Deewana Hota Hai", sung by Kishore Kumar were particularly famous. The performances from Parekh and Khanna were praised by the audience and critics alike. The film was among the 17 consecutive hits of Khanna between 1969 and 1971 and was the second of four films in which he was paired with Parekh. The film was later remade in Tamil as Nenjil Oru Mul (1981) and in Telugu as Punnami Chandrudu (1987). It is based on Cornell Woolrich's 1948 novel I Married a Dead Man which had earlier been adapted as the 1950 film No Man of Her Own.