Duvidha | |
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Directed by | Mani Kaul |
Written by | Vijayadan Detha |
Screenplay by | Mani Kaul |
Based on | Duvidha by Vijaydan Detha |
Produced by | Film Finance Corporation (NFDC) National Music Dance Centre |
Starring | Ravi Menon Raisa Padamsee |
Cinematography | Navroze Contractor |
Edited by | Ravi Patnaik |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Duvidha (transl. Dilemma) is a 1973 ghost movie directed by Mani Kaul, based on a Rajasthani story of the same name by Vijaydan Detha.[1] The film stars Ravi Menon and Raisa Padamsee in lead roles. The film was critically acclaimed and won the director the National Film Award for Best Direction[2] and Critics Award for Best film at the 1974 Filmfare Awards.[3] This film was remade in 2005 as Paheli, starring Shahrukh Khan and Rani Mukherjee in the lead roles.
The film is set in rural Rajasthan. It is based on a story by Vijayadan Detha, which relates a popular folktale from Rajasthan about a merchant's son, Krishanlal (Ravi Menon).[1]
The film was extensively shot in Borunda village, in Tehsil Bilara, Jodhpur district, the village of the author Vijay Dan Detha' Bijji.[1]
The music of film was given by folk musicians of Rajasthan, Ramzan Hammu, Latif and Saki Khan.[4]
The Amol Palekar movie, Paheli, released in 2005, is also based on the same story.