Jait Re Jait (English: Win, Win) is 1977 Indian Marathi-language musical film directed by Dr. Jabbar Patel and produced by Usha Mangeshkar and Hridaynath Mangeshkar, under the banner of Mahalakshmi Chitra. The film stars Mohan Agashe and Smita Patil in the lead roles. The film won President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi at the National Film Awards.
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| Directed by | Jabbar Patel |
| Written by | Satish Alekar Anil Joglekar |
| Based on | Jait re Jait by G. N. Dandekar |
| Produced by | Usha Mangeshkar |
| Starring | Mohan Agashe Smita Patil Nilu Phule |
| Cinematography | Binod Pradhan |
| Music by | Hridaynath Mangeshkar |
| Distributed by | Mahalakshmi Chitra |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Marathi |
It is considered to be one of the greatest musical hits of all time in Marathi cinema.[1] It is based on a book by G. N. Dandekar. Though the music achieved all-time hit status, the film was a box office disaster.
Plot
editJait re jait is a story that revolves around a tribal caste ‘thakar’nagya the protagonist is a drummer,who develops a passion for being “punyavant”[pure one]while growing up listening to his father,he desperately wants to see the “devimassi”[queen bee]his father in childhood peaked nagyas interest in it unknowingly.a girl who leaves her husband because she didn't like him falls in mad love with nagya,once when nagya was cutting wood in jungle bees attack him,nagya seeks revenge he wants to kill them most importantly the queen bee,the queen bee has some religious role in nagya’s tribe tho nagya being stubborn he sets out to flee away the bees with his wife,he does manage to flew them away but in the process his wife gets killed during the time nagya was attacked and attacked back he didn't play drum but even after fleeing the queen bee away he restlessly picked up the drum and started playing it like a mad man he didn't show a single amount of care for his dead wife.This is a classic paradox, where he succeeds (Jait re jait, means WIN-WIN) in his revenge, but loses his wife
Cast
edit- Mohan Agashe as Nagya
- Smita Patil as Chindhi
- Nilu Phule as Nagya's father
- Sulabha Deshpande as Nagya's mother
- Siddharth Ray as Young Nagya
- Narayan Pe
- Manjiri Paranjpae
- Meena Arjunwadkar
- Seema Dharmadhikari
- Shriram Ranade
- Chandrakant Kale
- Kamini
- Bal Karve
- Shriram Pendse
- Anant Kulkarni
- Dilip Mangalvedhekar
- Arvind Thakar
Crew
edit- Story - G. N. Dandekar
- Dialogues - Satish Alekar and Anil Joglekar
- Playback - Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Varsha Bhosle, Ravindra Sathe and Chandrakant Kale
- Art - Desai
- Colour - Nivrutri Dalvi
- Make Up - Suresh Basale
- Stills - Rao and Rao
- Assistants:
Music - Amar Direction - Prasad Subhedar and Shrinivas Bhange Camera - Rajan Kothari and Rajesh Joshi
- Director of Photography - Binod Pradhan
- Director - Dr. Jabbar Patel
Music
editThe popular songs of the film are composed by Pt. Hridaynath Mangeshkar, with most of the lyrics by N. D. Mahanor and performed by Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Ravindra Sathe and Chandrakant Kale. Poet Arati Prabhu contributed to the lyrics of the song "Me Raat Takli".
All lyrics are written by N. D. Mahanor; all music is composed by Pt. Hridaynath Mangeshkar
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gorya Dehavarti" | Usha Mangeshkar, Ravindra Sathe | 03:58 |
| 2. | "Nabh Utaru Aala, Chimba Tharthar Valla" | Asha Bhosle | 05:32 |
| 3. | "Jambhul Piklya Zaadakhali" | Asha Bhosle, Ravindra Sathe | 04:03 |
| 4. | "Lingobacha Dongur" | Ravindra Sathe, Chandrakant Kale | 01:23 |
| 5. | "Wadi Varlya Waata" | 01:37 | |
| 6. | "Ha Doliya" | 02:45 | |
| 7. | "Mee Raat Taakli, Me Kaat Taakli" | Lata Mangeshkar, Ravindra Sathe, Chandrakant Kale | 04:30 |
| 8. | "Dongar Kathadi Thakarwadi" | Ravindra Sathe, Chandrakant Kale | 01:48 |
| 9. | "Kunya Raajan Raajan" | Smita Patil, Asha Bhosle | 02:32 |
| 10. | "Aamhi Thakar Thakar" | Ravindra Sathe, Chandrakant Kale | 04:19 |
| 11. | "Pik Karpal" | Ravindra Sathe | 04:01 |
| 12. | "Hee Dusryachi Baael" | 02:40 |
Awards
editThe songs from this film are popular in Maharashtra. The film earned actress Smita Patil and Jabbar Patel Filmfare Awards. Maharashtra State Film Awards for Best Direction was also presented to Patel. The 25th National Film Awards held in April 1978 honoured the film with President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi for;
"Consistently transferring to the film medium a successful fictional work (Jait re Jait by G. N. Dandekar); for high lightening the mutual inconsistencies of love, of the fear of God and of superstition in a simple, innocent community of tribal, for the memorable use of the drum in evoking presence of the God and expressing the inexorable demands of love for a cinematic form which captures the lyricism, the cadence and the lilt of folk culture."[2][3]
The film was shot on locations of Maharashtra in Karnala, Khalapur, Kumbhavali and Thakarwadi in Raigad District. The titles appeared after 15 minutes after the start of the film and the song-mee raat taakli—appeared after 50 minutes after the start of the film.
References
edit- ^ "Happy Birthday, Dr Mohan Agashe: A look at the best Marathi movies of veteran star". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "25th National Film Awards". International Film Festival of India. Archived from the original on 10 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ^ "25th National Film Awards (PDF)" (PDF). Directorate of Film Festivals. Retrieved 4 October 2011.