Chanda Aur Bijli

Name: Chanda Aur Bijli
Genre: Drama
Duration: 2 h 17 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Sanjeev Kumar, Padmini, Jeevan Dhar

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

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Drama

A beautiful street dancer Bijli is in a gang of petty thieves. Sachin is the heir to a heritage household but due to the death of his parents lands up in a orphanage. In the orphanage when t... Read allA beautiful street dancer Bijli is in a gang of petty thieves. Sachin is the heir to a heritage household but due to the death of his parents lands up in a orphanage. In the orphanage when the children are ill -treated by the manager, his royal blood automatically singles him out... Read allA beautiful street dancer Bijli is in a gang of petty thieves. Sachin is the heir to a heritage household but due to the death of his parents lands up in a orphanage. In the orphanage when the children are ill -treated by the manager, his royal blood automatically singles him out to take cudgels for the rest of the children. He dares to challenge the Orphanage manager... Read all

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

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Awards
- 1 win total

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Trivia
Remake of Oliver Twist, just as the movie "Kanhaiya"(1981).

Connections
Referenced in Eena Meena Deeka (1994)

Soundtracks
Ram Krishna Hari (Kal Ka Paiya)
Sung by Manna Dey
Music composed by Shankarsingh Raghuwanshi and Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal (as Shankar-Jaikishan)
Lyrics by Neeraj

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Featured review

10/10

Best adaptation of 'Oliver Twist' into film

This is easily one of the best adaptation of a book into a movie. It is as good as the book, if not better.

If you loved the book, you'll fall in love with this movie too. And it's simply 'unputdownable' just like the original book. And considering this is a bollywood movie we are talking about, that's some achievement!

The casting of all characters is perfect especially of Jeevan as Fagin and Sachin as Oliver Twist.

The only little grouse you'd probably have with the film would be the music which is not particularly 'melodious'

And they have made the necessary modifications to the story to adapt it to India situations and also sort of 'upped the ante' in the plot which works out quite well in the end.

All in all, a beautifully crafted, heart-wrenching, emotionally satisfying film.