Kati Patang (1971)
January 29, 1971Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Rajesh Khanna
Kamal Sinha
Asha Parekh
Madhavi 'Madhu' / Poonam
Prem Chopra
Kailash
Bindu Desai
Shabnam 'Shaboo'
Sulochana Latkar
Mrs. Dinanath
Chandrashekhar Vaidya
Police Inspector Tiwari
Madan Puri
Vishnu Prasad
Daisy Irani
Ramaiya
Honey Irani
Manorama 'Munni'
Sadhana Patel
Sadhana Patel
Kanchan Mattu
Gurnam Singh
Rakesh Katpatia
Birbal
Mukesh Katpatia
Ramayan Tiwari
Tiwari
Lalita Kumari
Mrs. Khanna
Satyendra Kapoor
Dr. Kashinath
Mehmood Jr.
Shetu
Harbans Darshan M. Arora
RajKishan
Kumari Naaz
Poonam
Nazir Hussain
Diwan Dinanath
Robert
Dancer
Vrajendra Gaur
Dialogue
Ramesh Puri
Assistant Director
Krishna Rao Mirajkar
Makeup Artist
Babu Arora
Assistant Director
Perin Pereira
Hairstylist
Meena Rao
Hairstylist
Babu Arora
Assistant Director
Dinu Indulkar
Makeup Artist
Gulshan Nanda
Screenplay / Story
Govind Dalwadi
Editor
M. B. Shetty
Stunts
Madhukar S. Shinde
Assistant Art Director
Kaushik
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dilip Singh
Assistant Art Director
Manoj Adhikari
Production Manager
Dinesh Saxena
Assistant Director
Rita D'Souza
Makeup Artist
Shakti Samanta
Director / Producer
Gurudayal Singh
Assistant Art Director
Details.
Release DateJanuary 29, 1971
Original Nameकटी पतंग
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 40m
Genres
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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. It was a box office success and Parekh's performance as Madhavi was critically acclaimed and earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. The film also stars Nazir Hussain, Bindu, Prem Chopra, Daisy Irani and Sulochana Latkar.
It 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. It 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 Gulshan Nanda's novel of the same name which was an adaptation of Cornell Woolrich's 1948 novel I Married a Dead Man which had earlier been adapted as the 1950 film No Man of Her Own.