27-407: Thodisi Bewafaii ( lit. ' A little indiscretion ' ) is a 1980 Hindi movie written and directed by Esmayeel Shroff . The film stars Rajesh Khanna , Shabana Azmi and Padmini Kolhapure . The music is by Khayyam .The film was a commercial hit and in some cities celebrated as a golden jubilee. Arvind Kumar Choudhary is an elderly, wealthy businessman whose wife is dead and who lives in
54-445: A businessman named Lalwani. This results in huge public humiliation for the family and many doors are closed in their faces. Mahendra asks Neema to sell her jewellery and provide him with funds so that he can immigrate to Germany. She does what he wishes, with the result that he leaves for Germany, never to be heard from again. Neema takes her son Abhinandan and relocates to Nashik to live with her second brother Narendra and his wife. This
81-485: A chord among the masses. He gained greater recognition from the film Phir Subha Hogi (1958) starring Raj Kapoor and Mala Sinha , in which songs written by Sahir Ludhianvi and sung by Mukesh and Asha Bhosle were set to tune by Khayyam. Notable amongst them are "Wo Subha Kabhi To Aayegi", "Aasman Pe hai Khuda Aur Zameen Pe Hum" and "Chin-o-Arab Humara" . Songs from the film Shola Aur Shabnam (1961) written by Kaifi Azmi established Khayyam's reputation as
108-953: A composer. From the Chetan Anand directed Aakhri Khat (1966) "Baharon Mera Jeevan Bhi Sawaron" by Lata and "Aur Kuch Der Theher" by Rafi were huge hits. Other notable songs are from the film Shagoon (1964) which had Khayyam's wife Jagjit Kaur sing "Tum Apna Ranj-o-Gham" and "Tum Chali Jaogi" . The 1970s saw Khayyam team up with Sahir Ludhyanvi once again to work in the Yash Chopra -directed Kabhi Kabhie (1976). The songs showed Khayyam's versatility with hits such as "Kabhi Kabhi Mere Dil Mein Khayal Aata Hai" (Sung by Mukesh and Lata ), "Tere Chehre Se Nazar Nahin" (by Kishore & Lata) and "Main Pal Do Pal Ka Shayar Hoon" (by Mukesh). Khayyam provided music to
135-513: A famous Punjabi music director. After listening to a composition by Chishti, he sang to him its first part. Impressed, Chishti gave him an offer of joining him as an assistant. Khayyam assisted Chishti for six months and came to Ludhiana in 1943. He was only 17 then. After a stint in the Army in the Second World War , Khayyam went to Bombay to fulfil his dream and made his debut as Sharmaji of
162-465: A healthy, college-going young man. In college, he falls in love with Meenu ( Padmini Kolhapure ), who is his classmate. Out on an excursion with friends one day, the two ride on a bike and sing a song. While they are enjoying this beautiful time, they are hit by a truck and Nandu is admitted to hospital. Both of his parents rush to his bedside and in this situation, Arun and Neema meet each other again. They resolve their differences and Neema accepts that she
189-449: A heart attack in 2012. Inspired by their son's helping nature, they started a trust, "Khayyam Jagjit Kaur Charitable Trust" to help artistes and technicians in need. In his last days, Khayyam was suffering from various age related ailments. On 28 July 2019, Khayyam was admitted to Sujay Hospital in Juhu , Mumbai due to lung infection . He died on 19 August 2019 following a cardiac arrest at
216-499: A palatial mansion with his only son, Arun ( Rajesh Khanna ). He remarries with another woman, Sujata, a widow with two daughters, Veena and Seema. Arun assumes that the new woman in his father's life is a floozy and a gold-digger. He does not respect his new step-mother and refuses to even speak with her. Arun meets Neema Deshmukh ( Shabana Azmi ) and they fall in love with each other. With the approval of their respective families, they get married. At work one day, Arun accidentally breaks
243-527: A valuable diamond while daydreaming about Neema. He and his father are required to pay for the loss of value, and as a result, the Choudharys lose all their savings, building, vehicles and property. They are compelled to move to a shanty apartment. Arvind passes away from the trauma of seeing his life's work destroyed. Arun takes over the reins of this family, and it is necessary for him to interact with his stepmother to settle various legal matters. He finds that she
270-480: A week, at 4 PM every Sunday. Arun, who is completely innocent of the charge of adultery, is extremely unhappy with this humiliation, especially after Neema makes problems and nuisance even during the few minutes every week when he is allowed to meet his son. He decides to wait until his son is 14 and then take him home. Neema's father is arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau while accepting a huge bribe from
297-527: Is Arun's son. She immediately calls Arun to meet him. Arun flies to his son's bedside and the two are united with each other. Abhinandan returns to see his mother and gives her the news that he has found his father. She becomes a bit interested in Arun's whereabouts. However, Arun does not want to meet her or be reconciled with her because of the bitterness of the past. Abhinandan (known affectionately as "Nandu") gets over his issues concerning paternity and develops into
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#1732863274776324-429: Is Dr. Karuna, a family friend who has no interest in Arun or vice versa. Mahendra informs his sister, who packs her things, picks up her son in her arms and simply walks out of the house without making any effort to ascertain the facts. She goes back to her father's house to live with him and Mahendra. She then approaches the courts and secures custody of Abhinandan. The situation is that Arun is only allowed one brief visit
351-452: Is a noble, forgiving lady with a generous heart and he develops respect for her. Around this time, Neema gives birth to a baby boy and they name him Abhinandan. Misunderstandings occur between Sujata and Neema, they escalate, fueled by some gossip from neighboring women, leading to arguments between Neema and Arun (who is now reconciled with his step-mother and takes her side). One day, Neema's brother Mahendra sees Arun with another woman. This
378-444: Is telling the truth. Only a few days previously, after some humiliating incident at school, Abhinandan had run away from home and made his way to the big city, Mumbai. In fact, he had coincidentally bumped into his father on the street and sought directions from him, with neither of them recognizing the other. He happens to get sick just outside the house of Dr. Karuna, who is a friend of Arun's family. She treats him and finds out that he
405-440: Is where Abhinandan grows up, always curious to know about his dad. Years later, Arun, with hard work, has recovered his fortune and has become a rich and successful businessman. On Abhinandan's fourteenth birthday, Arun shows up on Neema's doorstep - only to be told that their son has run away from home. An enraged Arun must now find whether Neema is telling the truth or whether she is hiding their son someplace else. Actually, Neema
432-537: The Sharmaji-Varmaji composer duo with the film Heer Ranjha in 1948. He went solo after his co-composer Rehman Verma went to the newly created Pakistan post partition. One of his earliest breaks was in the film Biwi (1950) in which the song "Akele Mein Woh Ghabrate To Honge" sung by Mohammed Rafi was a hit. "Shaam-e-Gham Ki Kasam" sung by Talat Mehmood from the film Footpath (1953) struck
459-466: The "nazms" written and sung by her. Khayyam always preferred to work with poets rather than film lyricists. That is the reason one finds poetry playing an equal role in Khayyam's compositions as the music or the singer. Khayyam prefers to give full freedom to the poets for expressing their views thereby making the expression of songs more poetic and meaningful. He worked with both his contemporaries in
486-476: The field of poetry. That's the reason one finds in his account the work profiled by Mirza Ghalib , Daagh , Wali Mohammed Wali , Ali Sardar Jafri , Majrooh Sultanpuri , Sahir Ludhianvi , and among the new ones Naqsh Lyallpuri , Nida Fazli , Jan Nisar Akhtar and Ahmed Wasi. Khayyam's music had the touch of ghazal but was rooted in Indian classical music. The compositions were soulful, melodious and emotional,
513-520: The films of the late-1970s and early-1980s. Songs from Trishul , Thodi Si Bewafaai , Bazaar , Dard , Noorie , Nakhuda , Sawaal , Bepannah , and Khandaan are some of his best works. Khayyam was still to deliver his best, and the opportunity came in Muzaffar Ali 's Umrao Jaan in 1981. He had Asha Bhonsle sing the songs "In Aankhon Ki Masti Ke", "Ye Kya Jagah Hai Doston", and "Dil Cheez Kya Hai", which are evergreen. Rajesh Khanna liked
540-746: The songs of the film Kabhi Kabhie so much that he gifted Khayyam one of his cars. Subsequently, Khayyam composed music for Thodisi Bewafai , Dard (both 1981) and Dil-E-Nadaan (1982), all of them starring Khanna in the lead. Khayyam created music for the Kamal Amrohi directed film Razia Sultan (1983) and his song "Aye Dil-e-Nadan" sung by Lata is considered as a milestone. He also composed non-film songs. Some of them include "Paaon Padun Tore Shyam, Brij Mein Laut Chalo" and "Ghazab Kiya Tere Vaade Pe Aitbaar Kiya" . He also gave music for Meena Kumari 's album, I Write, I Recite (1971) featuring
567-485: The songs were rich in poetry and purpose and the style was noticeably different from the popular brand of music in those days, which used to be either semi-classical, ghazal or light and peppy. On his 89th birthday, Khayyam announced the formation of a charitable trust, Khayyam Jagjeet Kaur KPG Charitable Trust, and decided to donate his entire wealth to the trust to support budding artists and technicians in India. His wealth at
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#1732863274776594-404: The time of announcement was valued at around ₹ 10 crore (US$ 1.2 million). He decided not to celebrate his birthday after the terrorist attack on India's border post of Pulwama and donated ₹ 5 lakh (US$ 6,000) to the kin of the martyrs. Khayyam married Jagjit Kaur in 1954 in one of the first inter-communal marriages in the Indian film industry. They had a son, Pradeep, who died of
621-929: Was an Indian film director and writer, noted for his work in the Bollywood industry. His hit film Thodisi Bewafaii was famous among the crowd of the 1980s. The movie was written by his brother, Moin-Ud-Din . Shroff graduated in Sound Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli . He later went to Bombay, now Mumbai , to pursue his interest in films. He worked as Assistant Director to Bheem Singh and later directed his first film Thodisi Bewafaii , followed by other films in Bollywood. Shroff directed Thodisi Bewafaii followed by Agar – If , God and Gun , Ahista Ahista , Zid , Police Public , Majhdhaar , Dil Akhir Dil Hai , Tarkieb , Bulundi , Nishchaiy , Surya and Jhuta Sach . He
648-529: Was an Indian music director and background score composer whose career spanned four decades. He won three Filmfare Awards : for Best Music in 1977 for Kabhi Kabhie and 1982 for Umrao Jaan , and a lifetime achievement award in 2010. He was awarded the 2007 Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Creative Music, by the Sangeet Natak Akademi , India's National Academy of Music, Dance and Theatre. He
675-634: Was awarded the third-highest civilian honour, Padma Bhushan , by the Government of India in 2011. Khayyam was born to a Punjabi Muslim family on 18 February 1927 in Rahon in Punjab , British India. As a boy, Khayyam ran away to his uncle's house in New Delhi . There he was trained under classical vocalist and composer Pandit Amarnath . Khayyam went to Lahore looking for roles in films. There he met Baba Chishti ,
702-542: Was directing the movie – Nazuk sa Modh which is to be shot in Delhi. "I am going to be in Delhi during the shoot and would like to see the film should move in the right direction" said Shroff while leaving Mumbai for Delhi . Shroff died on 26 October 2022, at the age of 72 after suffering a heart attack one month earlier. Source: Khayyam (composer) Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Hashmi (18 February 1927 – 19 August 2019), better known mononymously as Khayyam ,
729-495: Was very wrong with her suspicious, vengeful, adamant attitude. Abhinandan undergoes the required operation successfully with Neema and Arun on either side of his bed. At this point, Abhinandan asks his parents to come together. They implicitly give consent, and thus the family is united again. The music is composed by the legendary composer Khayyam . The lyrics are penned by Gulzar . Won Nominated Esmayeel Shroff Esmayeel Shroff (12 August 1950 – 26 October 2022)
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