50 Years of Piya Ka Ghar ( Released on 23 Feb 1972)

 

Piya Ka Ghar is a typical Basu Chatterjee kind of film produced by Rajshri Filma, In most of his movies and other television works, Basu Chatterjee has shown temperament of telling stories related to the common man. His plots are simple but directed with unmatched skill.Piya Ka Ghar falls in the same line. It portrays the difficulties of life in India's biggest city during the 1970s in the form of a comic family drama.

Piya ka Ghar gives us a glimpse of that life while also highlighting the problem of space and accommodation in Mumbai. Girdharilal Sharma is a middle-class man who is lucky enough to own a home in Bombay. But that home is not big enough for his family. It is a one-room apartment in a chawl and his house is forever busy with guests and neighbors. So even though his newlywed son and daughter-in-law crave some privacy, they struggle to find some. It's a funny yet sensitive take on a situation that still cripples many in the maximum city.

Jaya Bhaduri is the soul of the movie, playing her role close to perfection as the bewildered simple girl from a village who comes to a big city and adopts it gracefully. The rest of the cast, including Anil Dhawan who plays her husband Ram,

Worth mentioning is its music, composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal, and the song “Yeh Jeevan Hai” by Kishore Kumar, other songs  “Yeh zulf kaise hai” by Mohammad Rafi, and  “Piya Ka Ghar Hai Yeh” by Lata Mangeshkar –– are hummable.

 The content is meaningful even today. Many lower class Indian couples still face similar problems.If you have not seen this movie, its a must watch

Song of Piya Ka Ghar 1972

Song of Piya Ka Ghar 1972

Song of Piya Ka Ghar 1972

Song of Piya Ka Ghar 1972

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Basu Chatterjee-The creator of classics like Rajnigandha,Chitchor and Chhoti Si Baat

 Before he became a Director, Basu Chatterjee worked as an illustrator and cartoonist for the famous weekly Tabloid, Blitz.He assisted Basu Bhattacharya on his film, ‘Teesri Kasam’ (1966).Sara Akash’ in 1969 was his first film as Director.He proved his worth with sweet romantic movies such as ‘Rajnigandha’ (1974), ‘Chhoti Si Baat’ (1976) and ‘Chitchor’ (1976). These films were huge success at the box office since they were light hearted, fun, romantic and the audience instantly connected with the characters depicted in the film.

Born on 10th Jan 1930 at Ajmer started his career as an illustrator and cartoonist with the weekly tabloid Blitz published in Bombay.He worked there for 18 years.It was Basu Bhattacharya who brought him to film Industry.After assisting him in Teesri Kasam he assisted Govind Saraiya for 1968 film Saraswatichandra.After independently directing he directed Rajshri's Piya Ka Ghar in 1972.The film was an average at Box office.Us Paar in 1974 was his next directorial film starring Maushumi  Chatterjee and Vinod Mehra.
He became a successful Director after Rajnigandha in 1974.His films  Chhoti Si Baat (1975), Chitchor (1976), Khatta Meetha(1978) ,  Baton Baton Mein(1979) Man Pasand(1980), Shaukeen(1982) and Chameli Ki Shadi (1986) were successful. He has also directed many Bengali films such as Hothat Brishti, Hochcheta Ki and Hothat Shei Din.He also directed the TV Series Byomkesh Bakshi and the popular Rajani (TV series) for Doordarshan.
Some of the Popular Songs from Basu Chatterjee

Song from Piya Ka Ghar 1972

Song from Rajnigandha 1974

Song from Chhoti Si Baat 1975

Song from Chitchor 1976

Song from Priyatama 1978

Song from Khatta Meetha 1978

Song from Baton Baton Mein 1979

Song from Manzil 1979

Song from Manpasand 1980