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1975 Superhit Movie Released With Sholay: A brilliant film was released in theaters with Dharmendra-Amitabh Bachchan’s film ‘Sholay’, whose songs are still very famous. The film was not only a superhit, but the second of 1975 …Read more
Both films were released on 15 August 1975.
Highlights
- The film was released on 15 August 1975 with ‘Sholay’.
- People used to take off the slippers to watch the film.
- The film was the second highest grossing film of 1975.
New Delhi: The festival of Navratri dedicated to Maa Durga has started from Sunday 30 March. Many such films have been made in the film industry, in which along with Navadurga, their other forms are shown in a beautiful way, which not only became timeless, but even today people watch such films with devotion. The film ‘Jai Santoshi Maa’ comes first in this list. It shows a beautiful and miracle -filled relationship between mother Santoshi and her devotee.
There are many stories about ‘Jai Santoshi Maa’ landing in theaters on August 15, 1975. The film, released in theater with ‘Sholay’, got a lot of love from the audience. Along with the family, people used to reach theaters to see the saga of Mother. Some stories related to the film are quite interesting.
Singers made the film a big hit
It is believed that the singers had a big hand in getting the film a super hit. Each song of the film was a superhit. ‘I was the Aarti Uutu Re, Santoshi Mata Ki’ Women used to drown in devotion. The song was sung by singer Usha Mangeshkar and C. Arjun gave music. The sequence did not stop here and later this song was sung as Santoshi Mata’s Aarti in the temples. If you look at the other songs of the film, then the song ‘Jai Jai Santoshi Mata, Jai Jai Maa’, ‘here and there is where you see’, ‘Kareti Hoon Tapa Tumha’, ‘Help Karo Santoshi Mata’.
Anita Guha played the role of Goddess Maa Santoshi.
People used to go off the slippers in the theater
It is said that to watch a film filled with mother’s leela and miracle, the audience used to take off the slippers before entering the theater and before the film started, they used to sit with flowers, coins in hand and coins, garlands and flowers were bouncing soon after the mother’s arrival on the screen.
It seems to earn many times the
There is no concrete figure about the budget of the film, but it became the second highest -grossing Hindi film in the year 1975. The first number was Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Jaya Bachchan, Sanjeev Kumar starrer ‘Sholay’, which is a record in itself.