Jait Re Jait

Jait Re Jait
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Directed by	Jabbar Patel
Written by	Satish Alekar Anil Joglekar
Produced by	Usha Mangeshkar
Starring	Mohan Agashe Smita Patil
Cinematography	Binod Pradhan
Music by	Hridaynath Mangeshkar
Distributed by	Mahalakshmi Chitra
Release date	1977 (1977)
Country	India
Language	Marathi

Jait Re Jait (English: Win, Win) is 1977 Indian Marathi language film directed by Dr. Jabbar Patel and produced by Usha Mangeshkar and Hridaynath Mangeshkar, under the banner Mahalakshmi Chitra. The film stars Mohan Agashe and Smita Patil in lead roles. The film won President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi at National Film Awards.

It is considered to be one of the greatest musical hits of all time in Marathi cinema. It is based on a book by G. N. Dandekar. Though the music achieved all-time hit status, the film was a box-office disaster.

Plot

The story revolves around a tribal caste called the Thakar. Nagya (Mohan Agashe) is a drummer who has a passion for being a "pure one" (punyavant). He meets Chindhi (Smita Patil), who has abandoned her husband as she considers him useless. They both fall in love and strive hard to be united. Once when Nagya goes to jungle for wood-cutting, a queen honey bee attacks him and one of his eyes is injured. He decides to take revenge. The beehives are located high on a nearby difficult to climb peak {Lingoba}. He decides to cut all the beehives so that the queen-bee runs away. Meanwhile, Chindhi becomes pregnant with Nagya, but she still supports his dangerous attempt to climb the peak. Nagya then climbs the peak and cuts the hives. Chindhi is waiting at the base of the peak, but the disturbed honey-bees attack her and she dies in the incident. Nagya, in search of Queen honey-bee, loses his own queen[wife] in the end. This is a classic paradox, where he succeeds (Jait re jait, means WIN-WIN) in his revenge, but loses wife.

The film highlights all the traditions of the Thakar tribe.

Cast

• Mohan Agashe as Nagya
• Smita Patil as Chindhi

Music

The popular songs of the film are composed by Pt. Hridaynath Mangeshkar with most of the lyrics by N. D. Mahanor and performed by Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Ravindra Sathe and Chandrakant Kale. Poet Arati Prabhu contributed to the lyrics of the song 'Me Raat Takli.'

All lyrics are written by N. D. Mahanor; all music is composed by Pt. Hridaynath Mangeshkar

No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Gorya Dehavarti"	Usha Mangeshkar, Ravindra Sathe	03:58
2.	"Nabh Utaru Aala, Chimba Tharthar Valla"	Asha Bhosale	05:32
3.	"Jambhul Piklya Zaadakhali"	Asha Bhosale, Ravindra Sathe	04:03
4.	"Lingobacha Dongur"	Ravindra Sathe, Chandrakant Kale	01:23
5.	"Wadi Varlya Waata"		01:37
6.	"Ha Doliya"		02:45
7.	"Mee Raat Taakli, Me Kaat Taakli"	Lata Mangeshkar, Ravindra Sathe, Chandrakant Kale	04:30
8.	"Dongar Kathadi Thakarwadi"	Ravindra Sathe, Chandrakant Kale	01:48
9.	"Kunya Raajan Raajan"	Smita Patil, Asha Bhosale	02:32
10.	"Aamhi Thakar Thakar"	Ravindra Sathe, Chandrakant Kale	04:19
11.	"Pik Karpal"	Ravindra Sathe	04:01
12.	"Hee Dusryachi Baael"		02:40

Awards

The songs from this film are popular in Maharashtra. The film earned actress Smita Patil and Jabbar Patel Filmfare Awards. Maharashtra State Film Awards for Best Direction was also presented to Patel. The 25th National Film Awards held in April 1978 honoured the film with President's Silver Medal for Best Feature Film in Marathi for;

"Consistently transferring to the film medium a successful fictional work (Jait re Jait by G. N. Dandekar); for high lightening the mutual inconsistencies of love, of the fear of God and of superstition in a simple, innocent community of tribal, for the memorable use of the drum in evoking presence of the God and expressing the inexorable demands of love for a cinematic form which captures the lyricism, the cadence and the lilt of folk culture."

External links

• Jait Re Jait at IMDb
• Lyrics of the songs from Jait Re Jait