Chitchor

<p>Pitamber Chaudhri, headmaster of a school in , has a daughter named Geeta. Geeta is a typical village belle — naive, childish, and always in the company of a little boy who is her neighbour. Pitamber’s older daughter, Meera, who lives in , informs Pitamber of the arrival of a young who could be a possible match for Geeta. Pitamber is asked to welcome him and treat him well. Without further question, Pitamber and family do just that when the visitor arrives by train. Vinod, the newcomer, takes an instant liking to the family and to Geeta in particular, even teaching her to sing. The family begins to talk about the possibility of Vinod and Geeta marrying. Life is good until another letter from Meera arrives. Pitamber is shocked to read that the engineer whom Meera was sending to meet the family has not yet arrived but will be coming soon. Vinod is an overseer who happened to come early, as his boss Sunil was delayed and could not make it as planned. The family is disappointed. They ask Geeta to stop seeing Vinod and turn her attention to Sunil, the engineer, but Geeta cannot forget Vinod. Sunil is fond of Geeta and agrees to the engagement, which is quickly arranged. When Vinod hears of the engagement, he prepares to leave the village before the ceremony. Upon hearing this, Geeta insists that she will marry Vinod, against the wishes of her family. She rushes to the train station but not before the train leaves. Disheartened, she turns back and is received and driven back to her house by Sunil. To her surprise, Vinod is at the house. All misconceptions have been cleared up: Geeta and Vinod are to be engaged. The principal shooting of film was spread over 25 days at neighbouring hill stations of and in Maharashtra. A bungalow in Panchgani was the setting on Zarina Wahab’s home, where many keys scenes, including the songs, like were shot. The track “Gori Tera Gaon” has been composed in Raag (known as in Carnatic Music), which earned K J Yesudas the award for the Best Male Playback Singer in 1976. This soundtrack album also marked his first debut in Bollywood Music. All lyrics are written by ; all music is composed by . The film became a box office hit The 2003 Hindi movie starring , and had a similar storyline. The core plot of the movie was an inspiration for the 1990 Kannada movie starring and which went on to be remade in Telugu in 1997 as . Another uncredited remake was which released in 1990 in starring , and . The movie was unofficially adapted in as which starred , , . A Bengali remake by the name was made by director . The 1997 Hindi movie by , starring & was loosely based on this movie. In 1987, it also has had an uncredited remake in Tamil as starring Pandiyarajan and Rekha.</p>