Yaadein is a 1964 B&W Hindi film

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

 directed and produced by Sunil Dutt

Sunil Dutt

Sunil Dutt , born Sunil Balraj Dutt, was an Indian Hindi movie actor , producer, director and politician. He was the cabinet minister for Youth Affairs and Sports in the Manmohan Singh government...

 also starring himself. The only other actor in the film is Nargis Dutt that too in a silhouette

Silhouette

A silhouette is the image of a person, an object or scene consisting of the outline and a basically featureless interior, with the silhouetted object usually being black. Although the art form has been popular since the mid-18th century, the term “silhouette” was seldom used until the early decades...

 in the final scene

This film is first-ever Indian and one of kind films in world cinema as it features only a single actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 and hence has found an entry in the Guinness Book of World Records in the category Fewest actors in a narrative film.

Film narrative progresses through dialogues and background music composed by Vasant Desai

Vasant Desai

Vasant Desai was a Indian film music composer, most remembered for his score in V. Shantaram film, like Do Aankhen Barah Haath , Jhanak Jhanak Payal Baaje , Vijay Bhatt's Goonj Uthi Shehnai and Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Guddi .-Early life:He born in 1912 into a wealthy family in Sonwad village,...

, who also gave a song, Dekha hai sapna koi.. sung by Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...

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Overview

The film is soliloquy

Soliloquy

A soliloquy is a device often used in drama whereby a character relates his or her thoughts and feelings to him/herself and to the audience without addressing any of the other characters, and is delivered often when they are alone or think they are alone. Soliloquy is distinct from monologue and...

 of a man who comes home to find that his wife and son are not at home, he assumes that they have left him and reminiscences his life with them, and scared of his life without them, he regrets his past indiscretions. The suspense is only revealed in the end, as his wife and son had only gone out for a while.

Awards

• 1966: Filmfare Award
  • Best Cinematographer
    Filmfare Best Cinematographer Award
    The Filmfare Best Cinematography Award is given by the Filmfare magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films.The awards started in 1953-Superlatives:Most AwardsKamal Bose - 5Radhoo Karmakar - 4Fali Mistry - 3Jal Mistry - 3...
    
    : S. Ramachandra
    S. Ramachandra
    Shivaramaiah Ramachandra Aithal popularly known as S. Ramachandra, was an award winning, acclaimed Indian cinematographer. He won National Film Award for Best Cinematography in 1977 for the Kannada feature film Rishya Shringa...
    
     (B&W category)
  • Best Sound: Essa M. Suratwala