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"London Bridge Is Falling Down"
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Nursery rhyme
Published
c. 1744
Songwriter(s)
Unknown
"London Bridge Is Falling Down" (also known as "My Fair Lady" or "London Bridge") is a traditional English nursery rhyme and singing game, which is found in different versions all over the world. It deals with the depredations of London Bridge and attempts, realistic or fanciful, to repair it. It may date back to bridge rhymes and games of the Late Middle Ages, but the earliest records of the rhyme in English are from the seventeenth century. The lyrics were first printed in close to their modern form in the mid-eighteenth century and became popular, particularly in Britain and the United States during the 19th century.
The modern melody was first recorded in the late nineteenth century and the game resembles arch games of the Middle Ages, but seems to have taken its modern form in the late nineteenth century. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 502. Several theories have been advanced to explain the meaning of the rhyme and the identity of the "fair lady" of the refrain. The rhyme is one of the best known in the world and has been referenced in a variety of works of literature and popular culture.
Contents
1 Lyrics
2 Melody
3 The game
4 Origins
5 Meaning
5.1 Viking attack theory
5.2 Child sacrifice theory
5.3 Age and damage theory
5.4 "Fair lady" identity
6 Legacy and popular culture
7 See also
8 References
Lyrics[edit]
London Bridge Is Falling Down
Tune for London Bridge Is Falling Down
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London Bridge (1616) by Claes Van Visscher
A prospect of Old London Bridge in 1710.
New London Bridge in the late 19th century.
The reconstructed New London Bridge in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.
The modern concrete London Bridge.
There is considerable variation in the lyrics of the rhyme. The most frequently used first verse is:
London Bridge is falling down,
Falling down, falling down.
London Bridge is falling down,
My fair lady.[1]
In the version quoted by Iona and Peter Opie in 1951 the first verse is:
London Bridge is broken down,
Broken down, broken down.
London Bridge is broken down,
My fair lady.[2]
The rhyme is constructed of quatrains in trochaic tetrameter catalectic,[3] (each line made up of four metrical feet of two syllables, with the stress falling on the first syllable in a pair; the last foot in the line missing the unstressed syllable), which is common in nursery rhymes.[4] In its most common form it relies on a double repetition, rather than a rhyming scheme, which is a frequently employed device in children's rhymes and stories.[5] The Roud Folk Song Index, which catalogues folk songs and their variations by number, classifies the song as 502.[6]
Melody[edit]
The melody now most associated with the rhyme.
A melody is recorded for "London Bridge" in an edition of John Playford's The Dancing Master published in 1718, but it differs from the modern tune and no lyrics were given. An issue of Blackwood's Magazine in 1821 noted the rhyme as a being sung to the tune of "Nancy Dawson", now better known as "Nuts in May" and the same tune was given in Richard Thomson's Chronicles of London Bridge (1827).[2]
Another tune was recorded in Samuel Arnold's Juvenile Amusements in 1797. E. F. Rimbault's Nursery Rhymes (1836) has the same first line, but then a different tune.[1] The tune now associated with the rhyme was first recorded in 1879 in the US in A. H. Rosewig's Illustrated National Songs and Games.[7]
The game[edit]
Girls playing "London Bridge" in 1898.
The rhyme is often used in a children's singing game, which exists in a wide variety of forms, with additional verses. Most versions are similar to the actions used in the rhyme "Oranges and Lemons". The most common is that two players hold hands and make an arch with their arms while the others pass through in single file. The "arch" is then lowered at the song's end to "catch" a player. In the United States it is common for two teams of those that have been caught to engage in a tug of war.[2] In England until the nineteenth century the song may have been accompanied by a circle dance, but arch games are known to have been common across late medieval Europe.[1]
Five of nine versions published by Alice Gomme in 1894 included references to a prisoner who has stolen a watch and chain. This may be a late nineteenth century addition from another game called "Hark the Robbers",[8] or "Watch and Chain". This rhyme is sung to the same tune and may be an offshoot of "London Bridge" or the remnant of a distinct game. In one version the first two verses have the lyrics:
Who has stole my watch and chain,
Watch and chain, watch and chain;
Who has stole my watch and chain,
My fair lady?

Off to prison you must go,
You must go, you must go;
Off to prison you must go,
My fair lady.[1]
This 1904 column from the Tacoma Times describes various alternate verses and their accompanying gestures
Origins[edit]
Detail from Philippe Pigouchet's Heures a lusaige de Paris (1497), showing an arch game similar to that known to be associated with the rhyme from the late nineteenth century.
The cover of the third edition of Dumpling and Pudding, which contains Henry Carey's satire "Namby Pamby" (1725), one of the earliest surviving works to refer to the rhyme.
Similar rhymes can be found across Europe, pre-dating the records in England. These include "Knippelsbro Går Op og Ned" from Denmark, "Die Magdeburger Brück" from Germany, "pont chus" from sixteenth-century France; and "Le porte", from fourteenth-century Italy. It is possible that the rhyme was acquired from one of these sources and then adapted to fit the most famous bridge in England.[2]
One of the earliest references to the rhyme in English is in the comedy The London Chaunticleres, printed in 1657, but probably written about 1636,[9] in which the dairy woman Curds states that she had "danced the building of London-Bridge" at the Whitsun Ales in her youth, although no words or actions are mentioned.[1] Widespread familiarity with the rhyme is suggested by its use by Henry Carey in his satire Namby Pamby (1725), as:
Namby Pamby is no Clown,
London Bridge is broken down:
Now he courts the gay Ladee
Dancing o'er The Lady-Lee.[1]
The oldest extant version could be that recalled by a correspondent to the Gentleman's Magazine in 1823, which he claimed to have heard from a woman who was a child in the reign of Charles II (r. 1660–85) and had the lyrics:
London Bridge is broken down,
Dance over the Lady Lea;
London Bridge is broken down,
With a gay lady (la-dee).
The earliest printed English version is in the oldest extant collection of nursery rhymes, Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book, printed by John Newbery in London (c. 1744), beginning with the following text:
The first page of the rhyme from an 1815 edition of Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book (c. 1744).
James Ritson, whose Gammer Gurton's Garland contains one of the earliest versions of the rhyme (Engraving by James Sayers, published in 1803).
London Bridge
Is Broken down,
Dance over my Lady Lee.
London Bridge
Is Broken down
With a gay Lady.[2]
A version from James Ritson's Gammer Gurton's Garland (1784) is similar but replaces the last verse with:
Build it up with stone so strong,
Dance o'er my Lady lee,
Huzza! 'twill last for ages long,
With a gay lady.[2]
Meaning[edit]
Cnut the Great's men on the London bridge, under attack by Olaf II of Norway from a Victorian children's book published in 1894.
The meaning of the rhyme is not certain. It may simply relate to the many difficulties experienced in bridging the River Thames, but a number of alternative theories have been put forward.
Viking attack theory[edit]
One theory of origin is that the rhyme relates to the supposed destruction of London Bridge by Olaf II of Norway in 1014 (or 1009).[10] The nineteenth-century translation of the Norse saga the Heimskringla, published by Samuel Laing in 1844, included a verse by Óttarr svarti, that looks very similar to the nursery rhyme:
London Bridge is broken down. —
Gold is won, and bright renown.
Shields resounding,
War-horns sounding,
Hild is shouting in the din!
Arrows singing,
Mail-coats ringing —
Odin makes our Olaf win!
However, modern translations make it clear that Laing was using the nursery rhyme as a model for his very free translation, and the reference to London Bridge does not appear at the start of the verse and it is unlikely that this is an earlier version of the nursery rhyme.[11] Some historians have raised the possibility that the attack never took place. However, the original document detailing the attack was written only about 100 years after what would be a famous event in a highly populated area, leading the majority of historians to conclude that the account is at least relatively accurate.[12][13] While it might or might not be the origin of the rhyme, this would make King Olaf's victory the only historically recorded incidence of London Bridge "falling down."
Child sacrifice theory[edit]
Detail of the Great Fire of London 1666 by an unknown painter. The Tower of London is on the right and London Bridge on the left.
The theory that the song refers to the burying, perhaps alive, of children in the foundations of the bridge was first advanced by Alice Bertha Gomme (later Lady Gomme) in The Traditional Games of England, Scotland and Ireland (1894–1898) and perpetuated by the usually sceptical Iona and Peter Opie.[11] This was based around the idea that a bridge would collapse unless the body of a human sacrifice were buried in its foundations and that the watchman is actually a human sacrifice, who will then watch over the bridge. However, there is no archaeological evidence for any human remains in the foundations of London Bridge.[11]
Age and damage theory[edit]
Until the mid-eighteenth century the Old London Bridge was the only crossing on the Thames in London. It was damaged in a major fire in 1633, but in the fire of 1666 this damage acted as a fire break and prevented the flames from further damaging the bridge and crossing to the south side of the Thames. With its 19 narrow arches, it impeded river traffic and flow. Central piers were removed to create a wider navigational span. Widening and the removal of its houses was completed in 1763, but it remained relatively narrow and needed continual and expensive repairs. In the early nineteenth century it was decided to replace the bridge with a new construction. New London Bridge was opened in 1831 and survived until it was replaced in 1972. It was then transported and reconstructed in Lake Havasu City, Arizona.[14]
"Fair lady" identity[edit]
The seal of Matilda of Scotland, one of the candidates for the "fair lady" of the refrain.
Several attempts have been made to identify the 'fair lady', 'lady gay', or lady 'lee/lea' of the rhyme. They include:
Matilda of Scotland (c. 1080–1118) Henry I's consort, who between 1110 and 1118 was responsible for the building of the series of bridges that carried the London-Colchester road across the River Lea and its side streams between Bow and Stratford.[11]
Eleanor of Provence (c. 1223–91), consort of Henry III who had custody of the bridge revenues from 1269 to about 1281.[11]
A member of the Leigh family of Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, who have a family story that a human sacrifice lies under the building.[2]
The River Lea, which is a tributary of the Thames.[2]
Legacy and popular culture[edit]
Since the late 19th century the rhyme has been seen as one of the most popular and well known in the English-speaking world.[1] It has also been referenced in both literature and popular culture.
It was used by T. S. Eliot at the climax of his poem The Waste Land (1922).[15]
The final line of the verse was probably the inspiration for the title of Lerner and Loewe's 1956 musical My Fair Lady.[16]
Chorus of the 1963 Brenda Lee song My Whole World is Falling Down are based on "London Bridge is Falling Down".[17]
The musical unicorn-in-glass-dome ornament bought by William Foster in the 1993 movie Falling Down plays the tune of the nursery rhyme "London Bridge is falling down" [18]. (So the movie title is evidently derived from this old nursery rhyme.)
The tune is often used by English football supporters as the basis for chants.[19][20]
In 1982 was sampled as "Halloween Montage" by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth feat. Tommy Lee Wallace, for the film Halloween III: Season of the Witch, who was used as a song of the Silver Shamrock commercial.[21]
In The Inbetweeners episode Bunk Off, Simon expresses about losing his virginity to Carli and Jay teases him about the prospect of that - and part of this teasing is riding Simon on Neil's dad's sofa and singing about intercourse with Carli to the tune of London Bridge is Falling Down.
See also[edit]
Children's literature portal
Dong, Dong, Dongdaemun, a similar Korean nursery rhyme.
References[edit]
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
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^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g I. Opie and P. Opie, The Singing Game (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1985), ISBN 0192840193, pp. 61–72.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h I. Opie and P. Opie, The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1951, 2nd edn., 1997), ISBN 0198600887, pp. 270–6.
Jump up ^ A. L. Lazarus, A. MacLeish, and H. W. Smith, Modern English: a Glossary of Literature and Language (London: Grosset & Dunlap, 1971), ISBN 0448021315, p. 194
Jump up ^ L. Turco, The Book of Forms: a Handbook of Poetics (Lebanon, NH: University Press of New England, 3rd edn., 2000), ISBN 1-58465-022-2, pp. 28–30.
Jump up ^ R. B. Browne, Objects of Special Devotion: Fetishism in Popular Culture (Madison, WI: Popular Press, 1982), ISBN 087972191X, p. 274.
Jump up ^ Searchable database, English Folk Song and Dance Society, retrieved 12 July 2012.
Jump up ^ J. J. Fuld, The Book of World-famous Music: Classical, Popular, and Folk (London: Courier Dover, 2000), ISBN 0486414752, p. 337.
Jump up ^ S. Roud, The Lore of the Playground: One Hundred Years of Children's Games, Rhymes & Traditions (New York City, NY: Random House, 2010), ISBN 1905211511, pp. 270–1.
Jump up ^ W. Carew Hazlitt, A Manual for the Collector and Amateur of Old English Plays (London: Ayer Publishing, 1966), ISBN 0833716298, p. 131.
Jump up ^ M. Gibson, The Vikings (London: Wayland, 1972), ISBN 0-85340-164-0, p. 72.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e J. Clark, 'London bridge archaeology of a nursery rhyme', London Archaeologist, 9 (2002), pp. 338–40; for the original Old Norse see Wikisource
Jump up ^ J. R. Hagland and B. Watson, 'Fact or folklore: the Viking attack on London Bridge', London Archaeologist, 12 (2005), pp. 328–33.
Jump up ^ E. Monsen 'Heimskringla or the Lives of the Norse Kings', Dover Publications, Inc[1] (ISBN 978-0-486-26366-3)
Jump up ^ D. J. Brown, Bridges: Three Thousand Years of Defying Nature (St. Paul, MN: MBI, 2001), ISBN 0760312346, pp. 52–55.
Jump up ^ C. Raine, T.S. Eliot (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006), ISBN 0195309936, p. 87.
Jump up ^ W. E. Studwell, The National and Religious Song Reader: Patriotic, Traditional, and Sacred Songs from Around the World (London: Routledge, 1996), ISBN 0789000997, p. 63.
Jump up ^ Michael Jack Kirby. "Brenda Lee". Wayback Attack. Retrieved 4 July 2018.
Jump up ^ ""Not Economically Viable"". YouTube. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
Jump up ^ G. Robson, No One Likes Us, We Don't Care: The Myth and Reality of Millwall Fandom (Berg, 2000), ISBN 1859733727, p. 65.
Jump up ^ D. Russell, Looking North: Northern England And The National Imagination (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2004), ISBN 0719051789, p. 276.
Jump up ^ The repeated notes of London Bridge is Falling Down (where the Silver Shamrock song comes from) add to a already disturbing scene.
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The Scarecrow
Oz character
Illustration by W. W. Denslow from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
First appearance
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)
Created by
L. Frank Baum
Portrayed by
Ray Bolger
Michael Jackson
Voiced by
Paul Scheer (Once Upon a Time)
Information
Aliases
Socrates Strawman
Chang Wang Woe
Fiyero Tigelaar
Species
Scarecrow
Gender
Male
Occupation
Ruler of Oz
Tin Woodman's treasurer
Corn farmer
Title
His Majesty the Scarecrow
Royal Treasurer
Emperor of the Silver Islands
Spouse(s)
Tsing Tsing (in his former incarnation)
Children
3 sons
15 grandsons (from his former incarnation)
The Scarecrow is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum and illustrator W.W. Denslow. In his first appearance, the Scarecrow reveals that he lacks a brain and desires above all else to have one. In reality, he is only two days old and merely ignorant. Throughout the course of the novel, he demonstrates that he already has the brains he seeks and is later recognized as "the wisest man in all of Oz," although he continues to credit the Wizard for them. He is, however, wise enough to know his own limitations and all too happy to hand the rulership of Oz, passed to him by the Wizard, to Princess Ozma, to become one of her trusted advisors, though he typically spends more time playing games than advising.
Contents
1 In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
2 In Wicked Musical
3 In the Novel "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire
4 In the Novel "Son of a Witch" by Gregory Maguire
5 Scholarly interpretations
6 Later Oz books
7 Film portrayals
7.1 Early films
7.2 The Wizard of Oz
7.3 The Oz Kids
7.4 Oz the Great and Powerful
7.5 Other adaptations
8 Modern works
9 References
In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz[edit]
In Baum's classic 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the living scarecrow encounters Dorothy Gale in a field in the Munchkin Country while she is on her way to the Emerald City. He tells her about his creation and of how he at first scared away the crows, before an older one realised he was a straw man, causing the other crows to start eating the corn. The old crow then told the Scarecrow of the importance of brains. The "mindless" Scarecrow joins Dorothy in the hope that The Wizard will give him a brain. They are later joined by the Tin Woodman and the Cowardly Lion. When the group goes to the West, he kills the Witch's crows by twisting their necks. He is taken apart by the Flying Monkeys and his clothes thrown up a tree, but when his clothes are filled with straw he is back again. After Dorothy and her friends have completed their mission to kill the Wicked Witch of the West, the Wizard gives the Scarecrow brains (made out of bran, pins and needles – in reality a placebo, as he has been the most intelligent of the travelers all along). Before he leaves Oz in a balloon, the Wizard appoints the Scarecrow to rule the Emerald City in his stead. He accompanies Dorothy and the others to the palace of the Good Witch of the South Glinda, and she uses the Golden Cap to summon the Winged Monkeys, who take the Scarecrow back to the Emerald City.
His desire for a brain notably contrasts with the Tin Woodman's desire for a heart, reflecting a common debate between the relative importance of the mind and the emotions. Indeed, both believe they have neither. This occasions philosophical debate between the two friends as to why their own choices are superior; neither convinces the other, and Dorothy, listening, is unable to decide which one is right. Symbolically, because they remain with Dorothy throughout her quest, she is provided with both and need not select.[1]
In Wicked Musical[edit]
In the musical of Gregory Maguire's interpretation of the Oz franchise, this version of the Scarecrow was Fiyero Tigelaar, the love interest of Elphaba Thropp. Fiyero attends school with Elphaba and Glinda the Good, while they were all still young. Fiyero takes a special interest in Elphaba. However, he is highly sought after by Elphaba's roommate, Glinda. Fiyero and Elphaba share a secret romance, and when she leaves for the Emerald City, he gives her a long and meaningful goodbye.
Many years later, after Elphaba goes into hiding, we are shown that Glinda and Fiyero are to be wed. However this is not because of love, at least not on Fiyero's part, for he still loves Elphaba. Once she reappears in the Emerald City, they escape together, much to Glinda's discontent. Elphaba then goes to the site of her sister's death (Dorothy's arrival into Oz). Here she is ambushed by guards, and about to be taken away, when Fiyero saves her, but he is merely sacrificing himself to save her. Elphaba in a fit of rage and heartbreak reads a spell to keep Fiyero safe, with the words of the spell including pleas to let him feel no pain and never die however they try to destroy him. Although Elphaba abandons the spell as she believes it is not working, it is not until the end of the production that we are shown that Fiyero is still alive, and has been transformed into the Scarecrow from "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz".
In the Novel "Wicked" by Gregory Maguire[edit]
In Gregory Maguire's novel "Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West" The Scarecrow is a companion of Dorothy. When the quartet of Dorothy, The Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and Lion approach Elphaba's home in Fiyero's castle, she thinks for a moment that maybe Fiyero is the Scarecrow, having not died earlier in the novel. She sends minions after him to tear him apart to see if Fiyero is inside, but he is not. In the novel he is not Fiyero, but this is probably where the idea for the stage version came from.
In the Novel "Son of a Witch" by Gregory Maguire[edit]
The Scarecrow appears briefly in this novel, first giving Liir advice. When he appears at Glinda's induction Liir notes that it is an obvious impostor and not the same Scarecrow that he once knew.
Scholarly interpretations[edit]
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Denslow's drawing of scarecrow hung up on pole and helpless, from first edition of book, 1900
July 1896 Puck cartoon shows farmer hung up on pole and helpless; was this Denslow's inspiration? The hat says "silverite"; the locomotive is gold
Economics and history professors have published scholarly studies that indicate the images and characters used by Baum and Denslow closely resembled political images that were well known in the 1890s. The Scarecrow, like other characters and elements in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was a common theme found in editorial cartoons of the previous decade. Baum and Denslow, like most writers, used the materials at hand that they knew best. They built a story around them, added Dorothy, and added a series of lessons to the effect that everyone possesses the resources they need (such as brains, a heart and courage) if only they had self-confidence. Although it was a children’s book, of course, Baum noted in the preface that it was a "modernized" fairy tale as well.
Those who interpret The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as a political allegory often see the Scarecrow, a central figure, as a reflection of the popular image of the American farmer—although he has been persuaded that he is only a dumb hick, he possesses a strong common sense, remarkable insight and quick-wittedness that needs only to be reinforced by self-confidence.
The blackface minstrel star, Fred Stone, was the first to play the Scarecrow on stage, and he brought his minstrel style of performance to the role of the Scarecrow. Baum was delighted with Stone's performance, and he wrote subsequent Oz books with Stone's minstrel-style in mind.[2]
Later Oz books[edit]
Cover of The Scarecrow of Oz (1915) by L. Frank Baum; illustration by John R. Neill
The Scarecrow also appears in other Oz books, sharing further adventures with Dorothy and her friends. His reign as king of the Emerald City ends in The Marvelous Land of Oz when General Jinjur and her Army of Revolt oust him in a coup. He manages to escape the palace and joins Tip and his companions in seeking the aid of Glinda the Good.
He spars with H. M. Woggle-Bug T. E. on the value of education. Although he claims to be educated himself and to value education, he finds the Woggle-Bug's learning rote and without wisdom. Although he cannot eat, he tells Billina that she might be better cooked and generally seems to favor the use of animals as food, sometimes making snide remarks to that effect to his animal companions, although he himself only gathers nuts and fruit for his traveling companions, such as Dorothy and Tip, to eat.
By The Road to Oz he is acknowledged, at least by the Tin Woodman, to be "probably the wisest man in all Oz," and this is the caption of an illustration, suggesting that the reader take his comment at face value. Dorothy herself, in Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz, praises the Scarecrow's wisdom and says the Scarecrow seemed just as wise before the Wizard gave him brains as after.
In The Emerald City of Oz, the Scarecrow lives in a house shaped like an ear of corn in Winkie Country. In The Scarecrow of Oz, the Scarecrow travels to Jinxland, where he helps Cap'n Bill, Trot and Button-Bright overthrow the villainous King Krewl.
In Glinda of Oz the Scarecrow serves as Regent to Ozma of Oz, demonstrating that he is Ozma's third in command. Mostly all he does is play croquet until Ozma's advisers, including himself, band together for a rescue operation.
In The Royal Book of Oz by Ruth Plumly Thompson, Baum's authorized successor as "Royal Historian of Oz", Professor Woggle-Bug accused the Scarecrow of having no ancestry, so he returns to the pole at the cornfield where he was once hung. Sliding down it and descending underground, he first encounters the Midlings and then the Silver Islands, whose people believe themselves to be the ancestors of the Chinese. Apparently, when Emperor Chang Wang Woe defeated the king of the Golden Islands in battle, the king hired a sorcerer to sneak into the palace and transform the Emperor into a crocus, which later sprouted into a bean pole, preceding a prophecy that the first being to touch the bean pole would become possessed by the spirit of the Emperor. As it turned out, the first thing to touch the pole was the straw-stuffed human, which would become the Scarecrow. This account is not consistent with the Scarecrow's story in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz of becoming aware of each sense as the relevant organs were painted on his head.
Film portrayals[edit]
Early films[edit]
The Scarecrow has appeared in nearly every early Oz film, portrayed by different actors each time.
The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays (1908): Frank Burns
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910): Robert Z. Leonard
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914): Herbert Glennon
His Majesty, the Scarecrow of Oz (1914): Frank Moore
Wizard of Oz (1925): Larry Semon (just a man in disguise)
The Land of Oz (1932): Donald Henderson
The Wizard of Oz[edit]
Ray Bolger, as the Scarecrow, "The Wizard of Oz" 1939.
In the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, the Scarecrow was played by Ray Bolger in what is arguably the actor's most famous role. He was originally cast as the Tin Woodsman, but Bolger had always wanted to play the Scarecrow, so he was upset about it since he wanted to switch roles with Buddy Ebsen, who was originally going to play the Scarecrow. Ebsen didn't mind the swap, so Bolger and Ebsen swapped roles. While Ray was pleased with his role as the Scarecrow, the aluminum dust from Ebsen's Tin Man make-up nearly choked him to the edge of death (causing Ebsen to have to give up that role). Ebsen was replaced by Jack Haley for his role of the Tin Man. Bolger's costume consisted of a straw-stuffed suit and a light face mask of rubber designed to simulate burlap. The mask was fragile, and usually had to be completely replaced at the start of each new day of filming.[3] Bolger's Scarecrow costume, minus the mask, is part of the collections of the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution.[4] Bolger was a talented dancer, so The Scarecrow was given an extended dance sequence in the movie. However, to shorten the movie, much of this sequence was edited out since it would slow down the film. While Bolger admitted in a 1939 radio broadcast that he was too young to have seen Fred Stone play the Scarecrow in the 1902 musical extravaganza, he told Stone on the broadcast that the first play he was allowed to see was The Red Mill featuring Stone, and that his performance in that play was an inspiration.
During the scene where the Wizard gives him his brains, the Scarecrow makes a mistake in his first educated pronouncement. He recites the Pythagorean theorem stating that it applies to an isosceles triangle, which is incorrect, as it applies to a right triangle; he also refers to square roots, not to squares. This probably reflects ignorance by the scriptwriters, not the Scarecrow.
Bolger also portrayed the Scarecrow's Kansas counterpart, Hunk (one of Aunt Em and Uncle Henry's farmworkers), newly created for the film by screenwriter Noel Langley.[5] A scene which was written in the script, but dropped before filming commenced, ended the movie by sending Hunk off to agricultural college, with Dorothy promising to write. The scene implied the potential for a romance between the two characters.[citation needed]
He helps Zeke (Cowardly Lion's alter ego) and Hickory (Tin Man's alter ego) repair a wagon. Unlike Zeke, Hickory and Hunk lose their hats with Uncle Henry as they struggle to open the cellar when the tornado approaches their farm. He closes and locks the cellar with Zeke when Dorothy arrives at the farmhouse. Hunk reunites with Dorothy when she awakens from being unconscious. He is seen with Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, Zeke, Hickory, and Professor Marvel (The Wizard's alter ego).
The Oz Kids[edit]
In 1996, they made a cartoon animated The Oz Kids. He has a son named Scarecrow, Jr. His son is smart and knows everything just like him. Scarecrow, Sr. is voiced by Andy Milder.
Oz the Great and Powerful[edit]
In the 2013 film Oz the Great and Powerful, the Scarecrow's origins are explained; being fabricated by the townspeople of Oz as a diversionary tactic during the retaliatory attack on the Emerald City.[6]
Other adaptations[edit]
In the 1925 film, Wizard of Oz, the Scarecrow and the Tin Man were actually human farmhands, who were blown to Oz by the tornado along with Dorothy. Dorothy, in another major departure from the novel, turns out to be the rightful ruler of Oz, having been exiled to Kansas as a baby.
Hinton Battle originated the role of the Scarecrow in the 1975 Broadway musical The Wiz, and Michael Jackson played the Scarecrow in the 1978 film adaptation. This version of the Scarecrow was a more tragic character before Dorothy rescues him; while hung on his pole, the crows he is unable to scare, who force him to humiliate himself and entertain them, torment him day and night. They force him to sing the song, "You Can't Win", meaning that he cannot escape the crows' rule and his bad luck. While Stan Winston created Jackson's makeup, it was applied to Jackson's face by Michael R. Thomas who portrayed the Scarecrow in Barry Mahon's The Wonderful Land of Oz (1969), as well as doing the makeup for that film. Elijah Kelley portrayed the Scarecrow in the TV special The Wiz Live!, as well as the farmhand Sticks.
In the animated film Journey Back to Oz (produced in 1964 but not released until the 1970s), the Scarecrow was voiced by Mickey Rooney.
In an episode of The World's Greatest Super Friends, Aquaman temporarily became the Scarecrow after a tornado took him, Superman and Wonder Woman to Mister Mxyzptlk’s planet of Oz.
In a 1981 episode of Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, Shaggy is dressed as the Scarecrow after a tornado took him, Scooby, and Scrappy to "Ahz", a direct spoof of Oz with a different spelling by its enunciation.
Justin Case, an English bicycle acrobat, appeared briefly as the Scarecrow in the 1985 film Return to Oz.
American voice actor Michael Gough voices the Scarecrow in 2011's direct-to-DVD animated film Tom and Jerry and the Wizard of Oz.
The Scarecrow appeared in Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (which is based on Dorothy of Oz) voiced by Dan Aykroyd.
The Scarecrow appeared in the Once Upon a Time episode "Our Decay" voiced by Paul Scheer. Many years ago, Zelena the Wicked Witch of the West targeted him for his brain as part of her attempt to create a time-travel spell. Before she can remove Scarecrow's brain, Dorothy and Toto arrived where they managed to get away from Zelena. With help from Hades who enchanted a bicycle that was found at the remains of Dorothy's house, Zelena was able to locate where Dorothy and Scarecrow are hiding. After magically freezing Dorothy, Zelena successfully removed Scarecrow's brain and was about to show it to Hades only to find that he is not there.
Modern works[edit]
The Scarecrow is also a minor character in author Gregory Maguire's revisionist novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West and is made a more prominent character in its Broadway musical adaptation Wicked. In the musical, the Scarecrow is revealed to be the remnants of Fiyero after he was captured by the Wizard's officials, but made impervious to injury by Elphaba's incomplete spell. The Fiyero-Scarecrow executes a plan to save Elphaba through using the rumor that water will melt her; thus she stays alive and the two move out of Oz. This has no basis in the book other than that in the final scenes Elphaba hopes that the Scarecrow is really her beloved Fiyero in disguise, which is proven to be a false hope when he is attacked and she sees that he is nothing but straw. The Scarecrow is featured more prominently in Son of a Witch, Maguire's sequel to Wicked. In that novel, the Scarecrow helps the Witch's son Liir avoid political turmoil in the Emerald City after the Wizard's departure. Later, various powerful interests place a different Scarecrow on the throne of Oz to serve as a puppet ruler; the suggestion is that most residents of Oz are unable to distinguish one Scarecrow from another. In the musical, the Fiyero-Scarecrow's appearance and style of walking are based on Bolger's portrayal of the Scarecrow in the 1939 film.
In the Dorothy Must Die series by Danielle Paige, the Scarecrow and Dorothy's other companions have been corrupted by their gifts and Dorothy's use of magic. The Scarecrow has become a twisted 'mad scientist', performing various experiments on the animals to turn them into spies or warriors for Dorothy's army, as well as extracting their brains to increase his own. He is 'killed' in the second novel in the series, The Wicked Will Rise, when the Wizard takes his brains as part of a plan to bring Oz and Kansas together.
Jackson Browne performed this character in the 1995 television special The Wizard of Oz in Concert: Dreams Come True. The Kansas farmworker Hunk does not appear in this production. Browne sang a folk music tempo of If I Only Had a Brain and the bridge verses sung by the Scarecrow in Nathan Lane's longer version of If I Only Had the Nerve.
In the 2005 ABC television movie The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, Kermit the Frog plays the role of the Scarecrow. Kermit's other role was himself. Prior to Dorothy's journey, he organizes a talent scout for a star for a new show. After Dorothy's return, he hires her.
In the VeggieTales episode The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's, the Scarecrow and his Kansas counterpart from the 1939 film were played by Mr. Lunt the Gourd.
In the 2007 Sci Fi television miniseries Tin Man, the Scarecrow is re-imagined as the character named "Glitch" (played by Alan Cumming). Formerly a chief adviser to the queen of the Outer Zone (O.Z.) named Ambrose, he resists her usurper (and daughter), the evil sorceress Azkadellia and has his brain removed by the physician as a reeducation measure. In the series, he wanders the O.Z. searching for his brain and becomes a companion of the protagonist, a girl named DG.
The Scarecrow appears in Dorothy and the Witches of Oz played by Ari Zigaris. He appears on Earth in the form of a man named Allen Denslow who works as the illustrator of Dorothy Gale's books.
A commercial for GE smart-grid technology, which first aired during the Super Bowl XLIII, featured a computerized Scarecrow dancing clumsily on a radio tower singing "If I Only Had a Brain".
A character inspired by the Scarecrow appears in Alan Moore's Lost Girls. In the work, a young farmboy becomes Dorothy Gale's first sex partner. However, she soon grows bored of him because of his lack of intelligence and imagination, comparing it to having sex with something you use to scare the crows. The "scarecrow" tries to prove to Dorothy that he does have a brain and writes her a poem.
The Scarecrow (along with his other friends from OZ) are playable in the Nintendo 3DS game Code Name: S.T.E.A.M.
In Emerald City, a more modern retelling of the series, the Scarecrow equivalent in the series is "Lucas" (portrayed by Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and is an amnesic man who is rescued by Dorothy when she finds him being crucified at the start of her journey. In the course of the film it is revealed that he is actually Rowan, the husband of Glinda, with his amnesia the result of a spell Glinda casts so that he couldn't betray her secrets if he was captured, but the restoration of his memory puts him and Dorothy at odds, as his devotion to Glinda leaves him incapable of recognizing Dorothy's real objections to Glinda's extreme methods to train younger witches. Psychologically torn between his memories as Rowan and his new relationships as Lucas, he eventually forces Dorothy to stab him to stop himself strangling her, culminating in Dorothy leaving him strung up like a scarecrow to symbolically reflect his desire to have never met her. Despite this, he appears in Kansas in the season finale, accompanied by Toto, to ask Dorothy to return with him to Oz.
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Jump up ^ "Scarecrow from "The Wizard of Oz"". National Museum of American History. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
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Jump up ^ Allport, Lee (8 March 2013). "Oz the Great and Powerful: A Prequel at Its Best". Retrieved 10 March 2013. There are other interesting "that explains it" moments as well. We get up close and personal with The Cowardly Lion and find out what spooked him into being afraid of his own shadow. We get to know the Tin Man's father and the creators of the Scarecrow and learn more about Munchkinland.
Culver, Stuart (1988). "What Manikins Want: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and The Art of Decorating Dry Goods Windows and Interiors". Representations. 21: 97–116. doi:10.1525/rep.1988.21.1.99p02045.
Dighe, Ranjit S., ed. (2002). The historian's Wizard of Oz: reading L. Frank Baum's classic as a political and Monetary Allegory. ISBN 0-275-97418-9.
Green, David L. and Dick Martin. (1977) The Oz Scrapbook. Random House.
Hearn, Michael Patrick, ed. (2000). The Annotated Wizard of Oz. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-04992-2.
Riley, Michael O. (1997). Oz and Beyond: The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum. University of Kansas Press. ISBN 0-7006-0832-X.
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Western Hemisphere
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The Western Hemisphere
The Western Hemisphere is a geographical term[1][2] for the half of Earth which lies west of the prime meridian (which crosses Greenwich, London, United Kingdom) and east of the antimeridian. The other half is called the Eastern Hemisphere.[3]
In this sense, the Western Hemisphere consists of the Americas, the western portions of Eurasia and Africa, the extreme eastern tip of Siberia (Russia), numerous territories in Oceania, and a portion of Antarctica, while excluding some of the Aleutian Islands to the southwest of the Alaskan mainland.
In an effort to define the Western Hemisphere as the parts of the world which are not part of the Old World, there also exist projections which use the 20th meridian west and the diametrically opposed 160th meridian east to define the hemisphere.[1] This projection excludes the European and African mainlands and a small portion of northeast Greenland, but includes more of eastern Russia and Oceania.
The center of the Western Hemisphere is located in the Pacific Ocean at the intersection of the 90th meridian west and the Equator very close to the Galápagos Islands.
The highest mountain in the Western Hemisphere is Aconcagua in the Andes of Argentina at 6,960.8 metres (22,837 ft).[4]
In colloquial or less precise usage, the term is often used to refer to North and South America and associated Atlantic and Pacific Islands (e.g., Bermuda and Hawaii).
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1 Sovereign states in both hemispheres
2 Countries and territories in the Western Hemisphere but not in the Americas
3 Sources
4 External links
Sovereign states in both hemispheres[edit]
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Below is a list of the sovereign states which are in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres on the IERS Reference Meridian, in order from north to south:
Denmark (due to Greenland and the Faroe Islands; mainland Denmark lies entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere).
Norway (due to Jan Mayen; mainland Norway lies entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere).
United Kingdom
Netherlands (The islands of the Caribbean Netherlands lie entirely within the Western Hemisphere while the European Netherlands lies entirely in the Eastern Hemisphere.)
France
Spain
Algeria
Mali
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Togo
Below is a list of the sovereign states which are in both the Western and Eastern Hemispheres along the 180th meridian, in order from north to south:
Russia (Siberia)
United States (United States Minor Outlying Islands)
Kiribati
Tuvalu
Fiji
New Zealand (Kermadec and Chatham Island groups are east of the 180th meridian)
Countries and territories in the Western Hemisphere but not in the Americas[edit]
The following countries and territories lie outside the Americas yet are entirely/mostly or partially within the Western Hemisphere:
Africa
Entirely
Azores (Portugal)
Cape Verde
Gambia
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Ivory Coast
Liberia
Madeira (Portugal)
Mauritania
Morocco
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom)
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Western Sahara (Disputed)
Mostly
Burkina Faso
Ghana
Mali
Partially
Algeria
Togo

Antarctica
Entirely
Peter I Island (Antarctic Treaty signatories / Claimed by Norway)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (Administered by the United Kingdom / Claimed by Argentina)[dubious – discuss]
South Orkney Islands (Antarctic Treaty signatories / Claimed by the United Kingdom)
South Shetland Islands (Antarctic Treaty signatories / Claimed by the United Kingdom)
Partially
Antarctica (Antarctic Treaty signatories)
Antarctic Peninsula (Entirely)[dubious – discuss]
East Antarctica (Partially)[dubious – discuss]
West Antarctica (Entirely)[dubious – discuss]
Transantarctic Mountains (Entirely)[dubious – discuss]
Asia
Partially
Russia (Siberia)

Europe
Entirely
Bailiwick of Guernsey (United Kingdom)
Alderney
Guernsey
Sark
Bailiwick of Jersey (United Kingdom)
Faroe Islands (Denmark)
Gibraltar (United Kingdom)
Iceland
Isle of Man (United Kingdom)
Jan Mayen (Norway)
Portugal (Metropolitan)
Republic of Ireland
Rockall (United Kingdom)
Shetland (United Kingdom)
Mostly
Spain
United Kingdom
England (Mostly)
Northern Ireland (Entirely)
Scotland (Entirely)
Wales (Entirely)
Partially
France (Metropolitan)
Oceania
Entirely
American Samoa (United States)
Baker Island (United States)
Chatham Islands (New Zealand)
Clipperton Island (France)
Cook Islands (New Zealand)
Easter Island (Chile)
French Polynesia (including Tahiti) (France)
Galápagos Islands (Ecuador)
Hawaii (United States)
Howland Island (United States)
Jarvis Island (United States)
Johnston Atoll (United States)
Kermadec Islands (New Zealand)
Kingman Reef (United States)
Midway Atoll (United States)
Niue (New Zealand)
Palmyra Atoll (United States)
Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom)
Samoa
Tokelau (New Zealand)
Tonga
Mostly
Kiribati
Wallis and Futuna (France)
Partially
Fiji
Tuvalu
Sources[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Olson, Judy M (1997), "Projecting the hemisphere", in Robinson, Arthur H; Snyder, John P, Matching the map projection to the need, Bethesda, MD: Cartography and Geographic Information Society, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping .
- "Western Hemisphere", Merriam-Webster's Geographical Dictionary (3rd ed.), Springfield, Massachusetts: Merriam-Webster, 2001, p. 1294 .
Jump up ^ Oxford Dictionary of English (2nd ed.), London, UK: Oxford University Press, 2006, p. 2001
- "Western /western%20hemisphere", Merriam Webster's Online Dictionary (based on Collegiate vol., 11th ed.), Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 2006
Jump up ^ "Western Hemisphere", Britannica.com
Jump up ^ "Informe científico que estudia el Aconcagua, el Coloso de América mide 6960,8 metros" [Scientific Report on Aconcagua, the Colossus of America measures 6960,8m] (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. 2012. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
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Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?...Ek Baar Phir
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Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?...Ek Baar Phir
Genre
Indian soap opera
Drama
Romance
Created by
Star Plus
Directed by
Waseem Sabir
Yusuf Ansari
Creative director(s)
Shikha Vij
Starring
Avinash Sachdev
Shrenu Parikh
Ankush Arora
Manish Wadhwa
Geetanjali Tikekar
Samir Sharma
Theme music composer
Lalit Sen
Shaurabh Kalsi
Country of origin
India
Original language(s)
Hindi
Marathi
No. of episodes
542[1][2]
Production
Executive producer(s)
Karnika Saxena
Producer(s)
Sunjoy Waddhwa
Camera setup
Multi-camera
Running time
21 minutes
Production company(s)
Sphere Origins
Release
Original network
Star Plus
Picture format
HDTV 1080i
Original release
26 August 2013 (2013-08-26) – 13 June 2015 (2015-06-13)
Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?...Ek Baar Phir is a Hindi television soap opera,[3][4] that was broadcast 26 August 2013 to 13 June 2015, airing Monday to Saturday on Star Plus. It is a sequel to Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? with a new plot and new cast and characters.The series was translated to Malayalam as the part 2 of the popular series Mounam Sammadham. However, it also became as popular as part 1 of the series.[5][6][7] Despite being the very first Indian soap opera to air at early time slot, 6 pm, it has set a trend of airing soap operas in the particular time slot.[8] Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon..Ek Baar Phir is currently retelecasting on Star Utsav at the 8:30pm time slot. The series is translated into Armenian as Inchpes Kochel Ays Sere (Ինչպես կոչել այս սերը) and it is airing on Armenia TV every workday at 17:55.
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2 Cast
2.1 Main cast
2.2 Recurring cast
3 Awards
4 Reception
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Aastha (Shrenu Parikh) is a middle-class, free-minded girl who values relationships and stands up for what is right. Shlok (Avinash Sachdev), on the other hand, is the son of a rich business man and believes in wealth more than in relationships.[9] He has a miserable past which makes him hate women, in particular his own mother. After a series of misunderstandings, Shlok mistakenly believes Aastha is responsible for the insult of his parents and the family name and decides to take revenge.
Aastha and Shlok fall in love and are married. On their first night together, Shlok reveals to Aastha that he didn't love her and only wanted to take revenge. He threatens her that if she reveals this to anyone he'd have her father framed in a case of corruption. Meanwhile Shlok's mother, Anjali, is very strict and attempts to transform Aastha into the daughter-in-law she wants - one who does only what she's told. When Aastha's father is arrested she blames Shlok, leaves his home, and files for divorce. Shlok's father, Niranjan Agnihotri, bribes the judge and Aastha is ordered to stay with Shlok for six months during which she realizes that he is a good person whose past has made him so arrogant. Wanting to change him, she discovers that he was in love with a girl named Swati but they broke up and this led to Shlok's hatred and mistrust of all women. Astha asks Anjali and Shlok's brother Varad about Swati but they ask her to leave it alone.
Enter Aditi, the daughter of a close friend of Niranjan's. In some time it becomes clear that she wants to hurt Shlok so she tries to kill Astha but Shlok saves her every time. Astha discovers Aditi's plans. Aditi destroys any proof that Aastha tries to gather against her. No one believes Astha including Shlok. Aditi arranges Aastha's abduction. While Shlok looks for Aastha, the rest of the Agnihotri family discovers Aditi is the culprit. Shlok rescues Aastha just as Aditi is about to shoot her. Aditi finally reveals that she is actually Swati's sister, Gayatri. Aastha and Shlok are shocked to see Swati in a paralysed condition. Gayatri blames Shlok for Swati's condition and tells them that she came to take revenge. The police arrest her and Swati passes away as her health deteriorates.
Shlok realizes his true feelings for Aastha. They happily consummate their marriage. Aastha soon comes to know that Niranjan is the real villain who has been forcing Anjali to act the way she does. She decides to expose his true nature. It is also shown that Varad is having an extramarital affair with a woman named Mansi who does not believe in marriage. Unhappy with Shlok and Aastha's closeness, Niranjan creates misunderstandings between them. Aastha reveals Niranjan's truth to Shlok but is unable to prove it. Angry at Aastha, he divides the house into two and orders her to stay in one part alone but she is joined by Anjali. Soon, Shlok's sister Jyoti also discovers their father's truth and is heartbroken. Soon after some events Shlok discovers his fathers truth and is heartbroken. The next day Shlok, Anjali and Aastha leave Agnihotri Mansion and they go to Mumbai and Anjali goes to 'Aashram' and Shlok and Aastha live in a Chawl and they start a Food truck. They both succeed in bringing Anjali home. Later Varad turns out to be a villain who signs contract with Indrajeet Sarkar. And kicks Niranjan out of the house.Later , Aastha , Shlok and Anjali meets with an accident led by Indrajeet Sarkar in which Anjali dies and Aastha looses her memory and is being kidnapped by Indrajeet Sarkar . Later when she wakes up , Indrajeet Sarkar makes her believe that he is her husband . Few days later , in a temple , Shlok meets Aastha but Aastha couldnt recognise him but Shlok manages to be close with Aastha making Indrajeet Sarkar angry . On the day before renewing the marriage of Indrajeet Sarkar and Aastha , he kidnaps Shlok and give him sleeping pills repeatedly . Soon , Aastha finds out about this and tries to help him but fails . On the day of their marriage , Aastha sends a girl to let Varad know that Shlok is trapped . In between their marriage , Shlok manages to get out of the room and stop the marriage . Later , the police arrests Indrajeet Sarkar .
Cast[edit]
Main cast[edit]
Avinash Sachdev as Shlok Niranjan Agnihotri/Balvantkar, Aastha's husband (2013–15)
Shrenu Parikh as Aastha kirlosker after Aastha Shlok Agnihotri/Sapna, Shlok's wife (2013–15)
Aarav Chaudhry as Indrajeet Sarkar, Agnihotri Family's enemy (2015)
Recurring cast[edit]
Ankush Arora as Hansraj arora (2015)
Manish Wadhwa as Niranjan Agnihotri, Shlok's father, Anjali's husband (2013–15)
Geetanjali Tikekar as Anjali Niranjan Agnihotri, Shlok's mother, Niranjan's wife (2013–15)
Samir Sharma as Varad Niranjan Agnihotri, Shlok's brother, Sojal's husband (2013–15)
Shalmalee Desai as Sojal Varad Agnihotri, Shlok's Bhabhi, Varad's wife (2013–15)
Tushar Dalvi as Avdhoot Kirloskar, Aastha's father, Kalindi's husband (2013–15)
Prachi Shah as Kalindi Avdhoot Kirloskar, Aastha's mother, Avdhoot's wife (2013–15)
Sheetal Dhabolkar as Jyoti Siddharth Lokhande, Shlok's sister, Siddharth's wife (2013–15)
Grace Girdhar as Kavya Varad Agnihotri, Varad & Sojal's daughter (2013–15)
Neha Sargam as Aditi/Gayatri, Aastha-Shlok's enemy (2014)
Shivani Tomar as Swati, Shlok's first love (2013)
Manjushree Kulkarni as Jaya (2013–15)
Ankit Modgill as Siddharth Lokhande, Jyoti's second husband (2014–15)
Minal Karpe as Ajju
Nupur Alankar as Renuka Lokhande (2014–15)
Dolly Minhas as Ahilya Vinas (2015)
Roma Bali as Kavita Sarkar (2015)
Swati Rajput as Poornima Sarkar
Reet Sharma as Mishti Sarkar, Indrajeet's daughter (2015)
Lakshya Wahi as Shantanu Sarkar, Indrajeet's son (2015)
Satish Sharma as Pradeep Vinas, Indrajeet's Mama ji (2015)
Jaanvi Sangwan as Rashmi Vinas, Indrajeet's Mami ji (2015)
Kabeer Maira as Ankush Prabhakar Joshi, Kalindi's son, Aastha's half-brother (2014–15)
Karan Gangwal as Suresh (2013–14)
Shivani Tomar as Swati, Shlok's ex-girlfriend (2013)
Deep Jaitley as Abhay Deshmukh, Jyoti's ex-husband (2013–14)
Sachin Parikh as Vinayak Agnihotri (2013–14)
Pratibha Goregaonkar as Sulbha Deshmukh (2013-14)
Anchal Sabharwal as Mansi, Varad's ex-girlfriend (2014)
Aakshi Khari as Apsara
Sharmin Kazi as Riya Lokhande
Anjuman Saxena as Nani
Yogi Raj as Shiv
Awards[edit]
Year
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2014 Indian Telly Awards Best New Actor In Negative Role(Male) Manish Wadhwa Nominated [10]
2014 Indian Telly Awards Jury Award for Best Stylist Tara Desai Nominated [10]
2014 Indian Telly Awards Jury Award for Best Dialogue Writer Ritesh Shah Nominated [10]
Reception[edit]
Jaskiran Kapoor of the Indian Express has stated that Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?... Ek Baar Phir is "riding high on the success of Season One," and "leads of Season 2 need to pump up the charisma, if they want to replicate the success of the original show".[11]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon Ek Baar Phir Serial Episodes online | STAR Player". Startv.in. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
Jump up ^ "Episodes TOI". Times of India. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
Jump up ^ Second season of Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon – Daily Bhaskar
Jump up ^ Had no idea it was a sequel: Avinash on `Iss Pyaar Ko... 2`
Jump up ^ Just another love Story – Indian Express
Jump up ^ Avinash & Shrenu in season 2
Jump up ^ 'Iss Pyaar...Ek Bar Phir' a love-hate story: Shrenu Parikh – Indian Express
Jump up ^ staff (3 September 2014). "Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon..Ek Baar Phir completes 300 episodes". Times of India. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
Jump up ^ I'm Hero-Cum-Villain Of 'Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon..Ek Baar Phir': Avinash Sachdev - Oneindia
^ Jump up to: a b c "Winners". Tellyawards. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
Jump up ^ Review: Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon, Ek Baar Phir, just another love story – Indian Express
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