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directed by

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. The film stars Guru Dutt, Mala Sinha and Feroz Khan in pivotal roles. It is a remake of the

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'', which was based on Maddipatla Suri's Telugu translation of the Bengali novel ''Swayamsiddha'', written by Manilal Banerjee. ''Swayamsiddha'' went on to be made into a 1975 Bengali movie of same name. ''

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'' and was also remade again in

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as '' Jyoti'' in 1981.

Plot

Zamindar (

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) has two sons — Raghu, by his first wife and Vikram, by his second wife. Raghu ( Guru Dutt) is a simple-minded and innocent young man. Vikram ( Feroz Khan) is cruel, domineering, selfish and greedy and he maltreats everyone, from servants to his own brother Raghu. Vikram's vicious mother Rajeshwari ( Lalita Pawar) does the same. After Vikram has a feud with a tough and smart village girl named Padma ( Mala Sinha), who is the first person to ever confront him, Zamindar gets the idea of marrying Vikram and Padma. Vikram refuses and after a series of incidents, Padma marries Raghu instead. When she understands how her husband has been treated over the years, she vows to set things right and in the process falls in love with him. Inspired by her love, fearlessness and no-nonsense attitude, Raghu begins to find the courage to resist his oppressors.

Cast

* Guru Dutt as Raghu * Mala Sinha as Padma * Feroz Khan as Vikram *

as Zamindar * Lalita Pawar as Rajeshwari *

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as Sukhiya *

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as Diwan * Agha as Banwarilal *

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as Vaid *

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as Chanda Bai * Manorama as Chanda's mother * Pratima Devi as Dai Maa *

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as Kalicharan

Awards

*Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award - Mala Sinha

Music

The songs of the film was composed by C. Ramchandra with lyrics authored by

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Other versions

The story line has been inspiration for various movies and has had various remakes in Indian film industry.

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, id=0254164 1963 films Indian drama films Hindi remakes of Telugu films 1960s Hindi-language films Films scored by C. Ramchandra Films directed by T. Prakash Rao 1963 drama films Hindi-language drama films