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Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

film directed by Dada Gunjal. It was produced by J. L. Sharma and R. D. Haldia. L. C. Kapoor was the cinematographer of the film. The story of the film was written by Chaturbhuj Doshi, while the dialogues were written by Kabil Amrutsari. It stars Sumitra Devi as the protagonist. Most of the songs of the film were composed by Sonik, with lyrics penned by Shyam Hindi,

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, Shevan Rizvi and Moti B. A. The film created ripples in media due to its theme of single motherhood and failed to impress at the box office.

Cast

* Sumitra Devi *Ulhas *Mirza Musharraf *Rajan Haksar *Kamal Mehra *Chitralekha *Bhagwandas *Rajni *Shantabai *Sadiq *Kaabil Amrutsari *Baby Salma *Master Raja *G. P. Srivastava *Paro Devi *Ramesh *Sheila

Crew

Soundtrack

Reception

The film was critically applauded. Sumitra Devi was critically appreciated for her role. Filmzack wrote, "She manipulated all her magnificent characteristics to vivify her role; her calmness, her softness, pain and pang and all were infused into one." The film failed to achieve favour at the box office.

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*{{IMDb title, 0215963 1952 films 1950s Hindi-language films Indian black-and-white films