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Indian Hindi social melodrama film directed by Vijay Bhatt. Produced under the Prakash Pictures banner, its music composer was Khemchand Prakash, with lyrics by Pandit Indra, Roopdas, and Qamar Jalalabadi. The story, screenplay and dialogues were by Pandit Girish. Its cinematographer was Yusuf Mulji and the film starred Arun Ahuja, Mridula,

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, Leela Pawar, Umakant and Bikram Kapoor. Bhatt's social film dealt with the issue of "mismatched" marriages and advocated divorce, setting a partner free in order to choose their own mate. '' Samaj Ko Badal Dalo'' (1970) is a film of the same name directed by

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and produced by Gemini, however it had no relation to the 1947 film, but was instead a remake of

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's award-winning Malayalam film, '' Thulabharam'' (1968).

Plot

Kishore ( Arun) and Manorama (Mridula) are in love, but unable to get married. Mridula's father is a clerk, who can't afford to pay the dowry demanded by Arun's family. Jayant (

) is a widower, and Mridula is married off to him. His cruel behaviour becomes apparent when he starts torturing Mridula soon after their marriage. Arun's parents get him married to the rich Champa (Leela Pawar), who is in love with someone else. Arun helps her marry Naresh, the man she loves, by giving her a divorce. Arun watches the torture inflicted on Mridula and the story then continues through tense scenes where eventually Arun kills Jayant and unwittingly Mridula, too, following which he's sent to a mental asylum having been declared insane.

Cast

* Arun as Kishore * Mridula Rani as Manorama *

as Jayant * Leela Pawar as Champa * Umakant * Bikram Kapoor * Prem Dhawan * Ramesh Sinha * Shabnam * Mohammed Rafi

Crew

The film's crew consisted of: * Directed: Vijay Bhatt * Produced: Vijay Bhatt * Story: Pandit Girish * Screenplay: Pandit Girish * Dialogue: Pandit Girish * Cinematography: Yusuf Mulji * Choreography: Sachin Shankar, Sharad Shukla * Editing: Pratap Dave * Art Direction: M. V. Dubashe, B. M. Shukla * Audiography: T. K. Dave * Music: Khemchand Prakash * Lyrics: Pandit Indra, Roopdas, Qamar Jalalabadi

Soundtrack

''Samaj Ko Badal Dalo'' was one of the early films for which

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recorded songs in Bombay. The others were ''

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'' (1945) and '' Jugnu'' (1947). The music direction was by Khemchand Prakash, with lyrics by Pandit Indra, Roopdas and Qamar Jalabadi. The playback singers were

, Manna Dey,

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and Amirbai Karnataki.

Song List

References

External links

* {{Vijay Bhatt 1947 films 1940s Hindi-language films 1947 drama films Films directed by Vijay Bhatt Indian drama films Films scored by Khemchand Prakash Melodrama films Indian black-and-white films Hindi-language drama films