''Sankoch'' () is a 1976 Indian
Hindi
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-language
drama film
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, produced by R. K. Soral on Suyog Films banner and directed by
Anil Ganguly
Anil Ganguly (26 January 1933 – 15 January 2016) was an Indian film director and screenwriter, who worked in Hindi cinema from 1970s to 2001. He is best known for Jaya Bhaduri starrer, ''Kora Kagaz'' (1974) and the Rakhee Gulzar, Rakhee st ...
. Starring
Jeetendra
Ravi Kapoor ( ; born 7 April 1942), known mononymously by his screen name Jeetendra, is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Hindi cinema. He also serves as the chairman of the Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures.
Early life ...
,
Sulakshana Pandit
''Sulakshana Pandit'' is an Indian playback singer and former Bollywood leading lady belonging to the Mewati Gharana.
Career
Sulakshana's career as an actress spanned the 1970s and early '80s. As a leading lady she has worked with most of the t ...
and music composed by
Kalyanji–Anandji
Kalyanji–Anandji are an Indian composer duo: Kalyanji Virji Shah (30 June 1928 – 24 August 2000) and his brother Anandji Virji Shah (born 2 March 1933). The duo are known for their work on Hindi film soundtracks, with many evergreen songs ...
.
The movie is based on the novel ''
Parineeta'' by
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, alternatively spelt as Sarat Chandra Chatterjee ( bn, শরৎচন্দ্র চট্টোপাধ্যায়; 15 September 1876 or ৩১ শে ভাদ্র ১২৮৩ বঙ্গাব্দ ...
.
Plot
Navin Babu (
Om Shivpuri
Om Shivpuri (14 July 1938 – 15 October 1990) was an Indian theatre actor-director and character actor in Hindi films.
A National School of Drama, New Delhi alumnus, Shivpuri became the first chief of the National School of Drama Repertory Co ...
) & Gurucharan (
A.K.Hangal) are neighbors. Though Gurucharan already had a large family to support on a meager salary, he did not hesitate to bring home his orphan niece, Lalita (
Sulakshana Pandit
''Sulakshana Pandit'' is an Indian playback singer and former Bollywood leading lady belonging to the Mewati Gharana.
Career
Sulakshana's career as an actress spanned the 1970s and early '80s. As a leading lady she has worked with most of the t ...
) probably because a lower-middle-class man has an incredible capacity to share hunger. Before long Lalita endeared everyone including the rich neighbor Navin Babu's wife and especially their young son Shekar (
Jeetendra
Ravi Kapoor ( ; born 7 April 1942), known mononymously by his screen name Jeetendra, is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Hindi cinema. He also serves as the chairman of the Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures.
Early life ...
) and she moved their house as freely as the west wind. Both Shekar and Lalita grew up together but always behaved like young kids. Under the pressure of family needs, Gurucharan had mortgaged his living house to Navin Babu. Being greedy, Navin Babu of late had an evil design to grab the house. In this hour of distress, it was Girish, brother of Lalita's friend Aruna, who come to their rescue. Thus, in the household of Gurucharan, the girl was looked upon as an angel. He was helping Gurucharan to select a suitable match for Lalita. Shekhar grew suspicious and jealous of Girish. Lalita had merged in Shekar's life. The thought and pang of separation from Lalita were unbearable for him. There was a small function in Gurucharan's house to celebrate Munni's doll's marriage. On this occasion on Shekar's terrace, something happened. Lalita in a playful mood garlanded Shekar, in turn, Shekar and garlanded her which solemnized their marriage. However, both knew of the very many hurdles in their path and were enveloped in hesitation. They kept the marriage incident a secret
In the absence of Shekhar and his mother, on a trivial incident, Navin Babu and Gurucharan quarried, for Lalita, and the miseries mounted because Gurucharan was negotiating a proposal for her marriage. The quarrel between Navin Babu and Gurucharan proved to have a sickening effect on both. On Girish's insistence, Gurucharan came to Goa for change. Lalita had to accompany them. It was unfortunate that soon after, Navin Babu and Gurucharan come to the end of their lives journey. In the dying moments, Gurucharan extracted a promise from Girish that he would marry Lalita To Lalita it was an impossibility. She felt with her a married woman and something more of a wife in exile. In those hours of the grim test, her only moral support was the garland that had united her with Shekar. But, the promise made with the last breath of Gurucharan had to be respected by one and all. The Wedding invitation of Lalita and Girish reacted to Shekar. To his Insisting mother, he gave consent to marry another girl whom his last father had selected. After that, Lalita, Suman, and Girish came to attend Shekar's marriage. At the meeting between Shekar, Lalita, and Girish, Shekhar misbehaved but Girish was cast in a different mold. To poor Lalita in this selfish world, the dried garland was the only source of consolation. Circumstances had conspired against her. She hid in the corner of the terrace where she had accepted Shekhar as a husband. In that hour it looked as if tear-soaked garland mocked her was it a tryst with destiny? Girish told Shekhar that Lalita told him everything and married Vidya, not Lalita. Shekhar asks forgiveness from Lalita and he tells his mother about their marriage.
Cast
*
Jeetendra
Ravi Kapoor ( ; born 7 April 1942), known mononymously by his screen name Jeetendra, is an Indian actor who is known for his work in Hindi cinema. He also serves as the chairman of the Balaji Telefilms and Balaji Motion Pictures.
Early life ...
as Shekar
*
Sulakshana Pandit
''Sulakshana Pandit'' is an Indian playback singer and former Bollywood leading lady belonging to the Mewati Gharana.
Career
Sulakshana's career as an actress spanned the 1970s and early '80s. As a leading lady she has worked with most of the t ...
as Lalita
*Vikram Makandar as Girish
*
A.K. Hangal
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as Guru Charan
*
Om Shivpuri
Om Shivpuri (14 July 1938 – 15 October 1990) was an Indian theatre actor-director and character actor in Hindi films.
A National School of Drama, New Delhi alumnus, Shivpuri became the first chief of the National School of Drama Repertory Co ...
as Naveen Babu
*
I. S. Johar
Inder Sen Johar(16 February 1920 – 10 March 1984), better known as I. S. Johar, was an Indian actor, writer, producer and director, who excelled in comedic roles.
Early life
Inderjeet Singh Johar was born on 16th February, 1920 in Talagang ...
as Sangeet Samrat
*
Ramesh Deo
Ramesh Deo (30 January 1926 – 2 February 2022) was an Indian film and television actor who worked in more than 285 Hindi films, 190 Marathi films and 30 Marathi dramas with over 200 showings in his long career. He also produced feature films, ...
as Avinash
*
Jankidas
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Biography
Sports
Jankidas served as the only Indian member of ...
as Vidyavathi's father
*
Keshto Mukherjee
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as Dhakkan
*
Urmila Bhatt
Urmila Bhatt (1 November 1933 – 22 February 1997) was an actress of Hindi cinema. She started acting in Drama Theatre. She joined Sangeet Kala Academy in Rajkot as a folk dancer and singer. It was during that time that her famous Gujarati dra ...
as Gurucharan's wife
*
Aruna Irani
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as Sangeet Samrat's wife
*
Seema Deo
Seema Deo (born as Nalini Saraf; 1942) is Hindi and Marathi movie veteran actress. She has acted in over 80 Marathi and Hindi movies.
Early life
She was born and brought up in Girgaum, Mumbai.
Personal life
She was married to actor Ramesh ...
as Avinash's wife
*
Dulari as Naveen Babu's wife
*
Preeti Ganguly
Preeti Ganguly ( hi, प्रीति गाँगुली; 17 May 1953 – 2 December 2012) was an Indian actress who played several comic roles in Bollywood in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the daughter of veteran Indian actor Ashok Kumar, a ...
as Vidyavathi
*Lalitha Kumari as Vidyavathi's mother
Soundtrack
References
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Films scored by Kalyanji Anandji
Films directed by Anil Ganguly