''Main Chup Rahungi'' (

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: ''I Shall Remain Silent'') is a 1962 Indian

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-language film directed by

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and produced by

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. The film stars Meena Kumari and

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in lead roles. The film was a remake of 1960 Tamil film '' Kalathur Kannamma''.

Plot

Narayan ( Nana Palsikar) works as a laborer on a farmland owned by businessman Ratan Kumar, in Ramnagar. Although Narayan was an ex-convict, Ratan had assisted him getting a job, some land, and a small house where he now lives with his grown daughter, Gayetri ( Meena Kumari), who is training to be a teacher. To his complete shock, Narayan finds out that Gayetri is pregnant. Ratan asks Narayan to take some money and relocate, which Narayan gratefully does. Gayetri gives birth to a baby boy, and Narayan takes him to an orphanage donated by Ratan himself, and informs Gayetri that her child was still-born. Gayetri and Narayan eventually return to Ramnagar, and as luck would have it, Gayetri finds a job as a teacher in the orphanage that her son (now named Shyam) lives in. When Ratan's son, Kamal (

), returns from Singapore, he meets Shyam and likes him, but when he finds out that his school-teacher is Gayetri, he demands that Gayetri be fired as she is not of good character. Who is Shyam's father, why Gayetri remains silent about her child's identity, and what Kamal knows about Gayetri's background are the questions to be discovered later in the film.

Cast

* Meena Kumari as Gayatri *

as Kamal Kumar * Nana Palsikar as Narayan *Babloo as Shyam *Jagirdar as Ratan Kumar *Mohan Choti as Madhav *

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as Menka * Raj Mehra as Thekedaar

Awards

;

37th Filmfare Awards The 37th Filmfare Awards were held in 1992. ''Lamhe'' led the ceremony with 13 nominations, followed by ''Saajan'' with 11 nominations, ''Saudagar'' with 9 nominations, ''Henna'' with 8 nominations and ''Hum'' with 7 nominations. ''Lamhe'' ...

: Nominated * Best Actress – Meena Kumari * Best Story – Jawar N. Sitaraman

Music

The soundtrack of the film contains 7 songs. The music is composed by Chitragupta, with lyrics authored by

Rajendra Krishan Rajinder Krishan Duggal (6 June 1919 – 23 September 1987) also credited as Rajendra Krishan, was an Indian poet, lyricist and screenwriter. Biography Rajinder Krishan was born in a Duggal family at Jalalpur Jattan on 6 June 1919, in Gujrat ...

References

External links

* {{AVM Productions 1962 films 1960s Hindi-language films Films scored by Chitragupta Hindi remakes of Tamil films Films directed by A. Bhimsingh