Bahurani (1963 film)

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Bahurani
Poster
Directed by	T. Prakash Rao
Written by	Inder Raj Anand
Story by	Manila Banerjee
Starring	Guru Dutt Mala Sinha Feroz Khan
Music by	C. Ramchandra
Distributed by	Meena Movies
Release date	1963
Running time	132 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Bahurani (transl. Daughter-in-law) is a 1963 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by T. Prakash Rao. The film stars Guru Dutt, Mala Sinha and Feroz Khan.

It is a remake of the Telugu movie Ardhangi, 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.^[1] Ardhangi was remade in Tamil as Pennin Perumai and was also remade again in Hindi as Jyoti in 1981.

Plot[]

The Zamindar (Nazir Hussain) 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 (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, the 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 ... Raghu
• Mala Sinha ... Padma
• Feroz Khan ... Vikram (Raghu's stepbrother)
• Shyama ... Chanda (courtesan)
• Lalita Pawar ... Rajeshwari (Vikram's mother and Raghu's stepmother)
• Agha ... Banwarilal
• ..Vaidji
• Mukri ... Sukhiya
• Nazir Hussain ... Zamindar (Raghu and Vikram's father)
• Manorama ... Chanda's mother
• Shivraj ... Diwanji
• ... Dai Maa
• Nazir Kashmiri ... Kalicharan

Awards[]

• Nominated, Filmfare Best Actress Award - Mala Sinha

Music[]

The soundtrack of the film contains two songs composed by C. Ramchandra with lyrics authored by Sahir Ludhianvi.

Other versions[]

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

References[]

External links[]

• Bahurani at IMDb