Bhabhi (1957 film)

Bhabhi
Bhabhi
	Poster
Directed by	Krishnan–Panju
Written by	Prabhavathi Devi Saraswathi
Produced by	A. V. Meiyappan
Starring	Balraj Sahni; Pandari Bai; Nanda; Om Prakash; Durga Khote
Music by	Chitragupta; Rajendra Krishan (Lyrics)
Production; company	AVM Productions
Release date	1957;
Running time	168 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi/Urdu
Box office	Rs. 1,15,00,000

Bhabhi is a 1957 Hindi film directed by Krishnan–Panju for AVM Productions. It starred Balraj Sahni, Pandari Bai and Nanda in pivotal roles.

The film went on to become the eighth highest grossing Bollywood film of the year.^[1] The film was a remake of the 1954 Bengali film Banga Gora,^[2] which in turn was based on the novel Bijila by Prabhavathi Devi Saraswathi. The Bengali movie was earlier remade in Tamil as Kula Dheivam and later remade in Kannada as Jenu Goodu. Pandari Bai reprised her role in all versions except Bengali.

Summary[]

Although a graduate in Arts, Shanta (Pandari Bai) agrees to marry a less educated widowed businessman Ratanlal (Balraj Sahni), shortly called Ratan, who has a son Mithu (Daisy Irani), from his first marriage and re-locates to live with him, his three brothers; Ramesh (), Rajan (Raja Gosavi) and Baldev (Jagdeep) and his aunty (Durga Khote). Ratanlal permits Shanta to let her child-widowed sister, Lata (Nanda), to also live with them. Shanta soon earns the respect and love of everyone in the family. Ramesh marries Tara (Shyama), the daughter of Advocate Motilal (Bipin Gupta), while Rajan marries Mangala (), the daughter of Munshiram (Shivraj). After these marriages, misunderstandings crop up, generally generated by Mangala, so much so that Tara joins forces with her, forcing the brothers to separate from each other, with Ratanlal dividing the property and business equally amongst them, and re-locating in a small village house, while Ramesh now lives with Tara and her brother, Jeevan (Anwar Hussain) and his wife. Rajan does not get along with Mangala, takes to alcohol in a big way, stops his medical studies and joins the army and Baldev re-locates to Bombay. The question remains: will this troubled family ever be re-united during their respective lifetimes?

Cast[]

Balraj Sahni as Ratanlal "Ratan"
Pandari Bai as Shanta
Nanda as Lata
Daisy Irani as Mithu
as Advocate Ramesh
Shyama as Tara
Raja Gosavi as Rajan
as Mangala
Jagdeep as Baldev "Billu"
Durga Khote as Ratanlal's Aunty
Om Prakash as Lata's Brother-in-law
Manorama as Lata's Sister-in-law
Bipin Gupta as Advocate Motilal
Shivraj as Munshiram
Anwar Hussain as Jeevan
Agha as Champaklal
Bhagwan Dada as Stage Actor

Soundtrack[]

Songs
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Playback
1.	"Aaj To Aanand Bhaye Krishna Aaye Paahuna"			Renuka Devi
2.	"Arre Bahut Dinon Ki Baat Hai"	Rajendar Krishan	Chitragupta	S. Balbir, Manna Dey, Mohammed Rafi
3.	"Ban Titali Ban Titali Main"	J. S. Kashyap	Saraswati Devi
4.	"Chal Ud Jaa Re Panchhi"	Rajendar Krishan	Chitragupta	Mohammed Rafi
5.	"Chali Chali Re Meri Patang Chali Re"	Rajendar Krishan	Chitragupta	Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
6.	"Chhupaakar Meri Aankhon Ko"	Rajendar Krishan	Chitragupta	Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar
7.	"Ghat Aaye Saajan Laut Aaye"			Renuka Devi
8.	"Kaare Kaare Baadra"			Lata Mangeshkar

Awards and nominations[]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1958	Nanda	Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress	Nominated

References[]

^ ^a ^b Box Office India. "Top Earners 1957". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
^ "Tamil cinema's bong connection". 23 April 2018.

External links[]

[bo-1] Box Office India. "Top Earners 1957". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 12 February 2010. Retrieved 22 February 2010.

[2] "Tamil cinema's bong connection". 23 April 2018.

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