Bahurani
Poster
Directed byT. Prakash Rao
Written byInder Raj Anand
Story byManilal Banerjee
Based onSwayamsiddha (novel)
by Manilal Banerjee
StarringGuru Dutt
Mala Sinha
Feroz Khan
Music byC. Ramchandra
Distributed byMeena Movies
Release date
1963
Running time
132 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

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 in pivotal roles.

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

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 Rajeshwari (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, 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

Awards

Music

The songs of the film was composed by C. Ramchandra with lyrics authored by Sahir Ludhianvi.

SongSinger
"Eetal Ke Ghal Mein Teetal" Hemant Kumar
"Umra Hui Tumse Mile, Phir Bhi Jane Kyun Aise Lage" Lata Mangeshkar, Hemant Kumar
"Main Jagoon Saari Rain" Lata Mangeshkar
"Balma Anari Man Bhaye" Lata Mangeshkar
"Bane Aisa Samaaj, Mile Sab Ko Anaaj, Na Ho Loot, Na Ho Phoot, Na Ho Jhoot To Ji" Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey
"Yeh Husn Mera, Yeh Ishq Tera" Asha Bhosle
"Kaam Krodh Aur Lobh" Mahendra Kapoor

Other versions

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

YearTitleLanguageDirectorCast
Step-motherSonWife
1955ArdhangiTeluguP. PullaiahSantha KumariAkkineni Nageswara RaoSavitri
1956Pennin PerumaiTamilP. PullaiahSantha KumariSivaji GanesanSavitri
1969Mallammana PavaadaKannadaPuttanna KanagalAdvani Lakshmi DeviRajkumarB Sarojadevi
1975SwayamsiddhaBengaliSushil MukherjeeRanjit MallickMithu Mukherjee
1981JyothiHindiPramod ChakravortyShashikalaJeetendraHema Malini
1987Enga Chinna RasaTamilK. BhagyarajC. R. SaraswathyK. BhagyarajRadha
1992BetaHindiIndra KumarAruna IraniAnil KapoorMadhuri Dixit
1993AbbaigaruTeluguE. V. V. SatyanarayanaJayachitraVenkateshMeena
1993AnnayyaKannadaD. Rajendra BabuAruna IraniV. RavichandranMadhoo
1998SantanOriyaSnigdha MohantySiddhanta MahapatraRachana Banerjee

References

  1. Narasimham, M. l (6 June 2014). "Ardhangi (1955)". Thehindu.com. Archived from the original on 15 August 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
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