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Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Raaj Kumar, Rajendra Kumar, Kanhaiyalal

Radha belongs to a poor farmer's family. She gets married to Shyamu, also a farmer,and both begin their lives in harmony. Shyamu's mom borrows money from a localmoney-lender, Sukhilala, and agrees to ...( read more  read more... )provide him with three fourths of the farmproduce in lieu of money, to which Sukhilala agrees to, and asks her to sign adocument to this effect, which she does so, not knowing that she is signing away herfarm produce, as well as her mortgaging her property. Unable to bear thisunpleasantness, Shyamu disappears, leaving Radha alone to bring up two sons, Ramuand Birju.

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Directed by: Mehboob Khan

Release Date: February 7, 1957

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DVD Release Date: February 25, 2003

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  • ferferuz
    August 12, 2009
    ferferuz
    nice tragedy if there is anything like nice 'tragedy'
  • notspam555
    May 30, 2009
    notspam555
    I have a copy of this and watched a large chunk of it; it seemed impressive, but I really need to finish it before attempting a rating.
  • Lsingh7
    April 17, 2009
    Lsingh7
    Hi this is my favrite life time picture,Still this is my best movie,i have seen so many times,but still enjoy it.
  • belaidisalim
    April 2, 2009
    belaidisalim
    ... To watch absolutly!
  • nadirshah83
    February 9, 2009
    nadirshah83
    a masterpiece, classic
  • shakti03
    January 23, 2009
    shakti03
    This too is my all time best...
  • hypathio7
    July 23, 2008
    hypathio7
    nominated for best foreign film at the oscars
  • roopeshmandloi
    May 11, 2008
    roopeshmandloi
    So meaningful movie with a true picture of Indian villages.
  • yuvak
    March 30, 2008
    yuvak
    An all time classic in Indian cinema just incomparable
  • shailzashatriyae
    February 7, 2008
    shailzashatriyae
    love to see again...:)

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