Satyam Shivam Sundaram (सत्यम शिवम् सुन्दरम) 1978

Published on May 3, 2012 in Cinema

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Banner	R.K. Films
Director	Raj Kapoor
Writer	Jainendra Jain
Producer	Raj Kapoor
Music Director	Laxmikant-Pyarelal
Cinematography	Radhu Karmakar
Film Editing	Raj Kapoor
Art Director	A. Rangaraj
Camera Operator
Assistant Cameramen
Playback Singers	Lata Mangeshkar, Manna Dey, Mukesh, Nitin Mukesh, Bhupendra Singh

Character	Actor / Actress
Ranjeev	Shashi Kapoor
Rupa	Zeenat Aman
Pandit Shyam Sunder	Kanhaiyalal
Bansi (Rupa's uncle)	A.K. Hangal
Bade Babu's Wife	Leela Chitnis
Bade Babu (as David)	David Abraham
Chief Engineer	Hari Shivdasani
Champa	Sheetal
Young Rupa (as Baby Padmini)	Padmini Kolhapure
	Baby Komal
Fat Lady	Tun Tun
Jai Singh	Vishwa Mehra
	Mansaram
(as Pardesi)	H.L. Pardesi
(as Shriram Shastry)	Ram Shastri
	Nandini
(as Mona)	Mona Saxena
	Seema
	Mani
	Yasmin
Bina	Beena Banerjee
Shastry (Rupa's prosfective father-in-law)	Subroto Mahapatra
Shastry's Son	Javed Khan
	Dina Pathak
	Prithviraj Kapoor
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)	Raj Kapoor

PLot
The movie is set in a village where Roopa, played by Zeenat Aman, lives with her father. As a young child, Roopa's right cheek was burned by a pot of oil, leaving part of her face disfigured. Henceforth, Roopa keeps her right cheek hidden under the cover of her Sari. Despite the terrible accident, Roopa remains religious and goes to the village Hindu temple daily, singing hymns and devotional songs. The hero Ranjeet, played by Shashi Kapoor, is an engineer who arrives in the village to oversee the construction of a major dam. He suffers from a fear of ugliness (cacophobia). He sees Roopa at night and, failing to see her disfigured side, falls in love with her, asking her father permission to marry her. After the wedding, the hero discovers the truth, at which point he disowns her and drives her out of the house. Roopa seduces him, meeting him at night, using a veil to hide the charred side of her face, and luring him with her voice. They eventually make love and she becomes pregnant. When the hero is told of the pregnancy, he refuses to believe that he could be the father. In the movie's climactic scene, a terrible storm ravages the village. In the swirling waters of the flood, the hero overcomes his fear of ugliness and saves Roopa from drowning.

PLot

The movie is set in a village where Roopa, played by Zeenat Aman, lives with her father. As a young child, Roopa's right cheek was burned by a pot of oil, leaving part of her face disfigured. Henceforth, Roopa keeps her right cheek hidden under the cover of her Sari. Despite the terrible accident, Roopa remains religious and goes to the village Hindu temple daily, singing hymns and devotional songs.

The hero Ranjeet, played by Shashi Kapoor, is an engineer who arrives in the village to oversee the construction of a major dam. He suffers from a fear of ugliness (cacophobia). He sees Roopa at night and, failing to see her disfigured side, falls in love with her, asking her father permission to marry her.

After the wedding, the hero discovers the truth, at which point he disowns her and drives her out of the house. Roopa seduces him, meeting him at night, using a veil to hide the charred side of her face, and luring him with her voice. They eventually make love and she becomes pregnant. When the hero is told of the pregnancy, he refuses to believe that he could be the father. In the movie's climactic scene, a terrible storm ravages the village. In the swirling waters of the flood, the hero overcomes his fear of ugliness and saves Roopa from drowning.

Release date	22-Mar-78
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Awards
1979 Filmfare Award won Best Music Director - Laxmikant-Pyarelal Best Cinematographer - Radhu Karmakar 1979 Filmfare Award nominations Best Director - Raj Kapoor Best Actress - Zeenat Aman Best Lyricist - Pandit Narendra Sharma for the title song "Satyam Shivam Sundaram" Best Male Playback Singer - Mukesh for the song "Chanchal Sheetal"