Sanjh Aur Savera (सांझ और सवेरा) 1964

Published on May 18, 2013 in Cinema

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Banner	S. J. Films
Director	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Writer	Dhruva Chatterjee, Anil Ghosh, Jagdish Kanwal, D.N. Mukherjee
Producer	Sevantilal Shah
Music Director	Shankar, Jaikishan
Cinematography	Jaywant Pathare
Film Editing	Das Dhaimade
Art Director	Ajit Banerjee
Camera Operator	L.B. Mohan
Assistant Cameramen	T.B. Seetaram
Playback Singers	Mohammad Rafi , Suman Kalyanpur, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle

Character	Actor / Actress
Gauri	Meena Kumari
Dr. Shankar Chaudhry	Guru Dutt
Prakash	Mehmood
Radha	Shubha Khote
	Manmohan Krishna
Padma Devi	Padmadevi
Mama, Radha's uncle	Jagdev
	Harindranath Chattopadhyay
	Brahm Bhardwaj
	Kanu Roy
	Rashid Khan
Manorama - Radha's mom	Preeti Bala
	Praveen Paul

Plot
Dr. Shankar Chaudhry lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay with his widowed mom, Rukmini, and younger sister, Manju. His mom would like him to get married to Ambala-based Advocate Madhusudan's daughter, Maya, even though neither of them have seen her. Shankar does agree to this marriage; the marriage takes place, the bride faints after the formalities; she is looked after by her cousin, Prakash, and Madhusudan; she recovers, and the next day she accompanies Shankar to his home. On the very first night she informs him that since she is undergoing a Holy Fast, she must refrain from any sexual activity. A few days later, Prakash arrives to take her to Banaras where her dad has re-located. Shankar accompanies them and get re-married to her at Bhagwan Vishwanath's Temple. Thereafter, both get intimate and soon Maya becomes pregnant. One day Shankar comes home to find both Prakash and Maya missing. He searches for them, but is unable to locate them. It is then he finds out that the woman claiming to be his wife is not the daughter of Madhusudan, and may well have eloped with Prakash - who is not her brother. Watch as events unfold and the impact this discovery has on Shankar and the rest of his family.

Plot

Dr. Shankar Chaudhry lives a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay with his widowed mom, Rukmini, and younger sister, Manju. His mom would like him to get married to Ambala-based Advocate Madhusudan's daughter, Maya, even though neither of them have seen her. Shankar does agree to this marriage; the marriage takes place, the bride faints after the formalities; she is looked after by her cousin, Prakash, and Madhusudan; she recovers, and the next day she accompanies Shankar to his home. On the very first night she informs him that since she is undergoing a Holy Fast, she must refrain from any sexual activity. A few days later, Prakash arrives to take her to Banaras where her dad has re-located. Shankar accompanies them and get re-married to her at Bhagwan Vishwanath's Temple. Thereafter, both get intimate and soon Maya becomes pregnant. One day Shankar comes home to find both Prakash and Maya missing. He searches for them, but is unable to locate them. It is then he finds out that the woman claiming to be his wife is not the daughter of Madhusudan, and may well have eloped with Prakash - who is not her brother. Watch as events unfold and the impact this discovery has on Shankar and the rest of his family.