Tells a heart-rending saga of an orphan girl, whose body and soul are divided between her aged husband and a young forest officer she had fallen in love with. Being the wife of the old Choudhari has she any right to expect love from another man forms the crux of the story.
Acting
Rehana Sultan's eyes do ALL the talking.
Cinematography
Kashmir mountains as emotional landscape.
Director
Ved Rahi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nearly lost to time, surviving prints are treasured by NFDC archives.
1973 was peak parallel cinema — this played alongside commercial blockbusters to tiny art-house crowds.