Manorama, the daughter of a rich, orthodox family is married off, leaving her childhood friend Deodhar and his secret love for her, in despair. When tragedy befalls her, and traditions seem unfair, Deodhar must fight for what's right.
Direction
Raj Kapoor at his most politically furious—Raju the socialist emerges.
Cinematography
Those Raj Kapoor dream sequences: pure operatic cheese that somehow works.
Score
Laxmikant-Pyarelal's 'Yeh Galiyan Yeh Chaubara'—devastating earworm for decades.
Director
Raj Kapoor
Shammi Kapoor
Bade Raja Thakur
Tanuja Samarth
Raj Rani
Vijayendra Ghatge
Kunwar Narendra Pratap Singh (as Vijayendra Ghadge)
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Chote Thakur Virendra 'Vir' Singh
Bindu Desai
Chamiya
Sushma Seth
Badi Maa
Raza Murad
Raja Virendra Pratap Singh
Rajendranath Malhotra
Radha's husband
Kiran Vairale
Radha
Om Prakash
Poojari
Rishi Kapoor
Devdhar 'Dev'
Dulari
Premvati
Nanda
Padmini Kolhapure
Manorama
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released when widow remarriage was still taboo in rural India; Raj Kapoor faced censorship battles for the 'immoral' romance.
Rishi Kapoor allegedly hated the moustache Deodhar grows—said it made him look like his uncle Shammi, which... accurate casting since Shammi plays the patriarch.
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