Anpadh | |
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Directed by | Mohan Kumar |
Produced by | Rajendra Bhatia, Mohan Segal |
Written by | Mohan Kumar, Sarshar Sailani |
Starring |
Mala Sinha Balraj Sahni Dharmendra |
Music by | Madan Mohan |
Cinematography | M. Ramachandra |
Edited by | Pratap Dave |
Release date
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1962 |
Country | India |
Language | Hindi |
Anpadh (Hindi: अन्पढ, Urdu: اَنپڑھ, translation: illiterate) is a 1962 Hindi film. The film stars Dharmendra, Mala Sinha, Shashi Kala and Balraj Sahni. The music is by Madan Mohan and the lyrics by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. The film focuses on the importance of education for girls. This movie also has hit songs like the evergreen song Aap ki nazron nay samjha sung by Lata Mangeshkar
Chaudhary Shambhunath considers the accumulation of wealth to be more important than education. He condones his sister's inattention at school and consequently she grows up anpadh (illiterate). When she finds herself married to a bibliophile her problems really begin. Unable to read the poetry her husband loves and being a rotten cook too, she becomes despised by her husband and her in-laws. Circumstances conspire to leave her homeless, widowed and pregnant. Narrowly escaping from the attentions of a panderer she falls amongst friends and, with the birth of her daughter, she starts on the long road to redemption. An entertaining plea for education in general and for the education of girls in particular.