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Aurat (1967 film)

Aurat
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Directed by S. S. Vasan
S. S. Balan
Produced by S. S. Vasan
S. S. Balan
Written by K. S. Gopalakrishnan
Starring Padmini
Pran
Rajesh Khanna
Feroz Khan
O. P. Ralhan
Nazima
Lalita Pawar
David Abraham Cheulkar
Leela Chitnis
Music by Ravi
Cinematography Kamal Ghosh
Edited by M Umanath
Distributed by Gemini Pictures
Release date
June 16, 1967
Country India
Language Hindi

Aurat (Woman) is a 1967 Indian Hindi-language film produced and directed by S. S. Balan and S. S. Vasan. It is a remake of 1966 Tamil film Chitthi. The film stars Padmini, Pran, Rajesh Khanna, Feroz Khan, Kanhaiyalal, David, O. P. Ralhan, Nazima, Lalita Pawar and Leela Chitnis. The films music is by Ravi.The film is totally revolving around character of Parvati's life played by Padmini. The film deals with how Parvati (played by Padmini), who is in true love with character played by Feroz Khan, is forced by circumstances to marry Manoharilal (played by Pran) against wishes of her brother (played by Rajesh Khanna) and later is tested by life to show whether after marriage to Manoharilal, she is truly affectionate to Manoharilal or is she having an affair with her ex-boyfriend.

Parvathi (Padmini) is an elder daughter of eight children family who is the primary bread earner of her house. Her aim is bring up her family position and marry off all her sisters which include a dumb girl. So she spents her whole life and struggles hard to educate her brother Suresh (Rajesh Khanna) and make him doctor so that he can lend her helping hand. Though she works hard she smiles at times when she meets a man (Feroz Khan) whom she has a liking but her circumstances prevent her moving further.

Manoharilal an aged rich man and father of six children wants to marry again and searches for bride and keeps an eye on Parvati. A proposal for marriage is raised on his behalf to which Suresh and Parvati's mother does not accept even though he has money. But Parvati accepts the proposal on the grounds that her family position will improve if she marries him. Suresh tries his level best to make her back-off from the marriage but she does not accept it. Parvati marries Manoharilal and steps in his family.


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