Chhoti Bahu (1971)
2h 17m
Running Time
May 22, 1971Release Date
Plot.
Radha lives with her widowed dad and is of marriageable age. Accordingly her details her provided to a marriage-broker, Avtar, who also doubles as a Ved (Village Doctor). He brings the proposal before Shriram and his wife, Sita. They approve of Radha and show her photograph to Shriram's brother, Dr. Madhu, who agrees to marry her. The marriage is celebrated with great pomp and ceremony in the entire village. It is then that the Shriram, Sita, and Madhu find out that Radha has a serious illness - a fact that was known to Avtar - but not communicated to them. This illness prevents her from being intimate with Madhu, and the only cure is when she has a child of her own. Will this marriage be annulled?
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Cast & Crew.
Rajesh Khanna
Madhu
Sharmila Tagore
Radha
Nirupa Roy
Sita
Shashikala
Paro
Sarika
Gopi
Tarun Bose
Shriram
Satyendra Kapoor
Vedji Avtar
I.S. Johar
Premnath (Niku's dad)
Jayshree Talpade
Chandrima Bhaduri
Paidi Jairaj
Rajaram Ramprasad Bahadur
Mehmood Jr.
Niku
Shivraj
Radha's father
P. Jairaj
Rajaram Ramprasad Bahadur
K.B. Tilak
Director
Udhav Kumar
Lyricist
Vishwamitter Adil
Screenplay / Dialogue
Saratchandra Chatterjee
Story
Kaifi Azmi
Lyricist
Anandji Veerji Shah
Composer
Seeroo Daryanani
Producer
Kalyanji Veerji Shah
Composer
Darius Gotla
Producer
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Chhoti Bahu is a 1971 Hindi drama film produced by Seeru Daryani and Darius Gotla, the film is directed by K. B. Tilak and written by Raj Baldev Raj.
The film stars Sharmila Tagore, Rajesh Khanna, Nirupa Roy and I. S. Johar. The music is by Kalyanji Anandji. The film was successful at the box office.
The Movie was based on the Bengali novel Bindur Chhele written by the famous Bengali author Saratchandra Chatterjee. This film is counted among the 17 consecutive hit films of Rajesh Khanna between 1969 and 1971, by adding the two-hero films Marayada and Andaz to the 15 consecutive solo hits he from 1969 to 1971.
Initially, Saira Banu was to star as the female lead, but she withdrew a few days into filming due to illness.