Saudagar (1973)
2h 11m
Running Time
October 26, 1973Release Date
Plot.
Moti is a merchant who sells jaggery in the market, with the help of an older woman, Mahjubhi, who makes exemplary jaggery. He is in love with a village girl, but cannot afford to pay the dowry/marriage expenses to her father. So he decides to marry Mahjubhi, while secretly harbouring the dream of saving enough money for dowry and marrying the village girl. After marrying Majubhi, Moti extracts a lot of work from her to this end. He eventually does collect the amount and divorces her, accusing her of infidelity. Shortly after that he marries the village girl, and goes back to his business of selling jaggery, but faces the consequence of losing Mahjubhi's jaggery.
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Cast & Crew.
Amitabh Bachchan
Moti
Nutan
Mahjubhi
Trilok Kapoor
Actor
Padma Khanna
Phoolbanu
Murad
Sheikh (Phoolbanu's father)
Leela Mishra
Badi Bhi
Dev Kishan
Actor
Jugnu
Usman
V. Gopal
Actor
C.S. Dubey
Banerjee (moneylender)
Sudhendu Roy
Director
Narendranath Mitra
Writer
P.L. Santoshi
Writer
Tarachand Barjatya
Producer
Ravindra Jain
Composer
Dilip Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
Cinematographer
Mukhtar Ahmed
Editor
Dev Kishan
Details.
Release DateOctober 26, 1973
Original Nameसौदागर
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 11m
Genres
Wiki.
Saudagar is a 1973 Bollywood drama film, directed by Sudhendu Roy and based on the Bengali story, Ras, by Narendranath Mitra. It stars Nutan as Mahzubeen and Amitabh Bachchan as Moti, in the leading roles. It also featured Trilok Kapoor and Padma Khanna as Phoolbanu. Murad, Leela Mishra as (Badi Bhi), Dev Kishan, Jugnu and V. Gopal are also featured in the film. Though the film didn't do well commercially, it was selected as the Indian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 46th Academy Awards, but didn't receive a nomination.