Bhabhi (1957)

Original title

भाभी

Directed by

S. Panju, R. Krishnan

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 48m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman faces challenges in her marriage and family life. The film follows her struggles with loyalty and love.

dramaticemotionalfamily-centricseriousromanticclassicold-fashionedsoapy

What happens

Bhabhi is a 1957 Hindi film directed by Krishnan–Panju for AVM Productions. It starred Balraj Sahni, Pandari Bai , Jagdeep and Nanda in pivotal roles. The film went on to become the eighth highest grossing Bollywood film of the year. The film was a remake of the 1954 Bengali film Bhanga Gara, which in turn was based on the novel Bijila by Prabhavathi Devi Saraswathi. The Bengali movie was earlier remade in Tamil as Kula Deivam and later remade in Kannada as Jenu Goodu. Pandari Bai reprised her role in all versions except the Bengali one. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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