Kathputli (1957)

Original title

Kath Putli

Directed by

Nitin Bose

Genre

drama, family

Country

India

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman from a modest background is taken under the wing of a wealthy man who wants to transform her into a refined lady. The story follows their relationship as she changes her appearance and manners, but faces challenges in bridging their different worlds.

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What happens

Kathputli (transl. Puppet) is a 1957 Pygmalion Black-and-white Hindi-language film produced by Ajit Chakraborty and Amiya Chakrabarty with their Sreerangam Productions. The film was the last film of director Amiya Chakrabarty, who had earlier directed Basant, Daag and Seema. He died during the filming and Nitin Bose took up the mantle of director in the film. The film stars Vyjayanthimala and Balraj Sahni in the lead with Jawahar Kaul, Agha, Kumari Kamala, C. S. Dubey, Sheela Kashmiri, Poonam and Laxman Rao, forming an ensemble cast. The film's music was composed by the Shankar Jaikishan duo, with the lyrics by Shailendra and Hasrat Jaipuri. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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