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Sharmeelee (1971)

Sharmeelee poster
Original title
शर्मीली
Directed by
Samir Ganguly
Genre
drama, romance
Country
India
Runtime
2h 44m
Rated
U
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman who is shy and reserved finds herself in a romantic situation. The story then takes a mysterious turn involving a double role played by the same actress.

romanticlight-heartedmysterioussuspensefuldramaticwhimsicalengagingsurprising

What happens

Sharmeelee (trans. Shy) is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language romantic film produced by Subodh Mukherjee and directed by Samir Ganguly. The film stars Shashi Kapoor, Raakhee, Narendra Nath, Nazir Hussain, Iftekhar, S N Banerjee, Anita Guha, Asit Sen. Raakhee played a double role in this film, and its success helped make her one of the decade's top leading ladies in Hindi films. The film also marked the debut of Ranjeet. The film starts on a romantic track, but after halfway takes a brilliant turn towards mystery and thriller genre. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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