Saudagar (1973)

Directed by

Sudhendu Roy

Genre

drama film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 11m

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A lonely trader in a small town falls in love with a woman from a different community. Their relationship faces obstacles from family and society.

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What happens

Saudagar (transl. Trader) 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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