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Bidaai (1974)

Bidaai poster
Directed by
L. V. Prasad
Genre
drama film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 25m
Rated
U
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A widowed mother faces separation from her grown sons as they start their own lives. The story follows her emotional journey of sacrifice and love within a traditional family setting.

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What happens

Bidaai (transl. Farewell) is a 1974 Indian Hindi-language drama film, produced and directed by L. V. Prasad under his own banner Prasad Productions Pvt Ltd. It had Jeetendra, Leena Chandavarkar and Durga Khote in the lead roles. The film was a remake of the Telugu film Thalla? Pellama? (1970). Durga Khote, who played the widowed mother of Jeetendra and Satyen Kapu, won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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