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Zindagi (1976)

Zindagi poster
Original title
ज़िन्दगी
Directed by
Ravi Tandon
Country
India
Runtime
2h 19m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An elderly couple faces separation when their grown children cannot agree on who will care for them. The film follows how they navigate this family conflict.

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What happens

Zindagi (transl. Life) is a 1976 Hindi film produced by Romu Sippy and directed by Ravi Tandon. The film stars Mala Sinha, Sanjeev Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Moushumi Chatterjee, Aruna Irani, Deven Verma, A. K. Hangal, Padmini Kolhapure, Keshto Mukherjee and Iftekhar. The film's music is by Rajesh Roshan. The film is based on the 1937 Leo McCarey American film Make Way for Tomorrow which was also later adapted in 2003 in Hindi as Baghban. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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