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1953 film

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Directed by	Bimal Roy
Screenplay by	Bimal Roy
Based on	Parineeta by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Produced by	Ashok Kumar
Starring	Ashok Kumar Meena Kumari
Cinematography	Kamal Bose
Edited by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Music by	Manna Dey & Arun Mukherjee
Production company	Ashok Kumar Production Ltd.
Release date	23 January 1953 (1953-01-23)
Running time	151 minutes
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹60 lakh (equivalent to ₹63 crore or US$7.6 million in 2023)

Parineeta (Hindi pronunciation: [pəɾɪniːtaː]; transl. Married woman) is a 1953 Indian Hindi-language drama film starring Meena Kumari and Ashok Kumar, based upon the 1914 Bengali novella of the same name by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. The film was directed by Bimal Roy. This version of the film is considered by many to be the most faithful adaptation of the novella, particularly due to Meena Kumari's interpretation of the role of Lalita.

Story

Lalita (Meena Kumari) is an orphaned niece of an impoverished clerk named Gurucharan (Nazir Hussain). Shekhar (Ashok Kumar), is the son of their rich landlord neighbor. Shekhar had a liking for Lalita. Gurucharan has to mortgage his house to Shekhar's father in order to get one of his daughters married as he is heavily debt-ridden. Shekhar's father often chides him about his overdue loan and a day comes when completely pressed on all sides, Gurucharan is forced to take advantage of the altruistic offer of an interest-free loan made by a wealthy young man named Girin. This gives rise to an ugly misunderstanding that Lalita has been "sold" to Girin. What happens thereafter forms the gripping conclusion of this great story of perfect love.

Cast

Ashok Kumar as Shekhar Rai
Meena Kumari as Lalita
Asit Baran as Girin
Nazir Hussain as Gurucharan
Badri Prasad as Nabin Rai
Pratima Devi as Shekhar's Aunty
Manorama as Chachi
Rekha Mallick

Music

Lyrics: Bharat Vyas

Music : Manna Dey & Arun Mukherjee

"Gore Gore Haathon Mein Mehndi Racha Ke, Nainon Mein Kajra Daal Ke" – Asha Bhosle, Music: Arun Mukherjee
"Chali Radhe Rani" – Manna Dey, Music: Manna Dey
"Chand Hai Wohi, Udaas Mera Mann" – Geeta Dutt, Music: Manna Dey
"Aye Baandi Tum Begum Bano Khwab Dekha Hai" – Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle, Music: Manna Dey
"Toota Hai Naata Meet Ka Par Meet Mila Hamen Meet Ka" – Asit Baran Music: Arun Mukherjee
"Tum Yaad Aa Rahe" – Asha Bhosle, Music: Arun Mukherjee

Awards

1954 Filmfare Best Director Award – Bimal Roy
1954 Filmfare Best Actress Award – Meena Kumari

References

"Parineeta". Best of the Year. Retrieved 24 March 2018. Worldwide Gross: 80,00,000
Box office India. "Box Office 1953". box office india. Archived from the original on 22 September 2012. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

External links

Media related to Parineeta (1953) at Wikimedia Commons

v t e Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's Parineeta
Parineeta (1942) Parineeta (1953) Manamalai (1958) Parineeta (1969) Parineeta (2005)

v t e Films directed by Bimal Roy
Bengal Famine (1943) Udayer Pathey (1944) Hamrahi (1945) Anjangarh (1948) Mantramugdha (1949) Pehla Aadmi (1950) Maa (1952) Do Bigha Zamin (1953) Parineeta (1953) Naukari (1954) Biraj Bahu (1954) Baap Beti (1954) Devdas (1955) Yahudi (1958) Madhumati (1958) Sujata (1959) Parakh (1960) Nader Nimai (1960) Immortal Stupa (1961) Prem Patra (1962) Bandini (1963) Life and Message of Swami Vivekananda (1964)

Films directed by Bimal Roy

Bengal Famine (1943)
Udayer Pathey (1944)
Hamrahi (1945)
Anjangarh (1948)
Mantramugdha (1949)
Pehla Aadmi (1950)
Maa (1952)
Do Bigha Zamin (1953)
Parineeta (1953)
Naukari (1954)
Biraj Bahu (1954)
Baap Beti (1954)
Devdas (1955)
Yahudi (1958)
Madhumati (1958)
Sujata (1959)
Parakh (1960)
Nader Nimai (1960)
Immortal Stupa (1961)
Prem Patra (1962)
Bandini (1963)
Life and Message of Swami Vivekananda (1964)

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