Anpadh

Anpadh
Directed by	Mohan Kumar
Produced by	Rajendra Bhatia, Mohan Segal
Written by	Mohan Kumar, Sarshar Sailani
Starring	Mala Sinha Balraj Sahni Dharmendra
Music by	Madan Mohan
Cinematography	M. Ramachandra
Edited by	Pratap Dave
Release dates	1962
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Anpadh (Hindi: अन्पढ, Urdu: اَنپد, translation: illiterate) is a 1962 Hindi film. The film stars Dharmendra, Mala Sinha, Shashi Kala and Balraj Sahni. The music is by Madan Mohan and the lyrics by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. The film focuses on the importance of education for girls. This movie also has hit songs like the evergreen song Aap ki nazron nay samjha sung by Lata Mangeshkar

Plot

Chaudhary Shambhunath considers the accumulation of wealth to be more important than education. He condones his sister's inattention at school and consequently she grows up anpadh (illiterate). When she finds herself married to a bibliophile her problems really begin. Unable to read the poetry her husband loves and being a rotten cook too, she becomes despised by her husband and her in-laws. Circumstances conspire to leave her homeless, widowed and pregnant. Narrowly escaping from the attentions of a panderer she falls amongst friends and, with the birth of her daughter, she starts on the long road to redemption. An entertaining plea for education in general and for the education of girls in particular.

Cast

• Mala Sinha ... Lajwanti
• Balraj Sahni ... Choudhary Shambhunath
• Dharmendra ... Deepak M. Nath
• Shashikala ... Basanti
• Bindu ... Kiran
• Shaminder ... Advocate Suraj
• Nazir Hussain ... Thakur Mahendra Nath
• Dhumal ... Kalu
• Amarnath ... Kishore
• Mohan Choti ... Young Kalu
• Ram Mohan ... Jeevan
• Bela Bose
• Mumtaz Begum ... Mrs. Mahendranath
• Aruna Irani ... Young Lajoo (as Baby Aruna)
• Baby Shashi ... Young Basanti
• Brahm Bhardwaj ... Public Prosecutor
• Moolchand ... Dayaram

Music

External links

• Anpadh at the Internet Movie Database