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Chhoti Bahu

19710.0 / 10137 min
Drama

Overview

Radha lives with her widowed dad and is of marriageable age. Accordingly her details her provided to a marriage-broker, Avtar, who also doubles as a Ved (Village Doctor). He brings the proposal before Shriram and his wife, Sita. They approve of Radha and show her photograph to Shriram's brother, Dr. Madhu, who agrees to marry her. The marriage is celebrated with great pomp and ceremony in the entire village. It is then that the Shriram, Sita, and Madhu find out that Radha has a serious illness - a fact that was known to Avtar - but not communicated to them. This illness prevents her from being intimate with Madhu, and the only cure is when she has a child of her own. Will this marriage be annulled?

Cast

Rajesh Khanna

Rajesh Khanna

Madhu

Sharmila Tagore

Sharmila Tagore

Radha

Nirupa Roy

Nirupa Roy

Sita

Shashikala

Shashikala

Paro

Sarika

Sarika

Gopi

Tarun Bose

Tarun Bose

Shriram

Satyendra Kapoor

Satyendra Kapoor

Vedji Avtar

I.S. Johar

I.S. Johar

Premnath (Niku's dad)

Jayshree Talpade

Jayshree Talpade

Chandrima Bhaduri

Chandrima Bhaduri

Mehmood Jr.

Mehmood Jr.

Niku

Shivraj

Shivraj

Radha's father

P. Jairaj

P. Jairaj

Rajaram Ramprasad Bahadur

Crew

Vishwamitter Adil

Vishwamitter Adil

Screenplay

Saratchandra Chatterjee

Saratchandra Chatterjee

Story

Kaifi Azmi

Kaifi Azmi

Lyricist

Darius Gotla

Darius Gotla

Producer

Vishwamitter Adil

Vishwamitter Adil

Dialogue

Udhav Kumar

Udhav Kumar

Lyricist

K.B. Tilak

K.B. Tilak

Director

Seeroo Daryanani

Seeroo Daryanani

Producer