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Cast

Bharat Bhushan

Bharat Bhushan

Bhanu

Leela Chitnis

Leela Chitnis

Bhanu's & Raju's mom

Shyama

Shyama

Meena

Nazir Hussain

Nazir Hussain

Bhanu's & Raju's dad

Paul Mahendra

Paul Mahendra

Raju

Achala Sachdev

Achala Sachdev

Kusum Deshpande

Kusum Deshpande

Mehmood

Mehmood

Asha Parekh

Asha Parekh

B.M. Vyas

B.M. Vyas

Bharat Vyas

Bharat Vyas

Vikram Kapoor

Vikram Kapoor

Master Chhotu

Master Chhotu

Krishnakant

Krishnakant

Samar Chatterjee

Samar Chatterjee

Gunjan

Gunjan

Crew

Paul Mahendra

Paul Mahendra

Writer

Bimal Roy

Bimal Roy

Screenplay

Asit Sen

Asit Sen

Story

Nabendu Ghosh

Nabendu Ghosh

Writer

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Editor

Asha Bhosle

Asha Bhosle

Playback Singer

Bharat Vyas

Bharat Vyas

Lyricist

Manna Dey

Manna Dey

Playback Singer

Bimal Roy

Bimal Roy

Director

Nabendu Ghosh

Nabendu Ghosh

Story

Surya Kumar Pal

Surya Kumar Pal

Music

Afzal Hussain

Afzal Hussain

Playback Singer

Kishore Kumar

Kishore Kumar

Playback Singer

Kishan Bhikha

Kishan Bhikha

Costume Design

Geeta Dutt

Geeta Dutt

Playback Singer

D.N. Jadhav

D.N. Jadhav

Art Direction

Josef Wirsching

Josef Wirsching

Director of Photography

Movie poster

Maa

19520.0 / 10120 min
Drama, Romance

Overview

Chanderbabu (Nazir Hussain), a retired postmaster, lives in the village with his wife and two sons, Rajan (Paul Mahendra) and Bhanu (Bharat Bhushan). He continues to live there and work for the Zamindar, while his children are getting their education. Rajan is studying for his law exam. He is married to a girl (Padma) from a wealthy family whose haughty ways alarm and frightens him. Bhanu, the younger brother is fun-loving but studious. He gets influenced by the Nationalist Movement in the campus and stops his education in the last year of college. His father is disappointed and feels that Rajan is the one they can depend upon in their old age. Bhanu meets Meena (Shyama), and the two fall in love. Meera's father, Ramnarayan, is the school Principal and is impressed by Bhanu. He decides to get Meera married to Bhanu.