- Mamta (1966 film)
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Mamta Directed by Asit Sen Produced by Charu Chitra Written by Nihar Ranjan Gupta (story) Starring Suchitra Sen
Ashok Kumar
DharmendraMusic by Roshan Release date(s) 1966 Country India Language Hindi Mamta is a Hindi film, directed by Asit Sen, with music by Roshan. The movie starred Suchitra Sen, Ashok Kumar and Dharmendra. The film performed "above average" at the box office.[1]
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Plot
Monish Rai comes from a wealthy family, and is in love with Deviyani, who is poor. Monish has to travel abroad to further his education in law, but promises to stay in touch with Deviyani. After his departure, financial problems surround Deviyani and her dad. She approaches Monish's mom for assistance, but is refused. In desperation, her father gets her married to a much older man, who is also alcoholic and frequents courtesans. Deviyani gets pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl, Suparna. Unhappy with her marriage and her circumstances, she runs away. She approaches a nun, Mother Mary, in a monastery and leaves Suparna in her care and disappears forever. When Monish returns he runs into Deviyani, but is told that the person he has seen is a Lucknow based prostitute, Pannabai. Is Deviyani still alive? Who is Pannabai? What happened to Suparna?
Cast
- Dharmendra ... Barrister Indraneel
- Suchitra Sen ... Devyani - Pannabai / Suparna
- Ashok Kumar ... Manish Roy
- Bipin Gupta ... Kantilal
- David Abraham ... Doctor Abraham
- Asit Sen ... Mahadev Prasad
- Pahadi Sanyal ... Prosecuting Lawyer
- Pratima Devi ... Mother Mary
- Kalipada Chakraborty ... Rakhal Bhattacharya
- Chhaya Devi ... Minabai
- Rajlakshmi Devi ... Guest at party
- Chaman Puri ... Ghishta Babu - Devyani's dad (uncredited)
Nominations
- Filmfare Nomination for Best Picture
- Filmfare Nomination for Best Director - Asit Sen
- Filmfare Nomination for Best Actress - Suchitra Sen
- Filmfare Nomination for Best Story - Nihar Ranjan Gupta[2]
References
External links
- Mamta at the Internet Movie Database
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