Chhoti Bahu (1971)
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?
Director:
K.B. Tilak
Writer:
Vishwamitter Adil
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Rajesh Khanna as Madhu |
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Sharmila Tagore as Radha |
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Nirupa Roy as Sita |
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Shashikala as Paro |
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Sarika as Gopi |
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Tarun Bose as Shriram |
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Satyendra Kapoor as Vedji Avtar |
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I.S. Johar as Premnath (Niku's dad) |
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Jayshree Talpade as |
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Chandrima Bhaduri as |
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Mehmood Jr. as Niku |
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Shivraj as Radha's father |
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P. Jairaj as Rajaram Ramprasad Bahadur |
| Writing | Vishwamitter Adil | Screenplay |
| Writing | Saratchandra Chatterjee | Story |
| Writing | Kaifi Azmi | Lyricist |
| Production | Darius Gotla | Producer |
| Writing | Vishwamitter Adil | Dialogue |
| Writing | Udhav Kumar | Lyricist |
| Directing | K.B. Tilak | Director |
| Production | Seeroo Daryanani | Producer |