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Biraj Bahu (1954)
Directed by Bimal Roy
Drama · 2h 25m
Nilambhar Chakravorty belongs to a poor family, and lives in a joint family with his married brother, Pitambar, unmarried sister, Punnu, and wife, Biraj. Since his sister is of marriageable age, he arranges her marriage, and borrows some money. When Pitambar comes to know about this, he refuses to share any expense in his sister's marriage, and decides to separate, resulting in a fence being put up between their homes. Nilambher, unable to find employment, is unable to pay back the loan, and soon both he and his wife barely have enough to live on. To complicate matters further, Deodhar, a wealthy young contractor has his eye on Biraj's beauty and would like to be intimate with her, in return for money and a better life.
Cast
Kamini Kaushal
Abhi Bhattacharya
Shakuntala
Pran
Manorama
Nazima
Iftekhar
Crew
- Director
- Bimal Roy
- Writer
- Bimal Roy
- Director of Photography
- Dilip Gupta
- Editor
- Hrishikesh Mukherjee
- Producer
- Hiten Chaudhury
Details
- Original title
- बिराज बहू
- Release date
- 1954-03-01
- Runtime
- 2h 25m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- HI
- Spoken languages
- Hindi
- Countries
- India
- Production
- Hiten Chaudhury Productions