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Sharada

  • 19571957
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 8m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
112
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Raj Kapoor and Meena Kumari in Sharada (1957)
DramaRomanceMusical
Chiranjeev lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his widowed father Kashiram; two sisters, one of whom is mute; and a younger brother. On a trip, his friend Mohan falls ill from too-high cons... Read allChiranjeev lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his widowed father Kashiram; two sisters, one of whom is mute; and a younger brother. On a trip, his friend Mohan falls ill from too-high consumption of alcohol and gets treated at an Ashram, where Chiranjeev meets Sharada, an emplo... Read allChiranjeev lives a wealthy lifestyle along with his widowed father Kashiram; two sisters, one of whom is mute; and a younger brother. On a trip, his friend Mohan falls ill from too-high consumption of alcohol and gets treated at an Ashram, where Chiranjeev meets Sharada, an employee who lives with her widower father Ram Sharan. Chiranjeev and Sharada fall in love, and... Read all
IMDb RATING
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112
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    • L.V. Prasad
  • Writers
    • Vishwamitter Adil(dialogue)
    • Inder Raj Anand(screenplay)
    • Pinisetty(story)
  • Stars
    • Raj Kapoor
    • Meena Kumari
    • Shyama
    • L.V. Prasad
  • Writers
    • Vishwamitter Adil(dialogue)
    • Inder Raj Anand(screenplay)
    • Pinisetty(story)
  • Stars
    • Raj Kapoor
    • Meena Kumari
    • Shyama
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    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Sharada (1957)
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    Raj Kapoor
    Raj Kapoor
    • Chiranjeev…
    Meena Kumari
    Meena Kumari
    • Sharada Ram Sharan
    Shyama
    Shyama
    • Chanchal
    Anita Guha
    Anita Guha
    • Padma
    Agha
    Agha
    • Ganesh
    Gope
    Gope
    • Hukamdas
    Raj Mehra
    Raj Mehra
    • Kashiram
    Manorama
    Manorama
    • Lajjo
    Randhir
    Randhir
      Vinod Mehra
      Vinod Mehra
      • Chiranjeev's brother
      • (as Master Vinod)
      Rajan Haksar
      Rajan Haksar
      • Gurudev
      W.M. Khan
      Mirajkar
      Uma Khosla
      • Padma
      Baby Sultana
      • Sharada
      Om Prakash
      Om Prakash
      • Mohan
      Sai
      • Tribal dancer…
      Subbalaxmi
      • Tribal dancer…
        • L.V. Prasad
      • Writers
        • Vishwamitter Adil(dialogue)
        • Inder Raj Anand(screenplay)
        • Pinisetty(story)
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      • Connections
        Remake of Ethirparadathu (1954)
      • Soundtracks
        Jhap jhap jhap jhap jhap re, jhap re
        Sung by Mukesh

        Lyrics by Rajinder Krishan

        Music by C. Ramchandra

      User reviews2

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      7/10
      A very well acted and directed enjoyable social drama
      I have seen one other movie directed by L.V. Prasad which also had Meena Kumari in the lead role. That was Miss Mary also made in 1957. Though Miss Mary was based on a more lighter mode, Sharada had a very serious social issue in its story. What happens when an adult son Chiranjeeb finds that his lady love is married to his father after he returns from a short break from home. Both Meena Kumari as Sharada, the religious hard working Asram girl and Raj Kapoor as Chiranjeeb as the son of a wealthy father played their role extremely well. Director Prasad captured the scenes of their surprise and agony in a very realistic way when they both put the truth behind the mishap. After being dejected and feeling hopeless Chiranjeeb resorted to drinking with Om Prakash providing a very well acted sidekick. The music was so so with the exception of the wonder girls Sai and Subhalakhsmi presenting a spectacular dance sequence. This is another one of Meena Kumari's tragic roles and she played those moments admirably and this is the second movie I saw after Baiju Bawara where the movie ended with Meena Kumari dying.
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      • dbhattac
      • Apr 12, 2011

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        • India
        • Hindi
      • Filming locations
        • Paramount Studios, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
      • Production company
        • Prasad Productions Pvt. Ltd.
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      • 2 hours 8 minutes
        • Black and White

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