Bandhan 1956

Bandhan is a 1956 Indian Bollywood family drama, drama film released on Jan 01, 1956. The film is directed by Hem Chander.
Banis grandfather, the old Zamindar of Rajnagar had left a will thereby her parents would be disinherited unless they got her married to a suitable boy of a particular Brahmin community, before she was eighteen. . A few years after the death of the grandfather, as Bani was nearly eighteen, the conditions of the Will became a source of constant worry for her parents. . But Bani was unconcerned. She was deeply attached to the family diety Radhagovind and would spend most of her time in the Zeminders temple. . There was also a school maintained by the estate, which was establishe by her forebears for Sanskrit studies. Usage was that the Guru of the school would also perform the duties of the temple. Bani was devoted to the old Guru, a highly religious man whom she had known from her childhood. . The Gur had a severe stroke. Realising that his end was near, he was requested to choose his successor. To the great surprise of all concerned he selected Amarnath, a young scholar from Banaras. . Amarnath duly joined his duties as priest in the temple. Presently Bani was highly upset to discover that the new priest did not know much about the rituals to be performed in worshipping; more over, his views on untouchability, equality of men, were too revolutionary for Bani. Amarnath thus had incurred the displeasure of Bani who one day in a fit of temper dismissed him and turned him out of the temple. . But fate played a trick to avenge Amarnath. . Banis marriage date was drawing near, but the parents had failed to secure the proper bridegroom. Binod a cousin of Bani was asked to help. On scrutinising the family tree he discovered Amarnath to be the most and only suitable bridegroom. Bani was disgusted with the idea of marrying Amarnath,a mere priest. Bindo protested that in order to save the ancestral property and her right to worship in the temple of Radhagovind, she should marry Amarnath. If she wanted, she could make it a condition that Amar would go away for good after marriage. She could even utter the marriage-vows without meaning a word. . Amarnath agreed readily to the idea of living apart. The marriage ceremony was performed. The morning after marriage Amar went away as he had promised for good. Bani was left alone to worship her diety in peace and to her hearts content. But Bani soon after realised that she was not happy-there was something missing in her life-might be she had done wrong to Amarnath.... [Source: Booklet] Check out this page for more updates on Bandhan.