Saraswati Chandra 1968

Saraswati Chandra is a 1968 Indian Bollywood romance,musical film released on Jan 01, 1968. The film is directed by Govind Saraiya, produced by Vivek under banner named Sarvodaya Pictures. Set in the 19th C. and adapting the most important reform novel in Gujarati (1887-1901). The rich Saraswatichandra (Manish) is to marry Kumud (Nutan), daughter of a neighbouring dewan. Initially committed to nationalism and reluctant to marry, he changes his mind when he falls in love with his fiancee. However, a jealous sister-in-law forces him to leave his ancestrial residence, and Kumud is forced into marrying a drunk and debauchee (Dev). She tries to commit suicide but is resuced by the nuns in a reformist charitable mission. Here she once again meets former betrothed. Following the death of her degenerate husband, she is free to remarry, and is indeed encouraged by her family to do so, but instead encouraged by her family to do so, but instead she dedicates her life to charitable work. The 19th C. novelist Tripathi had been personally opposed to widow remarriage, contradicting his otherwise progressive reformism (of Sudhir Chandra, 1992). Extraordinarily, a century later, the film endorses this attitude with a variety of melodramatic effects, making a contemporary love story with silhouetted split-lighting and a sentimental soundtrack even though the story is peridised by a commentary and period decor. One of Nutans typical performances of reformist romance fiction, the film is known for some major song hits including Phool tumhe bheja hai khat mein, Chandan sa badan and Main to bhool chali babul ka des. [Source: Encl] Check out this page for more updates on Saraswati Chandra.