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Director
  
V. Shantaram

Music director
  
Vasant Desai

Duration
  

Language
  
Hindi

7/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Crime, Drama

Produced by
  
Rajkamal Kalamandir

Country
  
India

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Release date
  
1950 (1950)

Cast
  
Mumtaz Begum
(Chandas mom),
Karan Dewan
(Suraj),
Lalita Pawar
(Surajs Mother),
Prithviraj Kapoor
(Thakur),
Jayashree
(Chanda)

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Dahej mumtaz begum karan dewan jayashree


Dahej (Dowry) is a 1952 Hindi social family drama film based on the dowry system directed by V. Shantaram. Produced by Rajkamal Kalamandir, the director of photography was V. Avadhoot. Music was composed by Vasant Desai with lyrics by Shams Lucknavi, who also wrote the story and dialogues. The film starred Prithviraj Kapoor, Karan Dewan, Jayshree, Ulhas, Mumtaz Begum, Keshavrao Date and Lalita Pawar.

Contents

The story is set in the city of Lucknow and involves the social issue of dowry. The film is about a young bride who faces suffering and humiliation for not bringing a dowry and then makes the "ultimate sacrifice" with her death.

Plot

Thakur (Prithviraj Kapoor), his wife (Mumtaz Begum) and daughter Chanda (Jayshree) live in a big old-style house. Though he has this ancestral property, Thakur is not wealthy and he makes this clear to lawyer Biharilal (Ulhas) and his wife (Lalita Pawar) when they ask for Chanda's hand in marriage. He tells them that he can not give a dowry as tradition demands. The lawyer says he does not want a dowry for his son Suraj (Karan Dewan) and are happy having Chanda in their house. He has said this thinking that Thakur is rich and would anyway give a dowry. Soon after the marriage, the lawyer dies and Chanda's blamed by her mother-in-law for bringing bad luck. She plans to throw Chanda out of the house and get Suraj remarried. Meanwhile, seeing the suffering his daughter has to endure Thakur decides to sell his entire property and get a big dowry for Chanda. He proceeds to bring the dowry to Chanda's house with big fanfare. Suraj lies hurt following an accident and Chanda's mother-in-law refuses to let Chanda look after him. In the melee, Chanda also gets hurt when the door she's standing against is broken down. Suraj hearing the commotion gets out of his bed and collapses dead. Thakur reaches the house only to have Chanda die in his arms.

Cast

  • Jayashree as Chanda
  • Prithviraj Kapoor as Thakur (Chanda's father)
  • Karan Dewan as Suraj
  • Lalita Pawar as Suraj's mother
  • Ulhas as Lawyer Biharilal, Suraj's father
  • Keshavrao Date
  • Shantarin
  • Mumtaz Begum as Thakur's wife
  • Shantarin
  • Lata Rao

    • Crew

  • Producer Rajkamal Kalamandir
  • Director: V. Shantaram
  • Story: Shams Lucknavi
  • Dialogue: Shams Lucknavi
  • Music: Vasant Desai
  • Lyrics: Shams Lucknavi
  • Cinematographer: V. Avadhoot
  • Editor: Chintamani Borkar
  • Choreographer: Bipin Sinha
  • Art Director: P. S. Kale
  • Sound: A. K. Parmar
  • Make-up: Baba Vardam
  • Still Photography: Kirtiwan

    • Soundtrack

    The music was by Vasant Desai with lyrics by Shams Lucknavi. The singers were Shamshad Begum, Krishna Goyal, Jayshree.

    References

    Dahej (film) Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA

    Dahej (film) IMDb