Ek Chadar Maili Si

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Ek Chadar Maili Si
Directed by Sukhwant Dhadda
Produced by G.M. Singh Nindrajog
Written by Phani Majumdar (Screenplay)
Makhan Singh (Screenplay)
Rajinder Singh Bedi (Story)
Madan Joshi (Dialogue)
Starring Hema Malini
Rishi Kapoor
Kulbhushan Kharbanda
Music by Anu Malik
Cinematography Shaji N. Karun
Editing by Shubhash Sehgal
Release date(s) 28 August 1986 India
Country Flag of India India
Language Hindi
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Ek Chadar Maili Si is a 1986 film, directed by Sukhwant Dada, and is an adaptation of Rajinder Singh Bedi's classic Urdu novella, by the same name. [1] The novel won the 1965 Sahitya Akademi Award, and is considered author's finest work.

It stars Hema Malini, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Rishi Kapoor and Poonam Dhillon in lead roles. The film is known for its stellar performances by its lead cast and dramatic cinematography by Shahji N. Karun. [2]

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Rajinder Singh Bedi, wanted to make this film himself, way back in the Sixties with Geeta Bali and Dharmendra in the lead, but with the death of Geeta Bali, the project was shelved. [3]

[edit] Synopsis

Rano (Hema Malini) a fiesty woman lives in a village with her drunkard husband, Triloka (Kulbhushan Kharbanda), and her two children, her mother-in-law, Zinda (Dina Pathak), constantly berates her for her inadequate dowry, even years after her marriage. Only her father-in-law, Hazur Singh (A. K. Hangal), an old blind man, is kind towards her but can do little. The only member of family who can save her from the wrath of Triloka is Mangal, her brother-in-law Mangal (Rishi Kapoor).

One night Triloka drops a young girl left behind at the railway station to a near by dharmshala. The next morning when the girl is found raped, her enraged brother kills Triloka in rage.

After her husband Triloka is murdered, Rano is forced to marry her younger brother-in-law, Mangal, her brother-in-law, who is a good ten years younger than her and whom she had looked upon as a son, through the ceremony of ‘chadar daalna’. The film derives its name from it.

Poonam plays Mangal's (Rishi Kapoor) love interest, who leaves the scene once Mangal gets married.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ Ek Chadar Maili Si, The novel
  2. ^ A review, Mouthshut.com
  3. ^ Punjabi Film fare, The Tribune, Sunday, December 5, 2004

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