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Maa

May 9, 1952 · 2h 0m
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Drama
Romance

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Chanderbabu (Nazir Hussain), a retired postmaster, lives in the village with his wife and two sons, Rajan (Paul Mahendra) and Bhanu (Bharat Bhushan). He continues to live there and work for the Zamindar, while his children are getting their education. Rajan is studying for his law exam. He is married to a girl (Padma) from a wealthy family whose haughty ways alarm and frightens him. Bhanu, the younger brother is fun-loving but studious. He gets influenced by the Nationalist Movement in the campus and stops his education in the last year of college. His father is disappointed and feels that Rajan is the one they can depend upon in their old age. Bhanu meets Meena (Shyama), and the two fall in love. Meera's father, Ramnarayan, is the school Principal and is impressed by Bhanu. He decides to get Meera married to Bhanu.

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CAST

Bharat Bhushan
Bhanu
Leela Chitnis
Bhanu's & Raju's mom
Shyama
Meena
Nazir Hussain
Bhanu's & Raju's dad
Paul Mahendra
Raju
Achala Sachdev
Kusum Deshpande
Mehmood
Directed by Bimal Roy

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
HI
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
The Bombay Talkies Ltd., The Bombay Talkies Studios
Country
IN

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