Kasauti

Kasauti
Directed by	Aravind Sen
Written by	Satish Bhatnagar Suhrid Kar
Produced by	Aravind Sen
Starring	Amitabh Bachchan Hema Malini Pran
Cinematography	Aloke Das Gupta
Edited by	D.N. Pai
Music by	Kalyanji-Anandji
Release date	5 August 1974
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Kasauti is a 1974 Bollywood drama film directed by Aravind Sen. The film stars Hema Malini and Amitabh Bachchan.

Synopsis

Sapna (Hema Malini), a slum dweller of Bombay seeks refuge from a drunken outburst of her foster father (Satyendra Kapoor). Heera (Ramesh Deo), a playboy smuggler, has an eye on Sapna and wants to have her for his pleasure.

Amit (Amitabh Bachchan), an educated taxi driver saves Sapna from the clutches of Heera but soon she is accused of attempting. Sapna is sent to prison for six months. Sapna's mother (Sulochana Latkar) in a fit of anger kills Sapna's foster father. Amit promises to marry Sapna on her acquittal but on the eve of their marriage Amit's father (Murad) refuses to accept it. Not wanting to break up Amit's family Sapna quietly walks out of his life and leaves the city.

Amit and his friend Pyarelal (Pran) search for Sapna but do not succeed. In Calcutta, Sapna becomes an instant hit on the stage through Ashok Babu (Vijay Sharma). One day, Ashok proposes to her. Does Sapna climb down from her ladder of fame and return to her poor past? Or does she marry Ashok and opt for a life of fame?

Cast

• Hema Malini ... Sapna
• Amitabh Bachchan ... Amitabh Sharma
• Pran ... Pyarelal
• Sonia Sahni ... Nita
• Mac Mohan... Rajesh (Sapna's friend
• Vijay Sharma ... Ashok Babu
• Ramesh Deo ... Heera
• Sulochana Latkar ... Sapna's mother
• Bipin Gupta ... Inspector
• D.K. Sapru ... Hariram
• Murad ... Amit's father
• Abhi Bhattacharya ... Shankar Babu
• Satyendra Kapoor ... Sapna's foster father
• Ram Sethi ... Balu (Man whistles at Sapna)
• Mohan Choti ... Panchu
• Bharat Bhushan ... Nita's husband

Soundtrack

#	Title	Singer(s)
1	"Ho Jata Hai Pyar"	Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
2	"Hum Bolega To Bologe Ki Bolta Hai"	Kishore Kumar
3	"Yeh Time Time Ki Baat"	Asha Bhosle
4	"Rangmanch Yeh Duniya Sari"	Lata Mangeshkar
5	"Saat Mare Aur Satrah Ghayal"	Asha Bhosle
6	"Baby Ho Gayi Hai Jawan"	Mahendra Kapoor, Asha Bhosle

External links

• Kasauti at IMDb