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Daadi Maa
Poster
Directed byL. V. Prasad
Screenplay byPandit Mukhram Sharma
Story byPini Shetty
Produced byL. V. Prasad
StarringKashinath Ghanekar
Ashok Kumar
Bina Rai
Mumtaz
Tanuja
Durga Khote
Mehmood Ali
David Abraham
Kanhaiyalal
Shashikala
Rehman
CinematographyDwarka Divecha
Edited byShivaji Avdhut
Music byRoshan
Production
company
Prasad Productions
Running time
171 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Daadi Maa (transl. Grandmother) is a 1966 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by L. V. Prasad and starring Ashok Kumar, Bina Rai, Tanuja and Durga Khote.

Plot

Parvati (Bina Rai) hopes to repair the relationship between her husband Raja Pratap Rai (Ashok Kumar) and his stepmother. So she takes in her sister-in-law's baby as her own, while the true heir gets raised up in the status of a servant. Will this secret be found out and what will happen?[1]

Cast

Songs

Song Title Singer(s)
"Usko Nahin Dekha Hamne Kabhi ..." Manna Dey, Mahendra Kapoor
"Jata Hoon Main Mujhe Ab Na Bulana ..." Mohammed Rafi
"Ai Maa Teri Surat Se ..." Manna Dey, Mahendra Kapoor
"Chale Aaye Re Hum ..." Lata Mangeshkar
"Maine Aur Kya Kiya ..." Asha Bhosle
"Suraj Soya Soye Ujale ..." Lata Mangeshkar
"Sant Log Farmay Gaye ..." Manna Dey, Pooran
"Jaane Na Dunga Na Jaane Dunga" Asha Bhosle, Manna Dey

[2]

Reception

In a typically negative review, K. Shankar Pillai, in a column for the magazine Shankar's Weekly, wrote of Daadi Maa in 1966, "Whatever else our faults as a nation, none shall ever blame us for letting down Indian motherhood... Bina Rai is trie Mom with the halo, married to Ashok Kumar who is quick to scowl, yell and shoot at people. He is no lover here; he is a Rajah entitled to the said tantrums. He even stands for elections, which is quite understandable since Rajahs are elected or nominated nowadays. He is opposed by a commoner backed by Durga Khote who is the stepmother of Ashok Kumar... Brother- in-law Renrnan is an ardent believer in socialism and looks as though he has swallowed Avadi and all and all that hook, line and sinker... Mehmood appears often, trying hard to raise a laugh or two. He is the only relieving feature although he too contributes his share of hamming... [Kumar] is getting more rotund and even he is obviously fed up with Indian cinema, whatever film journals might say".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b https://books.google.com/books?id=KdgcAQAAMAAJ
  2. ^ "Daadi Maa". Retrieved 30 April 2018.