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Zindagi (1976 film)

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Zindagi
Directed byRavi Tandon
Written bySachin Bhowmick
Sagar Sarhadi
Based onMake Way for Tomorrow (1937 film)
Produced byRomu N Sippy
StarringMala Sinha
Sanjeev Kumar
Vinod Mehra
Moushumi Chatterjee
CinematographyAnwar Siraj
Edited byWaman Bhosle
Gurudutt Shirali
Music byRajesh Roshan
Production
companies
K. Asif Studios, Mumbai
Mohan Studios, Mumbai
Distributed byEros International
Release date
  • 31 December 1976 (1976-12-31)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Zindagi (transl. Life) is a 1976 Hindi movie produced by Romu Sippy and directed by Ravi Tandon. The film stars Mala Sinha, Sanjeev Kumar, Vinod Mehra, Moushumi Chatterjee, Aruna Irani, Deven Verma, A. K. Hangal, Padmini Kolhapure, Keshto Mukherjee and Iftekhar. The film's music is by Rajesh Roshan. The movie is based on the 1937 Leo McCarey movie Make Way for Tomorrow which was also later adapted in 2003 in Hindi as Baghban.

Plot

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Raghu Shukla (Sanjeev Kumar) lives with his wife Sarojini (Mala Sinha), sons Naresh (Anil Dhawan) and Ramesh (Rakesh Pandey), an unmarried daughter Seema (Moushumi Chatterjee) and a nephew Prabhu (Deven Varma). Naresh is married to Sudha (Aruna Irani) and Ramesh to Shobha (Alka). Seema stays in a hostel for her education. When the family learns about Raghu's retirement, they are excited about getting his retirement benefits. When Raghu informs them that he has cleared his debts with this amount and plans to depend on his sons, everyone is disappointed. Naresh informs his plans to shift to Bombay and he can accommodate his mother while Ramesh informs that he can accommodate father. Thus the parents are bound to live separately with the sons. In Bombay, Sarojini's life is confined within the house and is ill-treated. On the other hand, Raghu is dependent on his son's family. After visiting her parents, Seema decides to take an extreme step for their solace and to the surprise of her boyfriend Ajay (Vinod Mehra) and the Shukla family. The rest of the film shows the changes that occur in the Shukla family on account of Seema's extreme step.

Cast

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Crew

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Soundtrack

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Song Singer
"Mamaji O Mamaji" Kishore Kumar
"Hum Hasane Ko Aaye The" Kishore Kumar
"Umar To Pyar Karne Ki" Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar
"Main Na Bolo Na Bolo" Lata Mangeshkar

Awards and nominations

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