Sharada (1957 film)

Sharada
Poster
Directed byL. V. Prasad
Written byVishwamitter Adil
Screenplay byInder Raj Anand
Story byV. Sadasivabrahmam
Pinisetty
Produced byL. V. Prasad
StarringRaj Kapoor
Meena Kumari
CinematographyM. W. Mukadam
Edited byShivaji Awdhut
Music byC. Ramchandra
Production
company
Distributed byPrasad Productions
Release date
  • 1 March 1957 (1957-03-01)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Sharada is a 1957 Indian Hindi-language film directed by L. V. Prasad. The film stars Raj Kapoor and Meena Kumari. The music was composed by C. Ramchandra.[1]

The film did "above average" business and was the ninth-highest-grossing film at the Indian Box Office in 1957.[2] It is a remake of 1954 Tamil film Edhir Paradhathu.[3] Although that year Nargis was awarded Filmfare Best Actress Award for Mother India, Kumari was awarded the Best Actress award by the Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards. Raj Kapoor and Meena Kumari later worked together in Char Dil Char Rahen (1959).

  1. ^ "SharadaUA". The Times of India. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 9 May 2023. Sharada is a Hindi movie released on 01 March, 1957. The movie is directed by L.V. Prasad and featured Raj Kapoor and Meena Kumari as lead characters.
  2. ^ Box Office India. "Top Earners 1957". boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
  3. ^ Guy, Randor (17 November 2012). "Ethirpaaraathathu 1955". The Hindu. Retrieved 31 August 2018.