Aaina (1977 film)

Aaina
Poster
Directed byK. Balachander
Written by
Produced byL. Duraiswamy,
N. Selvaraj
Starring
CinematographyB. S. Lokanath
Edited byN. R. Kittu
Music byNaushad
Production
company
Kalakendra Films
Release date
  • 11 March 1977 (1977-03-11)
Running time
150 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Aaina (transl. Mirror) is a 1977 Indian Hindi-language drama film written and directed by K. Balachander. A remake of the Tamil film Arangetram (1973), it stars Mumtaz in the lead role with A. K. Hangal, Nirupa Roy, Lalita Pawar, Jayasudha and Madan Puri in supporting roles. This film has a special appearance by Rajesh Khanna. The film is about a brahmin girl becoming a sex worker to support her large family. After this film, Mumtaz did not feature in any films for thirteen years until Aandhiyan (1990).