Chhoti Bahu

Chotti Bahu
DVD cover
Directed byK. B. Tilak
Written byRaj Baldev Raj
Story bySarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
Based onMuddu Bidda (1956)
Bindur Chhele by
Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
StarringSharmila Tagore
Rajesh Khanna
Nirupa Roy
Music byKalyanji Anandji
Release date
  • 1971 (1971)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Chhoti Bahu is a 1971 Hindi drama film produced by Seeru Daryani and Darius Gotla, the film is directed by K. B. Tilak and written by Raj Baldev Raj.

The film stars Sharmila Tagore, Rajesh Khanna, Nirupa Roy and I. S. Johar. The music is by Kalyanji Anandji. The film was successful at the box office.[1]

The Movie [2] was based on the Bengali novel Bindur Chhele written by the famous Bengali author Saratchandra Chatterjee. This film is counted among the 17 consecutive hit films of Rajesh Khanna between 1969 and 1971, by adding the two-hero films Marayada and Andaz to the 15 consecutive solo hits he from 1969 to 1971.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Sharmila Tagore's Chhoti Bahu gave us a Bollywood rarity — a layered female protagonist". 15 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Interview with KB Tilak". Cinegoer. Archived from the original on 21 September 2008. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  3. ^ "Eight lesser known facts about Rajesh Khanna on his death anniversary". 18 July 2015.
  4. ^ "आनंद मरा नहीं...। आनंद मरते नहीं...।". 19 July 2012.