Ek Saal

Ek Saal
Theatrical release poster
Directed byDevendra Goel
Written byS. K. Prabhakar
Screenplay byS. K. Prabhakar
Story byI. S. Johar
Produced byDevendra Goel
StarringAshok Kumar
Madhubala
Johnny Walker
CinematographyShankar A. Palav
Edited byR. V. Shrikhande
Music byRavi
Production
company
Goel Productions
Distributed byGoel Productions
Release date
  • 20 December 1957 (1957-12-20)
Running time
134 min.
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi
Box officeest. 5.1 million

Ek Saal (transl. "A Year") is a 1957 Indian romantic drama film directed by Devendra Goel and starring Ashok Kumar and Madhubala in lead roles.[1] The film is about a father of a dying girl who hires a conman to make his dying daughter's last year a happier one.

A critical and commercial success, Ek Saal was the first film in the string of box-office hits Madhubala starred in between 1958 and 1962.[2]

  1. ^ "Ek Saal (1957) - Review, Star Cast, News, Photos". Cinestaan. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2020.
  2. ^ Patel, Bhaichand (15 January 2016). Bollywood's Top 20: Superstars of Indian Cinema. Penguin UK. ISBN 978-81-8475-598-5.