Majhli Didi is a 1967 Bollywood film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, based on the Bengali language story, Mejdidi (Middle Sister) by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, which was earlier filmed in Bengali in 1950 as Mejdidi. Majhli Didi stars Meena Kumari and Dharmendra.Majhli Didi at Upperstall.com
Though the film didn't perform well at the Indian box office, it remains one of Hrishikesh Mukherjee's highly rated films. At the 16th Filmfare Awards, it won Best Screenplay Awards for Nabendu Ghosh and Best Art Direction, B&W for Ajit Banerjee. Filmfare Award: Awards for 1969 IMDb It was India's entry to the 41st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Plot Bipinchandra (Dharmendra) breaks family tradition by marrying a city girl, Hemangini (Meena Kumari), much to the chagrin of his sister-in-law, Kadambini (Lalita Pawar), and her husband, Navinchandra (Bipin Gupta). Things are delicate even after both women give birth to two children each. Then Hemangini testifies against Navinchandra in Court, leading to the division of the property. Things get worse by the arrival of Kadambini's orphaned school-going step-brother, Kishan (Sachin), who is beaten and abused not only by Kadambini and Navinchandra, but also by their overweight son. When Hemangini objects to Kishan's ill-treatment, Bipin takes the side of the rest of the family, and may probably force her to abandon Kishan to his fate or divorce her.
Cast Meena Kumari as Hemangini 'Hema' Dharmendra as Bipinchandra 'Bipin' Sachin as Kishan Lalita Pawar as Kadambini Bipin Gupta as Navinchandra 'Navin' Leela Chitnis as Kishan's Mother Leela Mishra as Kishan's neighbor Asit Sen as Babunath, prosecuting lawyer Maruti Keshto Mukherjee as Bhola, Navin's employee Sarika as Uma, Hemangini's daughter Jalal Agha as Kamal
Music "Ma Hi Ganga Ma Hi Jamuna Ma Hi Teerth Dhaam" - Lata Mangeshkar "Ma Hi Ganga Ma Hi Jamuna Ma Hi Teerth Dhaam v2" - Lata Mangeshkar, Kamal Barot "Ma Hi Ganga Ma Hi Jamuna Ma Hi Teerth Dhaam v3" - Lata Mangeshkar "Main Laal Laal Guchkoon" - Lata Mangeshkar, Kamal Barot and Neelima Chatterjee "Nadiyon Ki Bhari Bhari God Jahaan" - Hemant Kumar "Umariya Bin Khewat Ki Naiya" - Hemant Kumar
See also List of submissions to the 41st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film List of Indian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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External links
Majhli Didi at Bollywood Hungama Majhli Didi at Rotten Tomatoes Majhhli Didi by Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay from Pocket fM