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{{Infobox film
| name = Sharada
| image = Sharada8.jpg
| caption = Poster
| director = [[L.V. Prasad]]
| producer =
| writer = Vishwamitter Adil
| story = {{ubl|[[Vempati Sadasivabrahmam|Sadasivabrahmam]]|[[Pinisetty]]}}
| screenplay = [[Inder Raj Anand]]
| narrator =
| starring = {{ubl|[[Raj Kapoor]]|[[Meena Kumari]]|[[Shyama]]|[[Raj Mehra]]|[[Anita Guha]]}}
| music = {{ubl|[[C. Ramchandra]]|[[Rajinder Krishan]] (lyrics)}}
| cinematography = [[M.W. Mukadam]]
| editing = [[Shivaji Awdhut]]
| distributor = [[Yash Raj Films]]
| released = 1 March 1957
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Hindi
| budget =
| gross = {{INRConvert|50|l|year=1957}} <ref name="boi60">{{cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=122&catName=MTk1MC0xOTU5|title=Box Office 1957 |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919200259/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=122&catName=MTk1MC0xOTU5|archivedate=19 September 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
}}

'''''Sharada''''' is a [[Bollywood films of 1957|1957]] [[Cinema of India|Indian]] [[Bollywood]] film directed by [[L.V. Prasad]]. The film stars [[Raj Kapoor]] and [[Meena Kumari]] in lead roles, with [[Shyama]], [[Raj Mehra]] and [[Anita Guha]] in supporting roles.

The film did "above average" business and was the [[List of Bollywood films of 1957#Highest-grossing films|ninth-highest-grossing]] film at the Indian Box Office in 1957.<ref>{{cite web|author=Box Office India|title=Top Earners 1957|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=163&catName=MTk1Nw==|publisher=boxofficeindia.com|accessdate=29 June 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918075442/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=163&catName=MTk1Nw==|archivedate=18 September 2010|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The movie was a remake of 1954 Tamil movie [[Edhir Paradhathu]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-cinema/ethirpaaraathathu-1955/article4105473.ece |title=Ethirpaaraathathu 1955 |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=17 November 2012 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=31 August 2018 |author-link=Randor Guy}}</ref> Although that year [[Nargis]] was awarded [[Filmfare Best Actress Award]] for [[Mother India]] , [[Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards]] considered [[Meena Kumari]]'s performance superior and awarded her as the [[Best Actress]]. Raj Kapoor and Meena Kumari later worked together in Char Dil Char Rahen(1959)

==Plot==
Chiranjeev ([[Raj Kapoor]]) is a wealthy young man who lives with his father, Kashiram ([[Raj Mehra]]), and three siblings: two sisters, one of whom is dumb, and a younger brother. While on a trip, his friend, Mohan ([[Om Prakash]]), falls ill due to alcohol, and is treated at an [[Ashram]]. This is where Chiranjeev meets an employee, Sharada ([[Meena Kumari]]), who is poor and lives with her father, Ram Sharan. Chiranjeev and Sharada fall in love with each other, and he promises to get his father's permission and return to marry her. On his way home he has an accident, and though he does survive after being treated by tribal people, he returns to the Ashram several days later and is informed that Sharada is now married to a wealthy and much older man. Heart-broken and devastated, Chiranjeev returns home only to get another shock: the man Sharada has married is none other than his very own father. Depressed and deeply frustrated, he takes to alcohol in a big way. Sharada talks him out of this, he repents and on her insistence, marries Chanchal ([[Shyama]]), who comes from a reputed family. Things then get complicated when Chanchal finds that her husband and his stepmother had been in love before and may not have gotten over their feelings for each other.

==Cast==
* [[Raj Kapoor]] as Chiranjeev/Shekhar
* [[Meena Kumari]] as Sharada Ram Sharan
* [[Shyama]] as Chanchal
* [[Anita Guha]] as Padma
* [[Agha (actor)|Agha]] as Ganesh
* [[Gope (actor)|Gope]] as Hukamdas
* [[Raj Mehra]] as Kashiram
* [[Randhir (actor)|Randheer]] as Munimji
* [[Manorama (Hindi actress)|Manorama]] as Lajjo
* [[Vinod Mehra|Master Vinod]] as Chiranjeev's brother
* Rajan Haksar as Gurudev
* W. M. Khan
* Mirajkar
* Uma Khosla as Padma
* Baby Sultana as young Sharada
* [[Om Prakash]] as Mohan
;Dance
[[Sayee–Subbulakshmi|Sai-Subbalaxmi]] as Tribal dancers/singers

==Awards==
*[[Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award]] - Raj Mehra
*[[Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award]] - Shyama
*[[Filmfare Best Editing Award]] - Shivaji Awdhut

==Music==

The soundtrack of the film contains 8 songs. The music is composed by [[C. Ramchandra]], with lyrics authored by [[Rajinder Krishan]]

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
! # !! Song !! Singer(s)
|-
|1.
| "Duniya Ne Mujh Ko Chhod Diya"
|[[Manna Dey]]
|-
|2.
| "O Chand Jahan Woh Jaaye"
|[[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Asha Bhosle]]
|-
|3.
| "Achha Hai Mauka"
|Asha Bhosle
|-
|4.
| "Ajure Baju Naju"
|Asha Bhosle, [[Joe Alvares]]
|-
|5.
| "Chahe Zindagi Se"
|Manna Dey
|-
|6.
| "Jap Jap Jap Jap Re"
|[[Mukesh (singer)|Mukesh]]
|-
|7.
| "Joru Ka Ghulam"
|Asha Bhosle, [[Shamshad Begum]]
|-
|8.
| "Lahraye Jiya"
|Asha Bhosle
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0050956|Sharada}}
{{L. V. Prasad}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sharada (Film)}}
[[Category:1957 films]]
[[Category:Indian films]]
[[Category:1950s Hindi-language films]]
[[Category:Films directed by L. V. Prasad]]
[[Category:Films scored by C. Ramchandra]]
[[Category:Hindi remakes of Tamil films]]

Sharada (1957 film) - Revision history

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