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Samaj Ko Badal Dalo
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| Samaj Ko Badal Dalo | |
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| File:Samaj Ko Badal Dalo (1970).jpg Poster | |
| Directed by | V. Madhusudhan Rao |
| Written by | Thoppil Bhasi |
| Starring | Parikshit Sahni Sharada |
| Music by | Ravi |
| Cinematography | Tyagraj Pendharkar |
Production company | |
Release date | 1970 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
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Samaj Ko Badal Dalo (transl. Change the Society) is a 1970 Bollywood drama film directed by V. Madhusudhan Rao. The film stars Parikshit Sahni, Sharada, Prem Chopra, Pran, Mehmood, Aruna Irani, Kanchana in pivotal roles. It is a remake of the Malayalam film Thulabharam (1968).[1][2]
Plot[edit]
The film starts with a court scene in which a woman is held for a heinous crime, prosecuted by a female public prosecutor & recommended for a death penalty to the Court. When asked by the Judge for any final representation, the women narrates why & what made her commit the heinous crime.
Chhaya (Sharada) is the only daughter of Satyanarayan (Nazir Hussain) who is a partner of a Mill with Daulatram (Pran). Chhaya is in friendship with Shyam (Prem Chopra), her college fellow. Vimla (Kanchana) is the daughter of Kundanlal (Kanhaiyalal) who is the Private Advocate on the company. One day, a young Mill-worker Prakash (Parikshit Sahni), along with few of his labour union colleagues of the Mill reaches Satyanarayan, requesting timely payment of Bonus prior to Diwali. The pass-on request of Satyanarayan, as partner to Daulatram falls on his deaf ear and finally a refusal to the proposal by Daulatram, who intends a huge profit & asks to ignore the demand of workers which is indigestible to Satyanarayan. An heated argument between them results in break up of the partnership however as a revenge of argument Daulatram deceives Satyanarayan cunningly with the help of Kundanlal & grabs all of his property in addition. Homeless Satyanarayan unable to sustain the shock dies of heart attack leaving Chhaya his alone in the world. Initially Chhaya seeks shelter to Vimla, which receives a regret by her on the grounds of her father Kundanlal. A request to Shyam to have a shelter in his home also receives a rejection from him on some reasons asking her to forget friendships of college days. In fact Shyam had find her penniless. Then Prakash offers Chhaya his cottage as shelter & requests her to stay with him & his old & poor mother Gomti (Shammi). Though hesitant initially, the poor mother welcomes both under such critical condition. Puran (Mehmood) & Churan (Aruna Irani) are roadside lifters. Prakash enlightens both & then Puran joins the Mill as a worker. Prakash and Chhaya continue their stay happily in the cottage and gradually become parents of three kids. Gomti takes care of the kids.
One day, Daulatram inaugurates a modern machine in the Mill & declares sacking of 400 Mill workers out of 1500 on strength to which Prakash opposes. During negotiations Shyam, who becomes the Manager slaps Prakash, but matter is halted by Police intervention. All the labours under the leadership of Prakash decides to go on hunger strike & wins by interception by Government to run the Mill. However, Daulatram quickly approaches court & brings a Stay Order. Mill workers on strike, start starving. When Daulatram finds the Mill workers unmanageable at the Mill gate, calls Police for protection & on the other hand pays money to his goons to finish Prakash. Prakash falls prey to the goons on a dark evening in a narrow lane & dies. Chhaya in search of a job fails to get any work & situation worsens when her mother-in-law is taken away by her brother Kalicharan (C. S. Dubey) to his house & locks her, with a malicious intention of grabbing the cottage in future. Prakash & Chhaya's children then start suffering for want of food & comes on the road desperately. When Chhaya comes to know that her children are begging on streets, she tries to divert them but hunger makes the children unstoppable. Vendors cheat children for just a fistful of food in exchange of goods, value of which they are unaware. Next, a snack shop owner behaves cruelly with the hungry small children, under the pretext of theft of snacks by burning the hand of the elder girl by a hot rod from a boiling oil.
Again comes the court scene on the screen with Chhaya in the witness box, depicting the whole story & reasons of committing the heinous crime. She also tells that, she has received only deceive in her life, nothing else, as she is going to die, she takes poison & also gives to her kids, but the poison also deceives her & the kids die in front of her eyes. None of the villain characters are visible in the court. After narration of life story, Chhaya collapses in the witness box due to the effect of poison & later dies in the custody. After finding the injustice with Chhaya, the Public Prosecutor Vimla, who remains close witness to the entire life of Chhaya becomes disgusted over the trial & becomes very uncomfortable & restless. She then demands to the court to re-run the case, stating not alone Chhaya but the people involved in this case in fact should be held guilty & punished. At the same time she helds the whole Society in general as responsible for such incidences and asks to held it too, guilty. Vimla demands to the Court to bring a change in the attitude of Society by shouting the slogan, which is the title of the film Samaj Ko Badal Dalo.
Cast[edit]
- Parikshit Sahni as Prakash
- Sharada as Chhaya
- Prem Chopra as Shyam
- Pran as Daulatram
- Mehmood as Puran
- Aruna Irani as Churan
- Kanchana as Vimla
- Nazir Hussain as Satyanarayan
- Kanhaiyalal as Kundanlal
- C. S. Dubey as Kalicharan
- Dhumal as Munshiram
- Ram Avtar as Banarasi Das
- Manmohan Krishna as Kashinath Shukla
- Mukri as Balchand
- Shammi as Gomti
- David as Judge
Soundtrack[edit]
The music was composed by Ravi.
| Song | Singer |
|---|---|
| "Samaj Ko Badal Dalo" | Mohammed Rafi |
| "Taaron Ki Chhaon Mein, Sapnon Ke Gaon Mein" | Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar |
| "Tum Apni Saheli Ko Itna Bata Do" | Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle |
| "Yeh Mausam, Yeh Khuli Hawa" | Mohammed Rafi, Asha Bhosle |
| "Hamara Pyara Lal Nishan" | Mohammed Rafi, Manna Dey |
| "Ab Akele Hi Chalna Padega" | Manna Dey |
| "Amma Ek Roti De, Baba Ek Roti De" | Lata Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar |
| "Payal Chham Chham Bole Sakhi" | Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar |
| "Taaron Ki Chhaon Mein, Sapnon Ke Gaon Mein" | Lata Mangeshkar |
References[edit]
- ↑ Vijayakumar, B. (10 October 2010). "Thulabharam 1968". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ↑ Rajadhyaksha, Ashish; Willemen, Paul, eds. (1998) [1994]. Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema (PDF). Oxford University Press. p. 406. ISBN 0-19-563579-5.