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| Directed by | Bimal Roy |
| Screenplay by | Bimal Roy |
| Based on | Parineeta bySarat Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| Produced by | Ashok Kumar |
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| Cinematography | Kamal Bose |
| Edited by | Hrishikesh Mukherjee |
| Music by | Manna Dey & Arun Mukherjee |
Production company | Ashok Kumar Production Ltd. |
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Running time | 151 minutes |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹60 lakh (equivalent to₹63 crore or US$7.3 million in 2023)[2] |
Parineeta (Hindi pronunciation:[pəɾɪniːtaː];transl. Married woman) is a 1953 IndianHindi-languagedrama film directed byBimal Roy. It starsMeena Kumari andAshok Kumar in the lead. It is a remake of the 1942Bengali film ofthe same name, which itself is based upon the1914 Bengali novella of the same name bySarat Chandra Chattopadhyay. This version of the film is considered by many to be the most faithful adaptation of the novella, particularly due toMeena Kumari's interpretation of the role of Lalita.
Lalita (Meena Kumari) is an orphaned niece of an impoverished clerk named Gurucharan (Nazir Hussain). Shekhar (Ashok Kumar), is the son of their rich landlord neighbor. Shekhar had a liking for Lalita. Gurucharan has to mortgage his house to Shekhar's father in order to get one of his daughters married as he is heavily debt-ridden. Shekhar's father often chides him about his overdue loan and a day comes when completely pressed on all sides, Gurucharan is forced to take advantage of the altruistic offer of an interest-free loan made by a wealthy young man named Girin. This gives rise to an ugly misunderstanding that Lalita has been "sold" to Girin. What happens thereafter forms the gripping conclusion of this great story of perfect love.
Lyrics:Bharat Vyas
Music :Manna Dey & Arun Mukherjee
Worldwide Gross: 80,00,000
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