''Baap Beti'' is a 1954 Indian

Hindi Modern Standard Hindi (, ), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the Standard language, standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in the Devanagari script. It is an official language of India, official language of the Government ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Bimal Roy Bimal Roy (12 July 1909 – 7 January 1966) was an Indian film director. He is particularly noted for his realistic and socialistic films such as , '' Parineeta'', ''Biraj Bahu'', '' Devdas'', '' Madhumati'', '' Sujata'', '' Parakh'' and '' Ba ...

. The film was produced by Gopi Rohra and stars Nalini Jaiwant, as well as

Asha Parekh Asha Parekh (born 2 October 1942) is an Indian actress, film director, and producer who worked in Hindi films. Regarded as one of the greatest actresses of Hindi cinema, Parekh has worked in more than 85 films, in a career spanning over four d ...

as a child artist.

Production

''Baap Beti'' is the only film by Roy to be adapted from a Western literary work, namely

Maupassant Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, celebrated as a master of the short story, as well as a representative of the Naturalism (literature), naturalist School of thought, sc ...

"Simon's Papa".

Release

The film was a "debacle".

Songs

# "Duniya Bananewale Ramoji" -

Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar (; born Hema Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. He ...

# "Koyal Bole Ku Papiha Bole Pi" - Lata Mangeshkar # "Le Chal Ri Nindiya Le Chal Hame Tu Chanda" - Lata Mangeshkar # "Andhere Se Ujale Ki Taraf Le Ja Hame" - Lata Mangeshkar

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* 1954 films Films directed by Bimal Roy Films scored by Roshan (music director) 1950s Hindi-language films 1950s Indian films Indian drama films 1954 drama films Indian black-and-white films {{1950s-Hindi-film-stub