''Paheli'' (

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 ...

: पहेली;

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: riddle) is a 1977

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

-language film produced by

Tarachand Barjatya Tarachand Barjatya (10 May 1914 – 21 September 1992) was an Indian film producer. He has produced many Hindi films from the 1960s through to the 1980s. He founded Rajshri Productions which continues to produce films even today. His mainstay ...

for

Rajshri Productions Rajshri Productions is an Indian film production and distribution company based in Mumbai, India, established in 1947, which is primarily involved in producing Hindi films. History Rajshri Productions, the film production division of Rajshri, ...

. This family drama was directed by

Prashant Nanda Prashanta Nanda (born 2 May 1947) is an Indian director, actor and politician from the state of Odisha. He is currently a Member of Parliament at Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, for Odisha. He had worked predominantly in ...

with Satyajeet and Nameeta Chandra playing the lead characters. Arun Govil, Nameeta Chandra, Poornima Jayaram, Neena Mahapatra and Anita Singh were debutants to Bollywood screen in this film and

Suresh Wadkar Suresh Ishwar Wadkar (born 7 August 1955) is an Indian playback singer. He performs in both Hindi and Marathi films. He has sung songs in some Bhojpuri films, Odia albums and bhajans and in Konkani films. He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Ak ...

as playback singer.

Plot

source: Brij Mohan (Nitin Sethi) leaves his home in a village to live in Bombay. His mother (Durga Khote) prefers to stay alone in their palatial home. Brij gets married. His wife gives birth and passes away soon after. After few years, Brij is an established businessman and his son Montu (Satyajeet) is studying in his final year in school. He asks Montu to visit his grandmother, which he agrees to reluctantly, provided his friends accompany him. The group faces many problems on the way and when they reach the village. Hence, his friends return to Bombay, leaving Montu with his grandmother. Montu becomes friends with a vivacious village girl Gauri (Nameeta Chandra), an orphan living with her cruel aunt, and two equally brutal cousins. Montu and Gauri's friendship blossoms and they meet regularly. He also meets a struggling farmer Balram (Arun Govil), his mother (

Leela Mishra Leela Mishra (1 January 1908 – 17 January 1988) was an Indian actress. She worked as a character actor in over 200 Hindi films for five decades, and is best remembered for playing stock characters such as aunts (''Chachi'' or ''Mausi''). She ...

), and his fiancée Kanak (Abha Dhulia). Balram would like to go to the city and earn money for his marriage, to which his mother refuses. Against his expectations, Montu finds village life interesting and promises his grandmother to return the next year. After a year, he finds significant changes in the village. Balram has married and left the village. His ailing mother has died. Gauri refuses to speak with him, while her uncle and aunt are looking for a suitable groom to get her married to. Does Montu understand and appreciate changes in the village against the city life, where he has grown up, and visit his grandmother again?

Cast

* Satyajeet - Montu *Nameeta Chandra - Gauri *Nitin Sethi - Brij Mohan *

Durga Khote Durga Khote (née Vita Lad; 14 January 1905 − 22 September 1991) was an Indian actress, beginning as one of the foremost leading ladies of her time. She remained active in Hindi and Marathi cinema, as well as theatre, for over 50 years, starr ...

- Brij Mohan's mother *

Arun Govil Arun Govil ( ; ; born 12 January 1952) is an Indian actor and politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is best known for portraying Lord Rama in the '' Ramayan'' TV series and reprising his role as Lord Rama (voice acting) in the 1993 an ...

- Balram *

- Balram's mother * A. K. Hangal - Masterji *

Dina Pathak Dina Pathak (née Gandhi; 4 March 1922 – 11 October 2002) was an Indian actress and director of Gujarati theatre and also a film actor. She was an activist and President of the National Federation of Indian Women (NFIW). A doyenne of Hindi ...

- Masterji's wife *Birbal - Birbal, Chauffeur *Abha Dhulia - Kanak *Shivraj - Vaidji, Kanak's father *

Poornima Jayaram Poornima Bhagyaraj (née Jayaram) is an Indian actress in Malayalam and Tamil films. She has also done a few Hindi and Telugu films. She is best known for her leading roles from 1980 to 1985. She married actor and director K. Bhagyaraj, who ...

- Champa *Neena Mahapatra - Roopa *Anita Singh - Rekha *Abka Chuliya

Crew

*''Director'' -

*''Producer'' -

*''Production Company'' -

*''Music Director'' -

Ravindra Jain Ravindra Jain (28 February 1944 – 9 October 2015) was an Indian music composer, lyricist and playback singer. He started his career in the early 1970s by composing for several hit movies. His notable works include '' Chor Machaye Shor'' (19 ...

*''Lyricist'' -

*''Playback Singers'' - Hemalata,

Chandrani Mukherjee Chandrani Mukherjee is a former Bollywood playback singer, she is a sister-in-law of Bappi Lahiri from West Bengal and a Filmfare nominee. Career Chandrani began her career in Bollywood with the film '' Aag Aur Toofan'' in 1975. Thereafter s ...

Songs

source: #"Kanha Ki Zid Par Nachegi Radha, Chaye Aaye Na Aaye Nachna" -

Hemlata Hemlata is a feminine given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the othe ...

#"Saheli Ho Paheli Pucchho, O Shari Babu Paheli Bujho" -

, Hemlata, Chandrani Mukherjee #"Manmohak Ye Pyara Pyara Gaon" - Suresh Wadkar, Hemlata #"Jaane Kaisi Bahen Ye Hawa, Mujhe Hone Laga Hai Nasha" - Suresh Wadkar #"Tan Bhije Mora Man Bhije Mujh Se Ched Kare Furvai" - Hemlata #"Sonaa Kare Jhil Mil Jhil Mil" - Hemlata, Suresh Wadkar

References

External links

*{{IMDb title, 0165907, Paheli 1977 films Films scored by Ravindra Jain 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films Rajshri Productions films Films directed by Prashanta Nanda