''Sunehra Sansar'' is a 1975

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directed by

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. It stars

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, with

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as his wife, and

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as his past love, who has re-entered his life to seek vengeance for abandoning her years ago. The film is a remake of a

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film titled Pandanti Kapuram (1972). In the annals of

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, this movie, though not a commercial success, is unique for three reasons. First, it features music by

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, collaborating for the first time with the lyricist

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. Secondly, this picture has for the only time

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singing a song (in a duet with

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), for which music was composed by

. Thirdly, the movie has the leading lady

playing a rare negative role.

's role, like in ' Lal Patthar', has negative shades to it, though in both movies, the character played by her becomes positive in the end.

Plot

Chandrashekhar (

), younger brother of Shankarlal (

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), marries an orphan named Laxmi (

) on insistence of Shankarlal's dying wife. Chandrashekhar and Laxmi soon have three children, a girl and two boys. Chandrashekhar's elder brother, Madhu (

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), returns home as the local District Collector, and marries wealthy Shobha (

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), daughter of Chamanlal (

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), while Ravi is romancing his beautiful neighbor, Neelu. All is going well till when the mill where Chandrashekhar is employed goes on strike. The mill-owner sells the mill to Rani Padmavati, who first of all wants Chandrashekhar to be fired before she can consider the workers' demands. The workers go on an indefinite hunger strike until Chandrashekhar decides to quit his job and re-locates to the city to look for work. In the meantime, misunderstandings crop up between Shobha and the rest of the family, and she and Madhu leave the house to live with Chamanlal. Chandrashekhar is unable to find any employment as Rani Padmavati refuses to give him a reference and on the contrary uses her influence to ensure that he never gets a job. Defeated by circumstances Chandrashekhar returns home to find out that the Rani had ganged up with the local money-lenders and has taken over his land and property. Then the police arrest Chandrashekhar on the complaint filed by the Rani on the charge of stealing from his former employer. On the verge of losing her ill son, Laxmi, now penniless, must now find out why Rani Padmavati has taken it upon herself to ruin this family.

Cast

as Chandrashekhar *

as Laxmi *

as Savita / Rani Padmavati *

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as Mohan (Rani's Secretary) *

as Shankarlal * David Abraham as Chamanlal (Shobha's Father) *

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as Popat *

as Madhu *

as Shobha * Sulochana Chatterjee as Savita's Aunty *

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as Professor Ravin Bose * Manorama as Mrs. Ravin Bose *

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as Ravi *

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as Neelu (Bhanwarlal's Daughter) * Sunder as Bhanwarlal

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and released by

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. All lyrics were penned by

References

External links

* 1975 films Indian drama films Hindi remakes of Telugu films Films scored by Naushad 1970s Hindi-language films 1970s Indian films Films directed by Adurthi Subba Rao 1975 drama films Hindi-language drama films {{1970s-Hindi-film-stub